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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Those books are done .
And man, I'd love to show you three covers. So proud. Can't just yet. Will when I can.
-All images are in place.
-All illustrations illustrated.
-All overprinting checked and double-checked.
-The spelling is tighter than a fiddle ...
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It's been brought to our attention that one Dan down in North Carolina has been having a bit of a rough go, graphically speaking.
From us right to you: Dan, you gotta pull those pants up and get right up in the face whatever's messin' with you. Stare it down. And let it know that you ...
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Dan Brisse
Those books are just about done. The 99th percentile.
Coal , Coal Considered and Union Binding Co. , people.
Spent the day tricking shit out—tuning up images, checking overprinting inks, aligning the unaligned and making shit tighter than a fiddle string in all the books.
Last ...
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UPDATE: Those fuckin' catalogs are just about done. At the boiling point. Going late. Getting up early. Page by page. Fighting hard.
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STATUS REPORT: We're busy as shit.
Some percentages, for the statisticians who might be reading this:
01. Coal catalog: 82.6 percent done.
02. Union catalog: 85.6 percent done.
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MY EYE GOES TO TWO THINGS IN THIS ONE: That incredible leaf, and that wicked "C." I'm ...
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Coal
SOME SERIOUS HONOR: Look at that bear! This is what showed up in the mail this morning. From the good people of Always With Honor . And you know, before the day gets the best of me, and I forget, I just had to show you that bear. We dig, hard. So good!
You need one of these: They are ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The DDC does Dallas!
Man, I can't wait to go down there and meet all those rowdy Texans.
Dale and I whipped through Dallas a couple months back, just long enough to "feel the heat" on the outskirts, see the Fort Worth skyline in the distance and do some ...
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Will Lavigne
MARK THAT CALENDAR: I'm doing a deal with the Portland AIGA chapter called, "Designspeaks." December the 10th, people. Here's a Facebook-y link to the deal.
Designspeaks, eh? I got a couple choice words for the city of Portland. You can bet on that.
At the Ace Cleaners, downtown. Tell ...
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I'VE SAID IT MANY, MANY TIMES: Canada kicks our butt! Baltimore's very own Neal Shaffer comes in hot with that Manitoba gem up above, and we thank him for it.
Canada. Like Northwest Norm says, "A strange and wonderful place."
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THERE GOES THE MORNING: A kick ass Flickr set ...
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The weekend's highlight was a mission out to Salvador Molly's restaurant with the whole gang. Yeah, the Portland Place made kinda famous on "Man Versus Food."
Jacobus and Mike wanted a piece of that Habanero Challenge.
So they went for it.
Here's a little Flickr set I whipped up ...
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That's what it looks like when a real fatherfucker of a cloud rolls in over the city and opens the floodgates.
I love the rain, and welcome it. Let's get wet.
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Union time. All day. Wrastling this catalog into submission. No holds barred. Don't call. Don't reach out. Don't.
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SOME PRESS FOR THE DDC: I got interviewed by ACL's Michael Williams on the Wolverine shoes "1000 Miles" blog. Here's the link, readers.
I had a pair of ...
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Man, shit's busy. Union's catalog is about at 75 percent. Coal's catalog is somewhere 20-30 percentile. We're going as fast as we can, burning the late night oil, chained to the desk. Sore butts from all this sitting. Sore fingers from all this clicking.
Mom, Dad and sister Sarah flew ...
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Ryan Hughes,
Sandy Boulevard was closed down today for the Veterans parade. I'd happily go 20 blocks out of my way for any of 'em, any time. So many sacrifices made. Much respect and appreciation for their selflessness, valor and call to duty. As well, so thankful for the country I am so lucky to live ...
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I USED TO WORK ON THE RAILS: Up in Alaska. One of these years, I'll get my shit together and make a proper post or chapter on this site dedicated to my four grueling "summers on the rail" up there in the last frontier. Washing dishes and cooking. Ugh. It's easy to get romantic about those ...
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DAYWRECKER WARNING: 1960s & 1970s Scandinavian Design Logos. Be careful in there, people. That one could mess you up real good. Come on, America! Get it together. Restraint, people. (Of which I never exhibit, I know, I know.) But you know, look to Scandinavia for good design decisions when ...
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The DDC is very closed today. Family time, people.
Eight of us. (Plus a 7cm womb nougat.)
If you see a white van around town loaded full of Draplins, an Ashley, a McKolay and a Martin, well, stay out of the way. We're getting shit done.
You should have seen the spread at Chaba Thai ...
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Mom, Dad and sister Sarah showed up this morning. That's Dad above, the moment he walked off the tarmac tube thing. I was there to greet him, but can't comment on that any further.
My littlest sister Leah is brewing a little baby inside here, so everyone is out here to celebrate.
That ...
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LINK OF THE MONTH, AND WE'RE ONLY TO THE 6TH: DAYWRECKER WARNING! Here we go... "Antique Radio Tuning Dials." There just aren't words for how incredible that link is. Man. I'll stop. Go dig those radio dials, and hell, buy the guy a drink the next time you seem him in town. That must've ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: My littlest sister Leah and her beau Jacob are expecting!
And today they had their ultra-sound, and saw the little nugget move for the first time.
- Good, strong heartbeat.
- Good chance the thing will have "lots of hair."
- 7cm long.
- Might be a girl. Might ...
