Winnipeg, Canada
Today marks 33 years since the birth of Circle Design Incorporated (founding partner Geoff Hayes and I actually started as Circle Graphics back then— we share our illustrious April Fools’ birthdate back in 1976 with this little company called Apple Computer :-). Carrying on, with gusto…
Brooklyn, New York
…and then she turns them into art—so don’t say you haven’t been warned. She informed me yesterday that she now has a new website (you guessed it: www.wendyrichmond.com) and you can learn more about her here. Though I was already familiar with Wendy’s writing from Communication Arts magazine, I first met her in person six years ago at Anne Telford’s place in La Jolla—and I’ve followed her privacy-breaching oeuvre ever since.
Washington, D.C.
Another year goes by, and the world’s (now rapidly dwindling) ‘Superpower’ is still involved in ill-begotten warfaring in the cradle of civilization. When will it ever end… or will it never end?
Looking back to last year’s post (language warning still in effect)… here once again is ‘Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV.’
Friday the 13th…
Be kind to the media buyers… ad placement and the context in which audiences encounter marketing messages have much to do with the success or failure of the intended communication. (Thanks to Matt Warburton for this link).
London, U.K.
It’s hard not to be inspired by da Vinci—his sheer genius is undeniable. I was delighted to be able to take in an exhibition of 60 working wooden models of Leonardo’s inventions (faithfully recreated from his drawings by a team of skilled Florentine artisans) while visiting Wellington, New Zealand last November; the Leonardo da Vinci Machines Exhibition. So it was with great pleasure that I came across a post by Carleton Wilson re: the Universal Leonardo website, as inspiring and comprehensive an online resource regarding the great Italian master as the title would suggest—and definitely worth exploring.
Images of inventions from the ‘Browse’ section of the website: Leonardo’s self-propelled cart, flying machine, and giant crossbow.
[Apologies to anyone who tried to access this website over the weekend—my host Media Temple has been battling to end 48 hours(!) of interrupted service… quite unusual, as we’ve found them to be quite reliable over the past years.]
Winnipeg, Canada
…in the alley behind our office—a sporadic truism.
