Tea Towel CV

VIA NOT FOR PRINT

I love the audacity of this undertaking, and the fact that it's a CV -- a tea towel created by Hannah Dollery, a graphic designer from New Zealand, who wanted to stand out in the CV crowd.

As part of a recent job I had to go through hoards of CVs to choose people to come in for an interview. I found many of them didn't catch my eye and, in a creative environment, this wasn't really ideal. I wanted to create something that people wanted to keep, surprised them when they viewed it, and made them interested to contact me. 

I had never silk screened anything, but I had done some letterpress printing. I had read a couple of articles on the process, but it was all pretty new to me. A friend of mine, Amy Pyle, who is a wonderful textile designer, helped me with the printing of the tea towels. We had a couple of problems with the fine lines which I had used to create some of the patterns, and we solved this by being patient while pushing the ink through. It was great to use silk screen and I will definitely be using it again. 

As it was a small production run, if I were to do it again, I would do about 50 more!

Coming in 2011: New Light Bulb Labeling

Starting 2011, the FTC will require new light bulb labeling, like they have for food. It will contain measures of brightness, yearly cost, life, appearance, energy used, and mercury content. I'm so glad because this will cut down the time I spend in the light bulb aisle trying to make sense of all the confusing information. VIA GOOD, POINT #7

Designing a better subway map

Here's an interesting idsgn article on the fine line between aesthetics and usability. At the end of the day, which way do you choose to sway?

Jessica de Jesus: The Energy Debates

While posting my stuff on the portfolio website Behance, I came across this girl's amazing portoflio. Her name is Jessica de Jesus and what caught my eye was the GOOD magazine cover she helped with during her internship there.

Browsing through her other work, I came across one called The Energy Debates, which I thought was really genius, really thoughtful and innovative.

GOOD: Oil, A History

In light of the Gulf oil spill, it seems appropriate to revisit this old piece by GOOD magazine.