2010 March

Typographer: Jessica Hische

Blog•on March 29th, 2010•Comments

There are very few designers that just blow me away with their skill, it takes a lot to impress me. Yet, when they do they are just something great I must share with others. Graphic Design, Illustrator and Typographer, Jessica Hische is one of those people I must share. She does freelance work out of her studio in Brooklyn, NY. I had been introduced to her work via a mutual friend, designer & illustrator Ronald J. Cala, II.

Early in my education I had not been a fan of typography, it just didn’t click with me at first. Yet, I grew to enjoy it even more by constantly working with it and seeing great examples of it. Jessica’s work is at a level that I wish I could achieve, in any of my typography work.

Being a recent graduate of Kean University, I was so happy when I found out that Jessica would be a guest speaker at our annual design conference Thinking Creatively. Another great designer besides Jessica who is speaking is Illustrator Ronald J. Cala, II. If you are interested in designs with optical illusions, he is the man to see.

To get a great idea of her illustration ability check out her Daily Drop Cap blog, it is a great example. Jessica goes through the entire alphabet in order, creating a different type style for each letter. Many of the letters have great filigree designed into them and some letters with creative cartoon-like elements, such as the letter ‘V’ that was created as a slice of pepperoni pizza. Jessica has another blog where she writes about some of the great design-related items she finds on the internet. A recent radio show in Austrailia had interviewed Jessica, her segment from that show can be heard here. Jessica_Radio_Talk_2010_03_18

Some of her drop caps and other designs can be purchased at her online store, found on her website. Jessica Hische is a great illustrator and someone you should definitely follow (@jessicahische).

My Photography Exhibit in Print

Blog•on March 16th, 2010•Comments

So it’s time for an update with great news (sorry I haven’t updated in a while, things got busy). As you may know, a week ago today my photography show at Bouras Galleries officially opened and with great feedback.

So, to my delight, aside from the mailing list that was complied for the postcards, the gallery owner contacted several local newspapers with notification of my gallery opening. I was happy to find my article online at the newspaper’s website and to my surprise (because I thought I missed out on seeing it) in the physical print newspaper. I’m glad I got to see it in the newspaper because unlike the online version of my article they actually printed the image from my advertising postcard. Now everyone gets the chance to see the sample of my 5 gallery images.

While using google to find out what newspapers decided to print my gallery information, I found out that the town of Springfield, NJ posted the exhibit on their facebook page. So it was great to see how much exposure my show was finally receiving. If you’ll be in the Union County Area now through April 29th try to stop by Bouras Galleries in Summit, NJ. 25 DeForest Avenue 07901

Logo Styles

Graphic Design, print•on March 10th, 2010•Comments

Each logo has a different technique used to create it. (From left to right)

Haverforth is a type based logo with the letter “O” falling into place as does the modular pieces of the homes the company provides.

Green Lane Farmers Market is a hand crafted logo, using cut paper and glue only. It helps to represent the organic base for the Farmers Market and bring the natural feeling all food should posses to the brand of the Market.

Vento Motorcycles is an illustrator based redesign of their current logo, which features their prominent single letter “V”, however this logo is created with a more retro feeling to target a more mature audience.