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So last week I went for a run at in the trails at catonsville. It was great; muddy and hard to find where i was going. I slipped a bunch of times got my shoes wet and muddy and it was amazing. those are the kind of runs I love. Any way this post is [...]

I am trying to replace some bi fold doors in my room and they are so hard to install. You have to make sure the top is in a while you are holding the top you have to some how keep that pressure and make sure that the bottom is in. WHO the F designed [...]

SOOOOOOOOO I hate wordpress. i hate it! its so stupid and not user friendly. they need a suggestion box!! hmph. their stupid upload thing isnt working..AND I AM NOT MENTALLY RETARDED! but how am i supposed to write on a blog about design and not post pictures...

Look at colleen’s post below. It is a perfect example of why magazine design needs to change, why it needs to be better, and why we as designers need to change it. I hate that colleen came to the conclusion that all magazine’s use template, because it can be deflating to realize that. I ...

ok, so its been a while.. a long! long! lo–yeah actually i guess it’s been never since my last post. here’s the thing: i currently intern for Harper’s Bazaar and i love it dearly, i really do! i also know that designing for a magazine isnt really designing at all–or rather I know it now. there’s ...

Here is what I have gone with or at least what i am thinking about Option 1: Option 2

I think a lot about perception. The way we see people form a far and what stories you make up about them. When I am out any where I LOVE to people watch, in fact I like to try and figure out what the people are doing, what their relationship is, and why they are [...]

Here is something that I am working on.

Sorry for the lack of posts, my classes have been keeping busy. That is a good thing. This happened last week and I need to share it:) I was driving, of course this a story about driving, and all of a sudden 95 comes to stand still. Forget the fact that I was thinking about something in [...]

In my typography class I was showing how you could create a design in photoshop only using type and various brushes created out of the type, so i thought i would make a video of it and post it here. Below is the finished tutorial and click here to download the psd file if you are [...]

Ok, so I have not written a running story in a while and thought it was about time. Because this semester I am teaching many morning classes my running schedule has been disrupted. I would usually run about 7:30 in the morning and then go into work, but this semester i have 3 morning classes, [...]

This was for my typography class, but just in case you forgot or never had it here it is. It is a real simple intro on how to slice type and basic movements in illustrator. Linked is also the template that i used. enjoy ~dzob

I think as adults we loose finding fun in the little things for example as I am writing this my son is in his underpants playing with post it notes and putting them on his fingers and pretending they are claws. First he made them sea weed and now he is putting them on his [...]

So, I get lost very easily. That is why I normally have my GPS on even though I know where I am going. Not only am I not good with directions and could get lost in a parking lot (True story) and get wrapped up in my own thoughts and usually forget that I need [...]