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Thursday, December 29, 2011
As with most mornings, I was sitting at my desk, sipping hot coffee and staring at the monitor while the morning’s new emails downloaded to my computer. Aside from the usual channel letter design requests there was an email from a client named Paul Ingle of Design...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
How to design a system that won’t get people lost
Getting from point A to point B—without somehow first hitting point Z, J or Q—sounds like it should be easy enough, but it doesn’t always end up that way. Sometimes, wayfinding signage systems are...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
A primer outlining the most useful CNC router substrates
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe.”
—Abraham Lincoln
The razor-sharp, rapidly spinning blades on a CNC router bit make...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Today’s materials offer more options
I'm not sure what the weather is like outside for you right now, but I’m writing this in August. It’s been a hot summer. And an awning would be a good thing to have on that window on the west side of the house right...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Playing it safe with aerial lift equipment
You can probably count on being pretty safe if you spend all day on the couch in your living room. But not too many people are content with staying home on the couch. Outside, life is risky. Hazards and booby traps are...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Customer flexibility is important
The Challenge: The shopping center sign criteria prohibits flat faced digitally printed cabinet-type wall signs and Kelly Martin, owner of Chepe’s Mexican Grill, a growing Mexican restaurant organization in the Atlanta area, has...