Adam McRae
Adam McRae is about to graduate from uni up in Bellingham, Washington – I heard about his images over lunch the other day and somehow I remembered his name. Must have been the french fries.
I don’t think Mr. McRae will have any trouble finding commission once graduated – his eye is solid and his work has a point of view. This is what I call dreamy.
Nice work Adam!
Powells blitzkrieg
For those of you that are lucky enough to live in Portland, you know the program.
I looked at my image library at home and realized it needed some refreshments. There is only on place. There is only one holy land.
Here is what I found, all came from the Orange Room, in and around section 675, Nature Studies, in case you’d like similar publications on your shelf at home!
Total cost: $29.25
All I will say is this could never happen at Borders. No book here cost more than $6. All highly undervalued, if you ask me!
God bless you, Powells!
Fort Mixtape – #1!
This is exciting, our first mixtape!
Having been inspired by the incredible bloggers that we follow often & the wonderful world of sharing music (Kitsune Noir + ISO50 + The Porch + Skull4Brains) I thought it was high time we contribute.
So for this inaugural mixtape, the Fort has converted to the great teachings of Islam. Perfect timing, right? You were thinking about converting anyway, this will totally be the soundtrack on your journey to Mecca. Anyway, all the songs on this tape are from countries with a major Muslim population. Sorry, no belly dancing music.
The Muslim diaspora is incredibly extensive. The sounds that come from a region that stretches from Morocco to Indonesia are just so intoxicatingly rich. This tape represents some treasures I’ve found. Clearly, there is much, much more out there beyond my radar. Perhaps this will whet your Muslim appetite.
So put on your prayer cap, brush up on your Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Senegalese, and Farsi.
Side note: If you live in an urban area and pop this tape in your ears while you bounce around town you won’t regret it. Perfect match for the bustling metropoli & densely populated sidewalks. Score!
Side bonus: The last track is the Muslim call to prayer which broadcasts 5 times daily in Islamic communities, representing the 1.57 billion humans that hear it. One of the morning calls says “come to prayer, it is better than sleep.” Interesting!
Side note 2: I am not a Muslim. I just dig them.
GOOD LOOK: Wireless Parking San Francisco
As anyone who has accompanied me to Portland International Airport can attest I can do some serious geeking out where well designed parking systems are concerned. Their short term parking system is incredible with lights that change from red to green depending on wether or not there is a car in the spot and signs that show you how many spots are open on any given level. While I’m sure this system isn’t unique to PDX it’s the only place I’ve seen it and I’m impressed EVERY time I go. All that to say when I ran across this video about a parking system that I believe has yet to by implemented in San Francisco I was excited. I’m a huge believer in public transit especially in dense urban areas but any way that we can make getting around urban spaces a more streamlined experience is a good idea as far as I’m concerned.
Aboriginal typeface
In doing some research for a school project I discovered the Canadian province of Nunavut has created its own typeface!
Interesting, I’m totally intrigued. It’s called Pigiarniq.
The latin portion of the alphabet is quite lovely, and then the Aboriginal portion is just incredible. So it’s basically a geometry class, to check out their phonetics.
Tiro Typeworks took care of the design and also have another version available called Uqammaq.
Tiro also has an upcoming typeface for the Cherokee language, as well as faces for other Inuktitut & Cree languages. Check it if you want it. This is a new concept to me, designing typefaces for first nations dialects – and creating bundled downloads to fit the syllabic languages to your western keyboards. How thoughtful!
From the Canadian Design Resource:
With only 0.01 people per 1km2 of land, Nunavut is one of the least populated regions in the world; however the 28,000 citizens that live throughout Nunavut speak at least 4 different languages (French, English, Innuinaqtun and Inuktitut).
Pigiarniq free download