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Making faces #29. #collage #collage_creatives #visualart #collageartwork #nucollage #collageart #collagearte #papercollage #minimalcollage #cutandpaste #papiercolle #handmadecollage #handmade #makingfaces #Lanfordcollage

What I saw today.⁠ #Winter #StreetPhotography #StreetArt #lookingdown #Lookdown #Shadow #sunlight #selfportrait

Detail from the gala opening of a new exhibition. Designed for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. #LanfordMuseums #LanfordIdentity #typography #TypeInspire #contemporarytype #caslon #branding

@nflbluesky.bsky.social I'm sayin it again. I'm disappointed that the NFL removed the "End Racism" message from Super Bowl end zones.

What I saw today. #arrow #arrows #streetphotography #streetphoto #lookdown #lookingdown #silverspring #LanfordArrow #UrbanPhotography #UrbanShot

Book design for USAID, where the authors use futures analysis to help explore new frontiers in international development.⁠ Sadly, their website vanished without explanation (2nd image.) Here's what Elon Musk posted on X, yesterday: “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die."

What I saw today. #LanfordColor #rain #silverspring #glove #red #urbancolor #UrbanPhotography #UrbanShot #urbanart #urbancolor #streetart #streetphotography #streetphoto #lookdown #lookingdown

As we head to the inauguration, this cover from The Atlantic has been sticking in my mind. Look close. The chains by the the elephant. The road is a swamp. The vulture-like bird. Kudos to Justin Metz and @theatlantic.com for capturing this bleak moment. #Felon #unfitforoffice #grifter #trump

From my collection. An ad from the series "Great Ideas of Western Man." Published in 1978 by the Container Corporation of America. Design by Ivan Chermayeff. #forgotihadit #cca #GreatIdeasofWesternMan #ContainerCorporationOfAmerica #IvanChermayeff #graphicdesign #modern #design

An excerpt from Dickens ““American Notes for General Circulation,” about his trip to America in 1842. I published, and designed, the chapter that accounts of his trip to Washington, DC. #LanfordBooks #bookdesign #Dickens #print #printdesign #Typography #Baskerville #GraphicDesign

Making faces #28. First collage since the election. #collage #collage_creatives #collagesociety #visualart #collageartwork #collageart #collagearte #collageartists #papercollage #minimalcollage #cutandpaste #papiercolle #handmadecollage #makingfaces #Lanfordcollage

What I saw today. #LanfordColor #SeeHere #Contrast #Color #Blue #InteractionOfColor #LookingUp #sky #BlueSky #urbancolor

What I saw today. #arrow #arrows #streetphotography #streetphoto #rain #lookdown #lookingdown #silverspring #LanfordArrow #UrbanPhotography

Making faces #27 #collage #collagesociety #visualart #nucollage #collageart #collagearte #collageartists #papercollage #cutandpaste #papiercolle #makingfaces #Lanfordcollage

What I saw today.⁠ #LanfordColor #LanfordArrow #SeeHere #SilverSpring #Sign #arrow #arrows #streetphotography #urbanart #UrbanShot #UrbanPhotography #sky #bluesky #lookingup #lookup #interactionofcolor #colorhunters #contrast #color #colorful

From my bookshelf. Close-Up, published in 1949 by CBS. Design by William Golden, who designed the legendary CBS “eye” logo. #forgotihadit #FromMyBookShelf #cbs #williamgolden #billgolden #Didot #CoverDesign #BookCover #printdesign #graphicdesign #modern #design #graphicdesign #designinspiration

What I saw today.⁠ #foundtype #foundtypography #typeinthewild #Decayporn #Vernaculartypography #nophotoshop

What I saw today.⁠
 
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#SilverSpring #Balloons #minimalism #BlueColor #color #LanfordColor #interactionofcolor #RawColor #contrast #colorful #abstract #abstractphoto #seehere #colorhunters #Raw_blue #Raw_colors #Raw_colours #urbancolor

What I saw today.⁠ #LanfordColor #LanfordArrow #SeeHere #Red #Sign #arrow #arrows #streetphotography #urbanart #UrbanShot #UrbanPhotography #interactionofcolor #colorhunters #contrast #color

From my bookshelf. Graphis 156, 1971. Cover image by Jean Michel Folon. #forgotihadit #FromMyBookShelf #Graphis #GraphisMagazine #CoverDesign #jeanmichelfolon #folon #WalterHerdeg #MagazineDesign #MagazineCover #print #printdesign #graphicdesign

Part of a visual identity for a commercial real estate development outside of Washington DC. Designed for the John Akridge Companies. #LanfordIdentity #Didot  #placebranding #branding #brandidentity #brand #identity #logo #logotype #graphicdesign #design #designstudio #brandingdesign #typography

I took this photo back in 2017. Ugh. #WeHaveWorkToDo #NotMyPresident #Unfit #Felon #Poster #savedemocracy #election2024

He’s a loser, and he just lost again. #debatepresidencial #donaldtrumpmemes #donaldtrump #presidentialdebate #debate #debates2024 #trump #kamala #harriswalz #harris #kamalaharris #debate2024 #debate #presidentialdebate #vote #kamalaharris #kamala #2024elections

A logo, for a very very small company, that emphasizes the name of the owner — Carol Prince. 
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#branding #brandidentity #brand #identity #logo #logotype #graphicdesign #design

What I saw today.⁠ #Lookdown #arrow

Making faces #20 ⁠ #collage #cutandpaste #makingfaces

From my bookshelf. Fortune magazine, November 1947. Cover by Hans Moller. #HansMoller #fortunemagazinecovers #fortune #fortunemagazinecover #fortunemagazine #illustration #vintagemagazinecover

Logo construction for the Washington Area Community Investment Fund. #branding #brandidentity #graphicdesign #design #color #brandingdesign #Logos #LogoDesign #Grids

What I saw today.⁠.#sky #bluesky #lookingup #lookup #interactionofcolor #colorhunters #RawColor #afternoon #contrast #color

Making faces #19 ⁠ #collage #collage_creatives #collagesociety #visualart #collagewave #nucollage #collageart #collageartists #papercollage #minimalcollage #cutandpaste #papiercolle #handmadecollage #handmade #makingfaces

Part of a branding campaign I created for an exhibit on Arthur Szyk — a Poland-born American artist, famous for his anti-Axis political illustrations and cartoons during WWII. Designed for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. #ArthurSzyk #USHMM #branding #graphicdesign #design

What I saw today. An impressive, full-floor survey of Simone Leigh’s work at the Hirshhorn. #Smithsonian #Hirshhorn #SimoneLeigh #sculpture #art #ContemporaryArt #FineArt