http://mightycyclemedia.com Saving good causes from bad design Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:37:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wanted to make a pie for pi day yesterday, but I had so much work to do, I didn't think I could justify taking the time.  But then I realized: if I put an ampersand on the pie, it TOTALLY qualifies as work!  Because my Division III (thesis-esque) project ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2010/03/%cf%80-ampersand-pi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25cf%2580-ampersand-pi I won the commencement poster contest for this year's graduating class, and I've just been finishing it up the last few days.  The final file is 1.54 GB, and 67 layers – it got too big for my computer to handle, so I had to go to the media lab ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2010/02/hand-lettering-hampshire-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hand-lettering-hampshire-projects I always see holidays and special occasions as a great excuse to make art projects for family and friends.  Here are some recent things I've made in the last month or so.  Click on the images if you want to see them bigger. A wedding present for my friend Paul who ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2010/01/recent-art-project-gifts-letters-on-glass-jars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recent-art-project-gifts-letters-on-glass-jars [Are you ready for this hyperlink-tastic rant I wrote during a five-hour layover in Cincinnati?  Here goes:] I love free things just as much as the rest of you.  I'm an advocate for free culture, open source software, and fighting overly restrictive copyright laws.  However, when it comes to free ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2010/01/do-you-know-where-your-fonts-came-from/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-know-where-your-fonts-came-from These are some creative alphabets I've been collecting. I'm posting them in particular as inspiration for the students in my Public Typography class this coming January-term, since making a found alphabet is their first assignment. You should try it too, it's a fun exercise, as I discovered while ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2009/12/found-alphabets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=found-alphabets Last weekend I was in San Diego for a friend's wedding.  The warm, sandy beaches and cool ocean breeze were a welcome relief to the frigid winds and blustery snow of New England. One morning at the beach, having already explored the tidal pools, waded in the waves, and eaten a ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2009/12/ampersandcastles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ampersandcastles My friends know me so well. This was my breakfast today (courtesy of Tara): And for dinner James made pizzas with the toppings shaped in ampersands. And there were ampersand cupcakes and cookies. And this was dessert (courtesy of Victoria and Lydia): If only I had made another ampersandwich today, I would have ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2009/12/a-very-ampersand-birthday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-very-ampersand-birthday I present to you, a list of questions I've written throughout my notebook the past few months.  I imposed a few of my questions on to some recent photos I've been playing around with, for purposes of visual exploration. The real question is: which of them will come ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2009/12/questions-meditations-explorations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=questions-meditations-explorations This is what I had for lunch today. Peanut butter, jelly, coconut, M&Ms. Inspired by this. http://mightycyclemedia.com/2009/12/ampersandwich/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ampersandwich Two weeks ago I had a little idea that blossomed into a wildly popular project entitled ALPHABIKE. **UPDATE JULY 2010: Posters of ALPHABIKE are now for sale on Etsy!** It started with these two books I found called Graphic Design: the New Basics, a guide to design principles illustrated primarily with student ... http://mightycyclemedia.com/2009/11/alphabike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alphabike