Archive for Things we like

Brandi Strickland

Brandi Strickland is RAD! Check out her latest series called Seed Stone.

Thirty Conversations on Design

Very interesting and inspiring thoughts on design from thirty influential creative minds.

Andrew Jeffrey Wright

I really enjoy the work of Andrew Jeffrey Wright. This piece makes me laugh! I found it on THIS Gallery’s flickr.

Burger Wars

Burger Alliance

McDonald’s normally gets the brunt of the trash-talk when people are discussing fast food, but imagine the United States as one large fast food playing field. Now imagine it’s McDonald’s versus all the other major fast food players in a battle to saturate said playing field. According to this map, McDonald’s isn’t the only one to blame for the increase in fast food intake. The above map details the dominance of all of these restaurants across our country relative to McDonald’s.

Check it out and then go eat a salad or read the Engine 2 Diet.

Brian Rea

Amazing murals by illustrator Brian Rea. Via Fast Company.

Custom Letters by Brian Jaramillo

LetterCult Logotype

Brian Jaramilllo of LetterCult fame, just launched a blog documenting his personal custom letter work over at Agency26.

While it is guaranteed to serve as an instant inspirational bookmark, be warned you’ll leave the site feeling awful about your own handwriting.

Check out a few of my favorites after the jump, or head straight to his site to see everything.

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Kate Bingaman Burt: Mixtape Poster

Speaking of my friend Kate, her raaad Mixtape poster is up for sale on etsy!
Screen printed Edition of 25

Anthony Georgis

Anthony Georgis is a Portland based photographer. He recently shot some portraits of my former professor and constant mentor Kate Bingaman Burt.