So I just finished these doodles and was thinking about making some t-shirts to sell around town. East VS. West. Cast your vote.
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EASTSIDE VS. WESTSIDE
Friday, July 25th, 2008Herman Miller – Teneo
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
This is a new line made by Herman Miller. It’s called Teneo, and it’s gorgeous. In the second photo, it’s the cabinet over on the right. I’ve been looking for a small cabinet-table-type thing and this is perfect. Unfortunately it is quite expensive, and you can’t find it anywhere.
ESPO? Nope, but still nice anyway.
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
If I didn’t know any better, I’d say Steven Powers (ESPO) got up on the back of this motorcycle repair shop by my studio. It’s nice to see so many hand-painted signs around on this side of town. It’s definitely a dying art, and it’s replacement (vinyl stickers) is such a step down in quality and craft. I guess that’s one of the problems with progress; like how particle-board laminate furniture (that falls apart in a couple years) replaced solid wood furniture (which got passed on from generation to generation), technology that allows cheaper, faster production always seems to supplant craftsmanship.
Sunday Downtown Bike Ride : 7.14.08
Monday, July 14th, 2008
So this past Sunday I was planning on going hiking, but things fell through, and when I found myself sitting on the couch watching Must Love Dogs on the Oxygen Channel, I knew it was time to get out of the house. So I hopped on my bike and headed downtown for a city tour. I’ll share some pics from the trip here. There’s a photo of the Department of Water and Power building. I like the previous name of that building (you can see the remnants of the letters in the cement) – Municipal Power and Light. There are some really cool buildings and parks and whatnot downtown. It’s pretty strange to see it all so devoid of people. It will be nice if they ever build enough infrastructure down there to make it a really vibrant city, like Manhattan. I also stopped in at the MOCA. The air conditioning was very nice. On exhibit were selections from the permanent collection (1980-2005) which I saw last time I was there a couple months ago, and a new exhibit of works by Marlene Dumas. Some of her work was cool, but the majority was not up my alley. (more…)