Lauri Shillings » typography

My Graphic Christmas List

lshillings — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:21:41 +0000

I’ve made my christmas shopping list easy this year. Lot’s of geeky goodness for one and all.

graphic christmas list

Merry Christmas!
1. House industries factory blocks. I’m gonna need more stuff for me new desk!

http://www.houseind.com/objects/blocks/alphabetfactoryblocks

2- 3. hot pad holders, I need ‘em! http://www.target.com/p/natural-home-hot-pad/-/A-13205583#prodSlot=dlp_medium_1_1&term=hot pad holders
4. Tiny fiberglass shovel to replace the broken one.
5. Wooden spoons
6. Nikkor Wide angle lens
7. Neutraface font family [again: yes, i’m a geek- it’s ok] http://www.houseind.com/fonts/neutraface
8. AeroPress coffee maker, single serve coffee right over the cup. How easy?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047BIWSK/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aerinc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B0047BIWSK

9. Oliver Honey wine camelot mead. If you can, make 5 gallons for me instead. LOL

http://www.grit.com/print-article.aspx?id=4294979896

Hand making business cards

lshillings — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:55:27 +0000

There is a series of photos I’ve taken during business card creation. It is a hand stamped card with a seperate paper overlay that has the contact information.

Shoot the serif

lshillings — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:59:15 +0000

Fabulous game for you fontophiles out there. Play shoot the serif/.

Brand recognition

lshillings — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:35:19 +0000

I went to my son’s 5th grade class today and spoke about being a graphic designer. It was career week at his school. I spoke on how most computer related games and websites required a graphic designer’s skills. I Also talked to them about brand recognition, print, and typography. Amazing how well mass marketing can effect a child. They recognized 10 logos that were displayed as only a portion of it- such as the wal-mart asterisk, and Taco Bell’s “bell”. They had fun during this easy test. At least they didn’t fall asleep.
I created a website for the 5th grade class according to some of their preferences.
Fifth Grade Site

I made a flash site for them as well using the same basic layout and links.
Fifth Grade Flash Site

campus insider- as I see it

lshillings — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:36:00 +0000

I posted recently about the Campus Insider, a student ran newspaper on campus.

I promised to follow up with a redesign of their front page- and here it is.

thoughts and comments are appreciated.

Basement design

lshillings — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:18:15 +0000

While Jim’s been in Egypt, I’ve been busy in our basement. Here are a few of my favorite artworks. The two orange prints are from House Industries. They actually came as packing paper, wrapped around a larger print I had ordered of a bike rider in the snow. These hand pulled prints are more like wrapping paper, but I loved them so much- I decided to frame them and out them on the wall.