Ingrid Burrington
@lifewinning
writer, artist, (credentialed as a) geographer. editing at large at urbanomnibus.net. research fellow at SFE. buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. past work: lifewinning.com. all me buddy, never spoken for an employer
Doing some collage-y texture stuff for field guide illustrations, I think it mostly works but unsure if adding The Sky totally works in the example here
This is maybe an improvement? But doing more of a grid text wrap instead of wrapping to the circle like in the manhole covers section.
then there's the problem of "I wrote too many words so there's a lot of dead space with the illustrations", which is clunky but I haven't come up with a better way to deal with it
past me insisting that 4x6 pocket size was ideal because it would be "more like a field guide" is responsible for some of the more deranged layout choices I'm making here
I respect the commitment to the bit but also: do you have any idea how hard it is for me to call a phone number
Arrived today and now in pride of place among the tote bags, TY @bencollins.bsky.social
Do I need to write an academic journal article about data center memes
hey everyone sorry to be all "graphic design is my passion" but is this direction for the cover anything
Unfortunately what I think when I read about the helium shortage
Artists at the intersection of art and technology wish they had the chops to make graphic design as good as the 1996 Steve Forbes presidential campaign
Brooklyn!! My friends' co-op bakery reopened in its new space on Atlantic Ave today and it is so nice and cool I am so proud of them!! Look at this gorgeous signage for the new space www.seaandsoilcoop.com
Maybe not "ever" but certainly "among municipal conflicts of interest board accounts"
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this
Important bay area travel ritual: going to the Millbrae diner by the airport that I used to go to as a teenager