Bike Like a New Yorker
Helping cyclists reclaim the streets two wheels at a time, creative agency, Mother, has designed these bird’s-eye perspective billboard and print ads to draw attention to city cyclists.
It’s beautifully executed with this sharply lit photographic style and grungy type, laid out over the streets.
This is neat!
It’s National Wildflower Week! Of all the unique and colorful wildflowers on public lands, few are as fascinating as the Cahaba lily. A rare type of spiderlily with striking 3-inch white flowers, the Cahaba lily requires a specialized habitat of swift water flowing over rocks with lots of sunlight. Cahaba lilies bloom from mid-May to mid-June (or Mother’s Day to Father’s Day). The best and largest populations are located at Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama. Photo by Keith Boseman (www.sharetheexperience.org).
OK, this is hand lettering and not exactly typography. The argument being that in hand lettering you create the letter/character as you go and in typography, the letter/character is premade. However, both arts need to have an understanding of how letterforms are constructed and how those forms fit together in a space. Discuss.
The image above is a photograph of from the Layton School of Art & Design Records, 1888-1980 and shows a person practicing a specific hand lettering style. There is no name or date identification accompanying the photo but we are assuming that this experience was part of the commercial art curriculum.
(PH Milw Mss 168, box 1, folder 9)
Not far from the glitz and excitement of Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada offers a different kind of thrill. With scenic trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, it’s easy to find a quiet place to enjoy its natural beauty. Photographer Courtney Knaup - a frequent visitor - recently enjoyed a perfect moment of wonder and solitude. “Being out there alone, watching the first light hit the cliffs is always magical. Even more so with a fresh layer of snow.” Photo courtesy of Courtney Knaup.
Little Sahara Recreation Area in Utah includes a vast area of open sand dunes located less than two hours from Salt Lake City. Small rolling dunes offer fun for the family, while climbing the 700-foot tall Sand Mountain is not for the faint of heart. Nearby is perfect of fat-tire biking on the dunes, sandboarding or skiing down Sand Mountain, and viewing wildlife in their natural habitat. The area is most popular during the spring and fall, but if you go in the summer, be sure to bring plenty of water! Photo by Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management, @mypubliclands
Located between Monticello and Moab, Utah, is Canyon Rims Recreation Area. The exposed rock layers of the buttes, canyons and spires are 150-300 million years old and have been formed by erosion and weathering. It’s the perfect place for hiking, biking, horseback riding, camping and wildlife watching. While visiting, keep an eye out for mule deer and pronghorn antelope that live in the area. Photo by Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management, @mypubliclands
A walk in the woods can feel like an escape from the stress of modern life. Enveloped by green, sheltered by the forest canopy, it’s easy to surrender to the songs of birds and the whisper of a flowing stream. Close to the urban centers of Cleveland and Akron, Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio offers miles of hiking, biking and riding trails, numerous waterfalls, picturesque meadows and the peace you’re looking for. Photo by Amjad Zwaid (www.sharetheexperience.org).
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Pretty cool!
Parker Jones is drawing the Mexican landscape while cycling 3,000 miles south from the US border. Parker Jones is a freelance designer based in Lake City , Utah.
You can see more of his work on Instagram or his website.
The Trump administration has, quite brazenly, moved into Obamacare sabotage mode — hurting the most vulnerable participants as it puts the law itself at risk.
Health and Human Services announced Thursday it would cut the Obamacare sign-up budget by 72 percent. Advertising funding will fall from $100 million to $10 million for the 2018 enrollment season. In-person outreach dollars will decline from $62.5 million to $36 million.
The Affordable Care Act’s success hinges on a large number of healthy people enrolling in marketplace coverage. These policy changes only make senses as ones that would undermine that goal. Experts expect that less outreach and less advertising will lead to fewer people enrolling in coverage, and those most likely to be left behind are the young, healthy enrollees who hold down premiums for everyone else.
via VOX.
On this date in 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the #ADA into law — making it easier for older Americans and others with #disabilities to get around at home, participate in their communities, and go to work. #ADA31
