Nigel the Llama It’s been hard holding out all week to share my very special adventure to Halfway, Oregon with you. Halfway is located halfway between the equator and the North Pole. Though the...
Vogue China, June 2012 • Kris Atomic shares her favorite iPhone photo apps with TONS of before and after shots. And if you’ve ever seen her photography, this girl knows her stuff! • Here’...
I have close to 10 years’ worth of magazine clippings amassed in my flat files and here’s a small sampling. Even with the abundance of reading materials online and on the iPad, I am still...
After the successful outcome of my suite of rubber stamps, I decided to create some designs for Joey to brand his paintings with. We ordered four total designs including his wordmark (above), but my ...
I spent the weekend in Halfway, Oregon, a sleepy town with a population of less than 400. Because of the slow pace (and lack of cell phone reception and wifi), two days felt like five and it was one ...
Over the weekend, it was blazing hot so we took a spin around Portland to a few of our favorite places. The Woodsman Market and neighboring Stumptown were packed, naturally — so nice to get out and a...
South China Morning Post Style Magazine • 100 ideas that changed graphic design. • Promise shares some great suggestions for beginning to define your brand. • Is Facebook making you lonely? • The Sep...
I visited Laurelhurst Park over the weekend for some chill time with Joey & Rocky. These steps stretch on and on and it’s a perfect place to escape to on a sunny day. I’ve always had...
After picking up the occasional issue of Interview Magazine, I finally broke down and subscribed because it’s consistently beautifully designed and the mix of content is always compelling. Part...
As of late, the blogosphere seems to have gone rubber stamp crazy. Everywhere I look, I see a new rubber stamp! The uptick in custom rubber stamps makes total sense. Printing promo materials can get ...
Over the weekend, my dear friend Star stopped by Wolfgang Manor for a visit. Since she lives in San Francisco, we only get to see each other about once a year but it’s one of those friendships ...
Vogue China, March 2011. • If you read just one thing this week, start with Things I’m Afraid To Tell You, bookmark it and then work through the series. Why? 50 bloggers have decided to get rea...
Moodboard for Sasha Gulish Photography branding One of the questions I get asked most often is about my design process. Most of us have a method for working through a project but once it’s done...
The one fail-safe fashion magazine that I continually subscribe to year after year is Elle. The art direction and type treatments are always amazing but beyond that, the articles are intelligent, oft...
When you’re walking down the street and spot a tire swing, there’s only one thing to do: try it out! I don’t think the neighbor lady peeking out of her front window was as entertain...
What a week. Major deadlines, really late nights, friends and family in town, too many lattes. Glad to have made it through! I sat down last night and started reading a new book that I’m really...
Source. • What exactly goes on during Pantone color forecasting meetings? And perhaps more importantly, is black really the new black? “A good navy,” says a French woman with short blonde hair,...
I’ve been oddly inspired by all things yellow lately. It’s odd because up until a few short years ago, I loathed the color and wouldn’t go anywhere near it. My dad disliked the colo...
Remember my post a few weeks back about subscribing to free catalogs for inspiration? Well, this is one of the issues I’ve received since then. Honestly, you can’t really ignore a catalog...
This weekend, the weather cleared up and Joey and I headed over to my favorite neighborhood in Portland, Ladd’s Addition. The majority of the houses feel like they’re out of classic fairy...
The new J. Crew catalog just showed up and it’s really good. Welcome to The Week In Pictures, a Friday roundup of snapshots I’ve taken during the week of my life, work and the city I call...
Great Adventure by Leah Flores • Five manifestos for the creative life. • Life is empty at the top. When you’ve seemingly reached all your goals, what do you do next? • Whether you realize it o...
Harper’s Bazaar, May 2012 I first started reading Harper’s Bazaar during the Liz Tilberis years and still remember many of the iconic covers from that time well (this is one of my favorit...
Source. Over the weekend, I decided that it was time to order some rubber stamps featuring my branding. I set up vector files for my wordmark and square ‘Nubby Script’ logo but wanted a t...
When my brother and I moved into our house a few years back, everything happened fast — we had zero time to plan how we wanted our surroundings to look and to complicate matters more, our decorating ...
I’m not much of a car buff but am totally enamored with this pristine Nash that I’ve been spotting around Portland lately. It’s impossible to ignore; just look at those curves! I sn...
Natasha Poly by Mario Sorrenti • The curse of the freelancer is a great reality check. • Brent Schlender interviewed Steve Jobs multiple times over a 25 year stretch and recently rediscovered the aud...
I am an architecture student finishing my fourth year of school this June but now I’m not sure if I will continue to pursue this path. I want to study fine art but I am scared that I’m no...
I’m a self-confessed magazine junkie but it doesn’t end there; I collect catalogs as well. Not just any old catalogs, though. There’s a handful of titles that I’ve collected f...
This weekend, my dad took me out to lunch at my favorite German restaurant in Portland, Gustav’s. Inspired by the decor, I pulled this vintage dress with a slight Bavarian twist out of my close...
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