The U.S., or, more correctly, Herbert Hoover acting as Secretary of Commerce, declined to participate in the 1925 Paris Exposition that defined Art Deco. Why? American advertisers were not modern! In fact, they were still relying on text to sell their wares, when most of Europe had moved to images Read more…
April showers bring May flowers… and sometimes babies! If you are headed to another baby shower and looking to personalize a gift, it might be a fun time to consider printing your own design on fabric and creating a few re-usable bags like the kind we get at make-up counters. Read more…
Sometimes I like to look at how math creates patterns to see if there is something original I could work with to create a new design. In 1891, or thereabouts, a German named David Hilbert documented a fractile, or a product that divides into equal parts, that creates a pattern. Read more…