Trees are budding, tulips have shown their bright happy faces and the lawns are green again. Life has returned to the midwest and summer will be here before we know it. The rains have come as well, and for whatever reason in the midst of all the colors of new life, I still feel melancholic…
Author: Joshua
B&N Take II
How well I remember the days in the late 90s when I was in college and I would drive the 45 minute trip to Grape Road in Mishawaka and go to one of my favorite places – the brand New Barnes & Noble. Featuring aisles of books that you could read without buying, Starbucks coffee…
Writing on the Wall
I had the joy and privilege of doing a spot of remodeling whilst Bob was on holiday last week. He was quite surprised to come back to leather furniture, iron and slate tables and a wall of deep crimson flanked by warm tans. On the crimson wall I designed a typographic treatment of the Voice…
Happy Birthday Ev!
Today is the birthday of Evelyn Rogers, the matriarch of the family with whom I live. Anyone who knows Ev knows that she is quite a character. Sometimes retail can be a pretty thankless industry, and I am sure there are many days she wonders why she still works at Sears, but I admire and…