Design #347

Hi all!

This morning while checking my Twitter feed and news, I saw a tweet that sparked my interest. It was by Oliver Reichenstein about WikiLeaks. The tweet only said Thank you. I am super curious so I had to click and check it out and I found it to be a link to OAS Joint Statement in regards to WikiLeaks. Whether or not you agree with WikiLeaks you cannot argue against the fact that we all have grown and come to believe in freedom of speech as a sacred right. Perhaps because I grew up in another country that though it is US Territory, has a different culture and set of values and we saw a different side of things down there, I am an idealist for civil and human rights. Thus, when our current administration promised government transparency because it kept us accountable as opposed to the past policy of secrecy, well, I believed them. Perhaps I am too much of an idealist. Who knows? The point is that today I saw this quote on the OAS site and I could not shake it from my head. 

Every person has the right to freedom of investigation, of opinion, and of the expression and dissemination of ideas, by any medium whatsoever.

-American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man

In response to that I created a simple poster, actually two. One with the flag the way we are used to see it and another with the flag upside down because I sometimes think our governments in general are upside down and ours seems to be in distress. I do not intend to offend anyone, I am trying to exercise my right to freedom of expression in the medium I chose: my blog and my posters. Enjoy!

Design #325

Hi all,

Today started out with new snow on the ground and lots of sun only to realize that there is a storm coming our way. Sigh! Oh! The winter! We have you every year and instead of feeling like we know you and welcome you, we seem to feel estranged from you more and more. On that note my sketch is about today. Enjoy!

Design #324

Hi all!

Sexy ligatures. Do I need to say more? Enjoy!

Design #323

Hi all,

While thinking about what I would like to do next for my dailies, I came across this quote by Edgar Allan Poe: “All that we see and seem is but a dream within a dream.” Kind of a cross between the movie Vanilla Sky and Inception. My daughter loved it so enjoy! 

 

Design #322

Hi all,

Today's design is about a Bible verse I often pray about silently. Search me oh Lord and see if there is a grievous way in me and lead me to in the everlasting way. Psalm 139:23-24. I like that verse because it acknowledges our inability to be perfect and pure in our own. And because it is humbling and recognizes our need for God. I have been thinking about that lately. The photo is from http://www.sxc.hu/.

Design #321

Hi all!

Last Tuesday the power went out in our block unexpectedly & we were left in the cold dark with flashlights & blankets. The kids were having fun with the flashlights & I thought & tweeted “we are four lights in the dark.” So, that's what I did. A simple design about that night. Enjoy!

Design #298

My son's typographic poster: numbers. Enjoy!

Design #254

Today's design is the vertical version of my Friday wallpaper found here. A soup of letters in several typefaces: Helvetica, Futura, Garamond Premier, Legacy Serif, Bodoni, Adobe Jensen, and others. Enjoy!

Design #250

Today's design features the letter x in Universe Black. Enjoy!

Design #249

I'm behind again this month on my daily designs. But here is today's design featuring the letter w in Hypatia Sans Pro. Enjoy!

Design #246

Letter U in Frutiger Bold. Enjoy!

Design #245

Continuing with the alphabet series, letter T in Helvetica Neue Bold. Enjoy!

Design #244

Resuming my series on the alphabet I am back today with the letter S in Alita Postmodern. Enjoy!

Design #242

Today I resume my alphabet series and today's design is for the letter R in Futura Bold. Enjoy!

Design #199

Today's design is for July 19th. Today's design features the letter P in Universe Condensed. Enjoy!

Design #186

Today's design is for July 6th featuring the letter o in Century Gothic. Enjoy!

Design #184

Today's design is for July 4th featuring the letter n in Hoefler Text Black. Enjoy!

Design #183

Today's design is for July 3rd. Today's design is letter m in Helvetica Neue. Enjoy!

Design #182

Today's design is for July 2nd. Today's letter is L in Frutiger Bold. Enjoy!

Design #180

Finally the design for June 30th! Now I only need to catch up with July's! Today's design is for the letter K. Letter J is being used for the Friday wallpaper available here. But let me say that it is very hard to design with the letter k and not evoke the dreaded 3 letter association! Anything I did, I had to think in terms of 2's or 4's to avoid the implication. I am not sure if have been successful but at least is not 3. Please keep in mind that these daily designs based on letter forms are more an exploration of form and counter form, thus I will use repetition and others to create a composition. So I kept thinking should I avoid this letter all together? Can we look at a grouping of this letter as form? Enjoy!