wooden animal type!

empty bowls

Powderhorn Empty Bowls was an event that took place yesterday to raise awareness and money to end hunger in the Powderhorn neighborhood. Friends and neighboors were invited to choose a bowl from hundreds donated by local potters. After making a donation, you could then fill your bowl with soup and bread made with ingredients donated by local farmers and wholesalers. It was an honorable event to design for.

happy accident at 4:00

I never noticed this shadow in my house before. it's quite potentially the best shadow ever.

found photo album

I purchased these photo pages awhile back at an estate sale in Maine. I can't imagine getting rid of something like this—even if you don't know the people. The photo captions are vague (an occasional "mama", "me' and "family")... Most photos originate in colorado, south dakota and oregon.

international cuisine

from: england, northern minnesota, wales and germany

screengrab of the day

look at how adorable my mom is!

from my attic

...along the thames

cute! a home, mobile unit or storage space?

we're all sick here

page fom an estonian driving manual

birds in mid-wales

A fine bird display found along the the Talyllyn railroad. It was a leisurely afternoon—the historic steam-powered train only goes nine miles an hour and the railway is volunteer-based. I contemplated moving to wales to become an engineer.

BOO BOO from Pollocks Toy Museum

Some of the scary (but still friendly) bits from the museum. This has to be one of my favorite places ever.

more from Abbott Hospital

artifacts from an abandoned hospital

My students took me to this hospital a couple of blocks from MCAD—it has been dormant for years and still contains patients records, belonging etc ... it was seriously sad and creepy.

colorform play

behind the scenes playtime from 2006

screengrab of the day

Does anyone know of a good bagel shoppe in the Twin Cities?

Teeshirts by Jay Heikes

typography in copenhagen

dusty bulletin boards

From my upstairs studio which has been untouched for two years. Perhaps this weekend I'll have time to clean it out so we can get the insulation up. It would be nice to have a work space again.

sexy signage

from the streets of copenhagen, portland/maine and montreal.

Herzog & de Meuron exhibit

Luckily, I was able to take a few images of Herzog & de Meuron's show at the Tate Modern in 2005 before being asked to put away my camera. The installation was a great insight into their working process...