Archive for October, 2008
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Why I Freelance
Liz from CMD+SHIFT+Design asked me why I decided to freelance. Go check the article out and read the rest of the responses.
No Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, design by Niki Brown
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
An Ode To Uninstalling System Fonts…
So Helvetica is all jacked up (strange line height issue) on my work computer. My boss was trying to reinstall apple mail and decided to delete Helvetica. Shortly after several fontbook error messages poped up…and said nothing! haha. Check out the screenshot (click for bigger image)
Have you had any funny error messages lately?
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1 Comment » - Posted in All Things Apple, Boston, Web 2.OH, funny, technology, type by Niki Brown
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Creative Design Firm Names
Branding and identity design is quite possibly the most difficult aspect of graphic design. Afterall, we are our own most difficult client. I found some creative names of Freelancer/design firms that were memorable and made me smile.
10 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, color, design, funny, type by Niki Brown
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Inspired By Repetititition
This weekend I wandered out to south Boston with Sarah to see Tara Donovan’s show at the ICA. All I can say is that Tara’s art is freaking sweet. She takes everyday objects and goes off the deep end with repetition. Her installations are amazing and they trick the senses.
7 Comments » - Posted in Boston, Installation Art, Web 2.OH by Niki Brown
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Bananas And Coffee Update!
I finally got around to processing my August 2008 banana and coffee data. This time I decided to play with fusion charts – a flash & xml based chart thing-a-ma-bob. Pretty sweet and easy to edit. Little flash widgets like this are awesome because you can just edit the xml file without even touching the [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, Web Design, color, design, funny, information design by Niki Brown
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Hey There Big Font!
Check out this super heavy typeface: Facebuster. I’m totally in love with big thick super heavy typefaces. This is definitely on my list of fonts to buy myself for Christmas (last year i got the candy font – see the design o’blog header)!
