Obama gets my vote

If you haven’t seen the Manifest Hope gallery site by now you really should put down your knitting and check it out. All the pieces were designed around ideas of Hope or Change (and it seemed wise to pop an Obama's face in too). Anyway, a while back the legend David Carson sold me a print that could/should be among the collection. Looking at the prices on ebay of some of the pieces I can feel very smug with myself indeed.

The Amazing Zebra Lady

My course at the London Print Studio has unfortunately come to an end.But what a course. If you are mildly interested in screen printing, lithography, drypoint GO THERE and do a course. They are brilliant. This piece, initially titled ”The amazing zebra lady” might be re-named ”Aphrodite at the watering hole”, but whatever I decide on I am super-chuffed with the result.

Das Great Escape

I will solve your problem and you will pay me.

There is a very interesting experiment here comparing some of the more popular online logo-t0-order companies, in terms of service, understanding the brief and result. It’s a long read but worth reading through to the end, especially for the final paragraphs:

There’s a brilliant interview from 1993 with former NEXT Chairman, Steve Jobs on working with Paul Rand to design the NEXT identity. Paul Rand was a master of semiotics, and an iconic American identity designer until his death in 1996. Jobs asked Rand if he would come up with a few options. Rand replied, “No. I will solve your problem for you, and you will pay me...if you want options, go talk to other people.”