Tails

As seen on Fuck Yeah Cilantro.

Design, Science, Typography

I learned today one of my co-workers is color blind. Of course this color test came up, and I couldn't think of what it was called.

retfa ytrap

wood

CH / CH

McBess is my hero.

Crank for the Bank

Giving Murphy and his gang some help with their food drive with a poster. If you're going to be in the area next Saturday, December 19th, the folks up in Marin are doing a ride/race for their local food bank.



Type: Neutra Display, Neutra Text

Moon Rise

FTW

Manifest

Heads Down Planning

SMSW 2009 Rider Portraits

Thank you to the 198 riders who came out this weekend. You all made this year's 'Sweep a huge success; out-doing last year's haul by more than a ton! I think it's safe to say that San Francisco knows how to do some extreme grocery shopping. And without further ado, here are this year's rider portraits:



Thanks again to everyone,
Koshi.

54.5 °F
44.1 °F

Supermarket Street Sweep 2009 Time Lapse Weigh In

The Crumpler Super Market Street Sweep Collection 2009

SMSW 2009 Crumpler Collection

Thank you to Crumpler again this year for their support and the opportunity to make custom bags for the race.

Trackstand Grudge Match

Nonchalant

For the Spokes

SMSW 09 Spoke Cards are ready. Thanks to unaesthetic for the photo.

Jury Duty

From a few years back, but not posted here yet.

Trickster Treat 2009 Decision Tree

Download the PDF

I Awoke in a Land of Vampire Vegetables

Vampire veggies at Trickster Treat. Moar.

Halloween Bike Adventure, Choose Your Own

Everyone on Bike! Shot List

Limited editions of 35. Email me if you've already purchased a print, or if you're interested in purchasing one.


Night Rider
San Francisco, California
8" x 10"
$35
SOLD 8" x 10" 1/35: Colin Davitian


Envisioning Victory
ADT Center, Carson, California
8" x 10"
$35


Under the Umatilla Bridge
Umatilla, Oregon
8" x 10"
$35
SOLD 8" x 10" 1/35: Seth Sternglaz
SOLD 8" x 10" 2/35: Yuko Chapman
SOLD 8" x 10" 3/35: Ghislain Lacroix
SOLD 8" x 10" 4/35: Ghislain Lacroix


Warm SF Nights
San Francisco, California
8" x 10"
$35
SOLD 8" x 10" 1/35: Corey Warner


Overhead
San Francisco, California
8" x 10"
$35


Late for Practice
Kyoto, Japan
8" x 10"
$35


Up There
San Francisco, California
8" x 10"
$35



Contest
ADT Center, Carson, California
20" x 30"
$350


Masaki
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
20" x 30"
$350
SOLD 8" x 10" 1/35: Brad Simeral
SOLD 8" x 10" 2/35: Matt Crocker


This Way
Somewhere in Washington State
8" x 10"
$35
SOLD 8" x 10" 1/35: Brad Simeral
SOLD 8" x 10" 2/35: Dina Koutas
SOLD 8" x 10" 3/35: Ghislain Lacroix
SOLD 8" x 10" 4/35: Ghislain Lacroix


Winged
San Francisco, California
8" x 10"
$35


Tandem
San Francisco, California
8" x 10"
$35


Purple 0: Balloon Foreshadowing
San Francisco, California
8" x 10"
$35


Sunday Pack
San Francisco, California
8" x 10"
$35



5" x 7" cards available of all shots
$3.5

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Specimen

Kalavinka

Snow Capped

A Carpet of Humanity

A Study in Red

A contribution by ezieza to the sutro tower flickr pool.

X Marks the Ten Spot

Vote for my design in the Real Simple 10th Year Celebration Challenge.

How many faces can you identify?



Answer Key on Back

I'ma Let You Finish

Yo Pioneers, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish this release, but 0.1 was one of the best releases of all time!

Everyone on Bike! At the Pushbike October 23, 2009

I've got my first bicycle photo exhibit at the Pushbike, 3045 24th Street @ Treat. Show opens Friday October 23, 2009, 6p to 9p.


