This article was published 13 years Welcome to the third post in the newest confessions of design geek column; explore. Each month I will ask a fellow design blogger or someone otherwise tapped into the design scene to show us around their home city, letting us into some local design…
Tag: san francisco
Confessions of a Design Geek
photos of numbers :: 1, 4 & 2142
This article was published 14 yearsThis week’s photos of numbers take us Stateside to San Francisco – all of these were spotted in one trip a couple of years ago. No prizes for guessing that the first one is the San Francisco Fire Department. They say you need to look…
Confessions of a Design Geek
photos of numbers :: 1025, 345 & 99
This article was published 14 yearsHello and happy Friday! A bit of an all American selection this week. The first one is a gorgeous art deco font that reminds me of New York, but is in fact from San Francisco. The second one is from New York – from the…
Confessions of a Design Geek
here's one I made earlier :: sketchbooks
A sketchbook is a great way to collect and explore ideas – and of course the best thing is to keep one on you and get into the habit of using it every day. I’m usually terrible at remembering, but I do always make sure I find the time when I go on holiday. On my latest two trips, I tried to push myself to develop my ideas as well as just recording what I saw – and also to feel more able to take risks and make mistakes.
Confessions of a Design Geek
here's one I made earlier: the joy of stamps
Two of my many lovely design-related Christmas presents were sets of stamps from Yellow Owl Workshop all the way from San Francisco. I supplemented them with an alphabet set from Muji and immediately got to work making my thank you cards. I’m really proud of them, but credit must go to Yellow Owl Workshop for the beautifully designed and made stamps.
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: mini diana
Apparently there are 10 Golden Rules to lomography, which we tried to follow on our first outing with Diana, which took us to Hawaii and San Francisco (and somewhat reluctantly; back to London).