This week, Stephen and I had the opportunity to present to a group of young Japanese design professionals at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The group was here in Portland as part of Teruo Kurosaki’s international desi…
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28 July 2008
Logobama, Week 21
This week, I found out what Freepers are, people like uploading this photo of McCain in a bib, and Derailed by Darry sent over 260 visitors to Logobama.com. It’s all reflected in the charts. Oh, and $10 towards the goal of $…
21 July 2008
It’s the Soft Stuff that Matters Most
Sometimes while mowing my lawn I drift off into some crazy internal philosophical discussions. Today’s started out with equal parts nonsense and rationality, but ended up being something significant and share-worthy. Here it…
Logobama, Week 20
We’re out of the teens and in to the terrible twenties for Logobama.com. This week we received an email from someone asking why we were approving “very offensive, anti-Obama logos with racist and terrorist overtones.&#…
16 July 2008
Coffee with Likemind, July 18
It’s coffee. With Likeminds. This Friday. July 18th. At Stumptown. (That’s downtown.) At 8am. You going?
14 July 2008
RYZ believes in Substance
RYZ is a new footwear company that is combining new manufacturing technologies, democratic design practices and online social networking and community. Ryzwear.com provides the opportunity for anyone to be a shoe designer. Yes, ev…
Logobama, Week 19
Another quiet week on the Logobama.com site… traffic was up slightly from a variety of referring links. Bring on the stats! — Visitors per Week / Logobamas Created per Week — Percent of Visitors Creating a Logob…
10 July 2008
Life at the Summit - A Substance Summit Recap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rno59mxEp6E Wow. What a great start to this idea. Thank you to everyone who make it, and we hope the rest of you who couldn’t make it this time will be at the next. I know I rely upon the ad…
8 July 2008
The Substance Summit, July 9 (#ss)
Just a quick reminder that the Substance Summit is on Wednesday, July 9th. What is the Substance Summit? In it’s simplest terms, it’s a conversation between creative and technology. It’s discussing how creative a…
7 July 2008
Logobama, Week 18. (Word.)
A quiet week on the Logobama.com site… though we’re seeing with fewer visitors, the percentage of visitors that create a Logobama increased. — Visitors per Week / Logobamas Created per Week — Percent of Vi…
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