Monday, January 30
Backlit Fabric

Monday, January 23
Two Years (104 Mondays)

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For the last two years, I’ve taken my cameras along with me on trips, through the city of Chicago, to parties and events, mostly to capture small curiosities or details of my life. Shooting with film gives me a way to look at common practice through a different perspective, and I always learn something new when I review a developed roll. The best part about it is a single image will often inspire a much larger project, influencing not just my photography, but my design work as well.

I’m fascinated by not knowing exactly what image will produce when I open the shutter. That my state of mind is never the same when I review the film, as when I shot it, causes me to see one thing in two very different ways, allowing a certain kind of reflection process that I find to be very beneficial to my work. And what sharing them here gives me is a regular opportunity to curate, which is such an important part of the creative process.

So, 35mm Mondays is now officially a toddler. And growing up fast!

Monday, January 16
The Last Winter on Earth

Monday, January 9
Sticker Bushes and Shoe Laces

There’s nothing like receiving a surprise at your doorstep from your favorite letterpress studio. This year is off to a sunny start, with a charming 2012 wish from the lovely ladies at Gilah Press in Baltimore!

Gilah Press has been my trusted printer since MICA, having worked with them on projects including my very own wedding invitations—which turned out amazing! I’m always overjoyed with their quality results and anticipate many new projects in the new year.

Always reliable, timely and accommodating, I highly recommend considering Gilah Press for your next letterpress project.

Gilahpress.com

Monday, January 2
Get Away, Holiday

There is nothing like returning home in Chicago to some holiday design cheer! Waiting for me at my doorstep was a beautifully designed and crafted package from the talented crew at Firebelly Design. Raising the bar once again, “Bottoms Up” is a limited edition run of four letterpressed holiday coasters, perforated and ready to protect my coffee table.

Though, I think I’ll gladly suffer through a few water rings in order to preserve this fantastic set. Cheers to you, Firebelly!

So the Borders downtown went out of business this Fall and now resembles a bomb shelter. The nearest Barnes & Noble is one of those campus affiliated ones, so the selection is super limited. These are probably my two best excuses as to why I’ve just now acquired this issue of Print, which has been in circulation for over a month now!

Anyway, I was overjoyed to learn that my work would be featured in the Midwest chapter of the Regional Design Annual for 2011. Its a publication that I’m always eager to get my hands on every year, and to be featured on the same pages as some of my long-time design crushes is always an honor.

And Sometimes Y is a little project I produced in 2010 that I had a really good feeling about. The letterforms were fascinating to me, and I hoped that my peers would appreciate them the same way I did when I was first sketching them. They’ve been working really hard for me over the last year, and in light of that, I’m hoping to explore new studies of a similar fashion, or perhaps an entire alphabet inspired by these vowels.

We’ll see. For now, back to the drawing board!

Monday, December 26
100

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Today marks the 100th Monday since starting my weekly photographic tradition. The date that corresponds with each post rarely has any effect on the curation process, but today just felt extra special. I couldn’t decide at first what sort of image to produce for today’s post, which led me down the path of making images out of ’100 things’ or spelling ’100′ with christmas lights… I took a few shots of ’100′ set in Helvetica Bold, as a way to stay objective about it. I found myself with a really captivating collection of images, and have decided to continue shooting the number as a way to explore natural image distortion and light refraction. I’ll be sure to share some process shots along the way!

Oh, today is also my 25th birthday. So thats a fun bonus!

Monday, December 19
Silhouette Clothes