Denver has a lot of neighborhoods, and they all have nicknames: RiNo (River North), LoDo (Lower Downtown) and HiLo (Lower Highlands). I spent a lot of time in RiNo -- with its wide selection of breweries, restaurants, and galleries. I got an appointment to visit the Denver Zine Library, and will post a separate blog about that experience later this week. The photos here were taken all over the city, not specifically RiNo. My overall impression of Denver is that everyone is re

Since this is a 'travel type' blog, I thought it would be fun to ~travel back in time~ and look at some of my first lyric sketch books. I had kept sketchbooks before this, but sometime during my Sophomore year I started just drawing lyrics that described my days. This was probably my first exploration in typography and composition. I made them for me, and wasn't try to make them look a certain way. They're really just reflections of what I was going through at the time. I pic

After visiting the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Will and I need to see all the haunted prisons. As this was on our 'must do' list, we bought our tickets ahead of time and got them at will call. Getting on the ferry, I have to admit I knew almost nothing about Alcatraz. I knew Al Capone had been there and that a couple people had escaped and never been found. Key takeaways I got from the tour and signage were: - The families of the guards and workers lived on th

My dear friend since high school and throughout college has worked at Facebook HQ for about a year now. During our trip to San Fran, she was nice enough to give us a 5 hour tour -- which somehow -- still didn't feel like enough time. With our eyes wide and mouths open, we walked through the open-office floor plan (designed by Frank Gehry) filled with wonder. Around every corner was a beautiful, unapologetically large piece of artwork. Everywhere we looked, there was another s

Happy New Year everyone! We kicked the year off in Nashville; a city with outstanding murals and a whole lot of character. And I give to you... magazines from our Air Bnb. I hate to say this, because I'm literally their target audience, but I'm so impressed by the design and the magazine as a whole. #NotSponsored The playful typography and mix of layouts was very well designed, but the magazine itself felt very relatable. In many travel magazines, all the destinations seem ha