B&W Documentary

Friday May 21, 2010 ...6:41 pm
Short black and white documentary following 5 architecture students @ SARUP, UW-Milwaukee.

Serial killer photo filter

Thursday April 29, 2010 ...10:18 pm

Not sure how it's possible, but I am convinced that every camera that is manufactured to capture your photo for a photo ID is set to a default filter called "Serial Killer".

Case in point? My new photo ID for my recently acquired job at Tufts University. Wow, I look like I should be featured on The Smoking Gun

Design by Committee or Deep Dive?

Friday April 09, 2010 ...4:17 pm

I documented the design process for the UWM SARUP website, found here:

SARUP 2nd tier web page

It's a small sampling of the 100's of iterations we developed for the SARUP website since October.

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Redundant graphics and accessibility

Wednesday March 31, 2010 ...10:01 pm

Bucky from Get Fuzzy attempts to make his graphic warning system accessible to those with color vision challenges, and fails. Nice try!


Graphic accessibility

The Perfect Billboard

Thursday March 04, 2010 ...12:28 am

Jack Cheng posted this gem, sure to be fully appreciated by graphic designers

The Perfect Billboard

The graphic designer in me can't help but love the subtle and understated elements used on an element that otherwise litters our landscapes, and is usually the attention whore of the advertising world. The architect in me can't stop wondering who decided mauve vinyl siding was a good idea.

~ gabriel


The Perfect Billboard