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Erin Jang: Modern Paper

Since I’ve been working at Minted.com I’ve had a renewed interest in print and have been learning a lot about the new range of digital presses. I recently came across the work of Erin Jang, a designer from Seattle who is currently making a name for herself in New York. She graciously offered her design wisdom to talk a little about a digitally printed wedding suite she did this summer. Digital has come a long way and designers like Erin have really shown how you can make digital look high-end. Good bye letterpress!



nftzg: In Margaret & Brian's wedding invitation suite did you get these printed offset or digital?

Erin: The invitations were printed digitally at a local printer. The quality of their printing is superb. The paper was a thick 120 lb. paper that I hand-scored and folded to keep it very very precise.

nftzg: It looks like you're using Futura Book and a slab-serif, what's the name of the slab face?

Erin: I used Futura Medium and Stymie; I liked the way they work together.

nftzg: What's behind the type choice? I like the combination.

Erin: I love Futura and use that a lot in my invitation designs. It's clean and modern, and Stymie pairs well with Futura because it also has clean geometric lines and is not overly embellished. I'm not partial to the formal scripty fonts and calligraphy most people use on their invitations (with the exception of something that looks vintage, like Memoriam which I used in Marci and Ben’s invitation set. I think a wedding invitation can look just as sophisticated and formal without the default script fonts.



nftzg: What are some of your other favorite typeface combos?

Erin: I really like to pair fonts that have flair or character with very minimal and clean sans serif fonts. These days I like using an all-caps condensed sans serif font (like Trade Gothic Condensed or Heroic) very small, with something like Modern No. 20 or Miller Display.

nftzg: Do you do your own illustration work?

Erin: Yes. I started out doing illustration work for the Seattle Times newspaper, creating illustrations and collages for the daily paper. I love being able to illustrate my custom wedding invitations — it's fun to translate the specific details of someone's wedding (the way the bride's dress looks, the plants and flowers at a venue, the food on the wedding menu, etc) onto an invitation.



nftzg: Where do you find your inspirations for the illustrations?

Erin: The illustrations on the invitations I create are always inspired by the details of my client's wedding. For Margaret and Brian's invitations, their ceremony took place at a chapel with this architectural exterior. I used this design motif to inspire the front folds of the invitation. The inside was inspired by the reception venue, Salvage One, a warehouse with vintage chandeliers and mid-century modern furniture. I asked the bride to take photos of her favorite chandeliers in the space and those are the ones I illustrated.



nftzg: What inspired the wonderful details on the belly band?

Erin: The bride wanted the color yellow on the band. I wanted something minimal that would allude to the design of the rest of the invitation. The ceremony chapel sits on Lake Michigan, so the scalloped lines were meant to mimic waves, and the curves of the church's circular designs. The small yellow flowers are taken from one of the chandeliers I illustrated inside.
 
nftzg: How do your clients typically respond to your work?

Erin: I've been fortunate to work with clients who understand my style and are good about communicating what they are looking for in an invitation. They tend to have very unique weddings, a lot of personality in their own style, and so far, they all have trusted me with the execution of the idea or concepts I presented to them. For example, I just worked with a wonderful couple named Marci and Ben; they were a dream couple because they were excited to try something non-traditional, outside of the standard wedding format, and that opened a door to creating something truly unique for them.



nftzg: I'm sure they loved their invitations, but with non-critical feedback, how do you enforce the level of quality that your work exudes? How many revisions does it typically take you to get to the final product?

Erin: My clients and I always have a healthy dialogue going on. I usually send a few sketches and ideas to a couple, which they review and give me feedback on. We work together to finalize one concept before I start designing. Any major revisions happen at this sketch stage. I'm very critical when it comes to my own work so I'm often my own worst enemy. A lot of times I will hate something I am working on, will come back to it a few days later and change it, tweak it and rework it until I am happy with the design.

Moar awesome work at http://www.theindigobunting.blogspot.com/.