What Makes for Good Design?

“What Makes for Good Design?” Solutio for T.R. McTaggart, 8 Jan 2018. Online. https://trmctaggart.com/makes-good-design/

Paris ephemera

Letraset in transition

I love letraset!

Magnum registration marks

Ma pièce préférée

Scrapbooking supplies made out of Color-Aid

Paris Schetsblok 2002

Sketchbook pages

Printer Reset

A printout from my mom's computer printer showing the ink levels/running a nozzle test. I think it's beautiful.

Birthday Cards!

I love getting nice Birthday cards from companies I do business with. No joke.

White Out on White

This is whiteout on tracing paper.

Static Paper #3

I don't know what I did to make this.

My Favorite Beer

... is from the Brooklyn Brewery. Don't you love the packaging?

How we view an internet page

(by Laurenz Brunner)

Blue Books

Church Bulletins

I kind-of love church bulletins. You might think that I'm making fun of them--I'm not. I just appreciate how church-related materials have such a distinct design. It's kitchey, but it's sincere. It's not self-conscious; it's only goal is to function for what it is. I think it's cool because it doesn't try to be. Those who create church bulletins are definitely not posiers.

Kinder®

When I lived in Paris, I always bought Kinder®. The packaging is too much--it's awesome. And the chocolate's good. No, they are not paying me.

Envelope Security (scans)

32 different patterns of envelope security

My Mom Designs for The Black Tulips

My Mom designed and embroidered this lovely logo when I was in the band "The Black Tulips." It's exactly the size of a CD cover. She made it to either be cover art or a logo to sew onto a sweatshirt. Isn't it sweet? And isn't it well designed? Thanks, Mom!

Poster by Zach Keenan and Joe Rizzo for a performance in the MCAD student center with Zach and Joe playing under the name Jems, and Beth van Dam and me playing as The Black Tulips after changing our name from Monster Pussy.

Diazonium

At the Hall of Ideas in Midland, Michigan, there is a machine where you can take out a piece of paper coated with diazonium and coupling compounds, put your hand on it while exposing it to a special light (causing a chemical reaction), and process it. The first one I did yesterday. The second one I did a little over a month ago--notice how it fades from navy blue to a lime green over time. Midland, Michigan revolves around Dow Chemical Company and Dow Corning. There are many houses that have signs in the window that read: Home of a Chemic. Everyone loves chemistry here.