1. The One in 8 Million series at The New York Times Online.

2. Seeing my work out in the world.

Click to see video!

I realized after putting together  the first profile a couple weeks ago, that “These things are a lot of work!!”.  Especially if I want to make them worth reading and pleasant to look at.  So while I’m busy gathering up a bevy artists/strangers to share with you, this weeks RH | profile features a video from Dwell Magazine’s online “Emerging Designer” video series that shares the work, creative process, and work environment of designer Jason Miller.  I’m excited to share with you this great little film, not only because Miller has a rad stache and dutifully/delightfully wears plaid, but he really thinks about the juxtaposition of images and symbols and allows his environment to inform his ideas.  Happy Friday!

Ever wonder how things like liquid oxygen got from here to there….in the 60′s?  In style, it seems.

I recently found these photos in an old Graphis Magazine article called “Vehicle Graphics”.  Don’t these make you want to jump back in time to when company logos and marketing meant clean design and strong clean typography? Instead of always getting slapped in the face with bad design, sex, or inadequacy. Hmmm…

They are all so lovely it’s hard to pick a favorite – but if you had to drive one, which one would you choose?

My personal favorite.

I was scanning the obituaries in the NYTimes this morning and saw this…

Connie Haines, Peppy Singer, Dies at 87

Got me thinking what few words might be used describe my life someday.

Leah Dankertson, Rider of Public Transportation,…
, Maker of Piles, …
, Magazine Subscriber, …
, Scarf Enthusiast, …
, Aspiring Book Designer and Photographer, …
, Church Attender, …
, Avid Public Library Patron,
, Survivor Fan, …
, Drinker of Too-Much-Coffee, …

I guess my hope when all is said and done, is that however I am summed up in the end, one description might be: Good Friend.

What words would you put ‘between the commas’?

Enough said, I think.