Not that it matters

But this blog is dead, as I'm sure all 2 of you have noticed. You can follow me over at lanniard.wordpress.com if you wish, but it's ALL about design so I'm sure you'll be bored to shit.

Cheers!

Nicole Duennebier

Discovered this painter and found her work to be rather intriguing. I'm especially drawn to her work in 2008, but overall, I'm enjoying her overall style.

http://duennebier.carbonmade.com/

Non Stop

Most gifs I see these days are really retarded and mostly cheezburgers cats (which I totally hate) but these are brilliant! http://www.iamnotanartist.org/index.php

Stooooooked!

Welp, I got a headstart on my summer goals and killed number one on the list! Took many sleepless nights and a whole lot of jitters to get through, but I scored a design internship opportunity that just kind of randomly landed in my lap.. at a bar. I knew my excessive drinking was good for something!

Anyways, I was super nervous at the interview but somehow found the right words on explaining my work and my journey into design. I must've done something right and got that joint! I'll be working with the firm M T W T F over the summer where the guy I spoke with was former Art Director of 2x4, a design firm that has done lots of work I admire.

I've got a couple months to prepare, but I'm already super nervous, not so much of the workload (he told me my stress level with multiply by 10) but more so if I can keep up with these guys. They're a pretty big deal, the work they do is beyond my typographic talents and this is my first real design internship. I'm having initial doubts of my ability but I know I really shouldn't put myself down too much and I'm hopeful that I can at least not make myself look like a complete waste of talent!

On the more positive perspective, I'm hyped at the chance to work with someone who has been so successful in the industry and the knowledge I can take from the experience of creating smart and sophisticated design. I'll let ya'll know how it works out!

Summer Goals

1. Find an internship with a design firm totes
2. Make 10 paintings (at least)
3. Learn letterpressing
4. Have a rooftop bbq at least once every two weeks.
5. Kill it at a rooftop pool
6. Bike every day, rain or shine.
7. Explore new areas/neighborhoods on my bike
8. Discover at least one new restaurant a week.
9. Finish portfolio website
10. Museum trip once a week
11. One drawing/sketch a day

If you would like to participate in any or all of these goals, I sure would welcome the company!

I'll never grow up.

Recently, I came across some work by graphic designer Jesse Arneson, who also happened to help curate the 30 Reasons poster exhibition (http://30reasons.org/index.php). The identity he helped build with Wall to Wall studios for the Hawaiian pizza company JJ Dolan is just too good! I always enjoy simple but effective interactivity and the website definitely caught my eye. And of course being the child I am, this is the first "art" I created. Give it a go at http://www.jjdolans.com/



http://www.jessearneson.com/02_builder.swf

Little Googlin'!

Today's Google image is BUHYEAST.



Also, a sneak preview of a big project I'm working on for my Tyopgrahy II class.