Entries Tagged 'Story and design' ↓
April 28th, 2009 — Story and design
Reposted from the Allen County Photo Album blog:
You can now reserve your spot at the May 23 presentation and book signing at Mitchell Books! Do one of the following:
- Stop in at Mitchell Books in Covington Plaza on Jefferson Boulevard and tell any staff person you’d like to reserve a spot.
- Call Mitchell Books at (260) 423-BOOK (2665) and talk to an actual human being — they can’t accept voice mail requests.
Seating is limited to 60 people, so contact Mitchell soon if you want to make sure you get in.
But do not fear: If demand is especially high, Mitchell said we can do a second book signing later in the summer.
April 26th, 2009 — Story and design
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be hosting a presentation and book signing here in Fort Wayne next month! Here are the details:
Want to hear stories about how we put together the Allen County Photo album book? And want a sneak peek at the next book due out this autumn?
Well, mark your calendars for 6 p.m. Saturday, May 23, when I will step into Studio M at Mitchell Books and give a visual presentation about:
- Some of our favorite photos from the book — and the stories behind them.
- Some photos that didn’t make the cut for some, um, interesting reasons.
- A sneak peek at some photos that will be in the next book.
Plus, I’ll have a fistful of black Sharpies if you’d like me to scrawl my signature across your book.
This will be a free but ticketed event because the venue holds only 60 people. If demand is high, Mitchell Books would be interested in having a second event.
Once I receive information from Mitchell about the ticketing procedure, I’ll post it here. (I’ll also run some ads in The News-Sentinel, in print and online.)
You can find more info on the new Allen County Photo Album blog.
January 16th, 2009 — Story and design
The headline in the Washington Post reads: House Offers $825 Billion Stimulus. That’s a lot of cash. But it’s such a large number that it’s difficult to wrap your mind around it.
Here are a couple of riddles I came up with to put that number in perspective.
Riddle #1
Let’s say you had an unlimited supply of $100 bills, wrapped in packs of 100. That’s $10,000 per pack.
If you began throwing the $10,000 packs into your fireplace at a rate of one pack every second, 24 hours a day, how long would it take until you had burned through $825 billion?
Answer below.
Riddle #2
Let’s say you have $825 billion in your checking account and it can be yours only if you spend it all in one calendar year. How much money would you have to spend every minute, 24 hours a day?
Answer below.
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January 10th, 2009 — Story and design
January 8th, 2009 — Story and design
… and I was satisfied with how it turned out.
Click the image of the front page to see it larger, or you can download and view the PDF. (2.1 Mb)
The point of the design for today’s News-Sentinel was to play up not only the major news of the day, but also to make sure the reader could tell we had an exclusive interview with the family.
Did this page do the trick? Was it different enough from the front page of Brand X?
January 2nd, 2009 — Story and design
I was the designer of the 2008 homicide map in today’s News-Sentinel.
You can find the Google map I did in support of the package right here.
Or you can download the PDF of today’s graphic over here.
December 23rd, 2008 — Odds and ends, Story and design
The Helvetica coffee mug from Veer, with some sans serif typeface humor.
December 19th, 2008 — Story and design
I love this sans serif! Christmas hint: Five weights for only $150.
