Dirty Fonts

I stumbled upon this fantastic blog featuring artwork from Juan Carlos Pagan and Gaius Benbow. They designed posters devoted to exploring the humanistic qualities of letters, but the posters show letterforms in quite compromising positions.

My favorite scene is the K, seen as it's stepping out of the shower.



A bevy of words come to mind as I look at the image. Here's just a few:
kinky
killer
kiss
kick
kinetic

Take a gander. What do you think?

My Crazy Font

So, I took Jackie's idea and made a font out of my own handwriting. It's crazy!

Images for Project 4

For my mini-documentary slideshow, I plan on telling the story of the Berkeley Pit, the large body of toxic water in my hometown of Butte, Montana. The story will briefly document the mining activities around Butte that led to the formation of the pit.

To prepare for the project, I've been researching historic images of Butte from its mining heyday. I found some awesome photos from the early days of Butte, and I thought I'd share them here.

Show & Tell #5 - Favorite Words

So, this is probably the best show & tell we'll ever had. I love me a lot of words, so I kinda went crazy here. I wasn't sure how to categorize them, so I just made a wordle. Check it out!

These are a few of my favorite things, I mean words.

Project 3 - Campaign Poster

Ok, so here's what I have so far for my poster for Project 3. I'm feeling a little uneasy about the whole campaign, so if you have any comments or suggestions, let 'em rip!



My concept is take charge of your health. In this case, it's taking charge of your health in terms of seeking treatment for symptoms of hypothyroidism, a metabolic disorder. My magazine ad and postcard ad will also focus on increasing awareness of hypothyroidism.

Let me know what you think. Thanks!

"I" Murder!

Finally, that Pixar lamp gets what it deserves...

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

My Collection - NY Lottery

Thanks to Rebecca, I added a new item to my scratch ticket collection. Not only do I have a new scratch ticket, but it's also from a state that I've never been to!

I Heart Word Spy

Word Spy is an awesome website for word lovers, especially those who can't get enough of unusual, new words.


Here's my favorite recent entry:

hobby hobo - n. A part-time hobo; a person who engages in hobo-like behavior (e.g., hopping freight trains) while on vacation from their full-time job.

Show & Tell #4 - Call to Action

I found a fantastically simple poster that uses one word to serve as a call to action. "VOTE" was created during the recent 2008 presidential election as part of a guerrilla advertising campaign.

Combining a minimal amount of text with dynamic and action-oriented visuals make this piece an effective call to action.

Project 3 Inspiration

I've decided to work on a health campaign for Project 3 focusing on thyroid disease. I plan to develop the poster, magazine ad, and postcard to increase awareness of thyroid disease and encourage people to see a doctor if they experience certain symptoms.

After searching for past health-related posters, I found three that really caught my fancy. I tried to find posters/ads that contain a fair amount of text because our poster needs to contain a 300-word count, so I thought I'd see how posters dealt with that.

Here are the posters:

Show & Tell #3 - My Collection

Heyo! So, the collection I decided to share with everyone is relatively new. I didn't start collecting these until Summer 2008, when I interned at the Montana Lottery. After getting to know the lotto business, I discovered all the cool scratch tickets that each state lottery makes in-house. So, I started collecting them.

Here are the three I decided to share:



"Fast $1500 Fireflies" - Hoosier Lottery



"Lucky 7s" - South Dakota Lottery


"Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Darth Vader" - Montana Lottery

Montana Meth Project - "Not Even Once"

In our last class, I talked about some anti-meth commercials that have aired back home in Montana. They're part of the Montana Meth Project, whose tag line is "Not Even Once." The campaign is aimed to dissuade teens and young adults from even trying meth, pointing out the high addictiveness of the drug.

Here are some of the graphic print ads used in the campaign. These ads can be found everywhere in Montana, from newspapers to billboards.




I also found several commercials on YouTube, but I chose just a few to include here. Be prepared, they're pretty jarring, just like the print ads above. Here are the links:

Meth Commercial - Girl in Shower

Meth Commercial - Laundromat

Meth Commercial - Mother and Son

Meth Commercial - Family Visitors


This is an example of an extremely successful campaign that uses graphic and explicit images. Even though the audience might want to look away, the saturation level of this campaign is so deep that it makes a real impact. According to official state reports, meth use has decreased by 72% and meth-related crime has decreased 62% since the launch of the Montana Meth Project in 2005. Before the campaign, Montana ranked #5 out of all states in the nation for Meth abuse. Now, Montana ranks #39.

Fantastic Words from Class - 10/03/09

Ok, so I know I have more important things to do (like working on revisions of both Project 1 AND Project 2), but I thought I'd share a little something with everybody. During last Saturday's class, I started writing down words that piqued my interest. Most of them are from Stephanie, and some aren't even words! So, here's my list of fantastic words:

• chefography (courtesy of Jackie)
• percolated
• carcassy
• jargony
• marinate
• nebulous
• molecularness

Good stuff!

What is a Vook and will it change how you read?

Interesting and innovative. I don't think I could ever give up my dusty old books, even for something new and shiny like this. Maybe if they could appeal to my sense of smell and add that scent of old/new books to it...

What is a Vook and will it change how you read?

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