On my vintage store adventure over the weekend I came across this vintage photo with a beautiful graphic on the back. The image is actually glued to the card. I was told this is early 1900s but no exact date really. I fell in love with the graphic, it’s gorgeous! I will be featuring this in my vintage image scans.. soon.
I recently discovered this from Google with it’s fairly new interface. In sites I’ve design we’ve used “cufón” for typefaces we wanted to have as actual text and not an image. it’s use through javascript and can slow down the site’s load time depending on how much you use. But Google has these fonts on their servers and it can link off there. The tutorial to add the fonts to your site seems pretty simple and now I am wondering if there is a wordpress plug-in for this. Google currently has 271 fonts and they seem to be growing because last time I checked the site was in the 250s. I love the idea that we are having more and more ways to be unlimited in our designs. Who says header tags always have to be Helvetica or Georgia? No fun. Not for me!
I love the idea of this mat… it’s reversible! Design that can be seen either way boggles my mind a bit because I wouldn’t even know how to make it happen. But this made me laugh and I found it here.
Happy October!! A few weeks ago I saw Wicked on Broadway – with my mom. I also saw it around when it first came out back in 2004 but I really wanted to take my mom to see it. It really is such an amazing show especially if you are a fan of the Wizard of Oz. I think anyone who sees it loves it and I noticed on deviant art there was so much artwork! I figured to kick off the fun/costume/horror season why not start October with some Wicked artwork? Each picture links to the artist’s page. Thank you to those artist who let me feature them on my blog!! 
I really wish I had a screen shot of how it used to look… but from what I remember looking at items at Target.com was chaotic. Everything seemed to be a little congested on the site, now it seems wide open and clean. I love LOVE that they do not have “target” anywhere near the logo. That to me is a good change, who says we have to use words to know what it represents? I think its definitely a great idea and only so many logos can pull that off – at least in my opinion. Less Is More. This is one of those times. Although some may not agree – because the backend of it still needs work. As far as design is concerned – I love it! I think the 3D shopping cart is great too – made me smile.
If you have ever been in the Northern Part of NJ visiting or living around the area you know about the Garden State Plaza. One of the biggest malls on the east coast one visit and it is a mall you won’t forget. I’ve only been going to this mall over the last three years and not too long ago they put up signs near some of the driving entrances. It was interesting when they first put it up – I wasn’t used to them being there. Something about it bugged me though. It felt almost as if the logo is upside-down. Should italic type be placed sideways – ever?! I don’t know – but the way this looks bothers me and I hope I am not the only designer that can agree.
I wonder if it was a question whether or not they should place it that way – of course that is there logo so they couldn’t change it. Westfield is not just Garden State Plaza but a group of shopping centers. The only other option would be to put it horizontal and the sign would have to be a lot wider. But of course I am just ranting off the top of my head here — I have no idea about any of this. But it bugs me every time I see it at the mall, am I the only one who thinks italic type should not be placed sideways in such big form?
