What a year for politics to inspire outrage that inspires graphics. A look back on the heartbreak and fury that led to some real game-upping over here. I created this graphic for my daughter and I for the Women’s March. Read More
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Design Saves Lives – Stoves for Africa edition
Inyenyeri is an inspiring for-profit, social-good company that provides clean cook stoves and fuel in Rwanda. Their business model addresses issues of health, global warming, poverty and the education and independence of women and girls.They provide extremely efficient cookstoves, with free delivery, Read More
Posted in Case Studies, Design Thoughts Tagged with: banner, environmental justice, invite, poster, print, social good
One Pagers and Flyers
Posted in Case Studies, Design Thoughts Tagged with: flier, flyer, graphic design, infographic, print design
Bribing for Your Vote (a gift)
I want you to vote on November 6th! I’ll send a free sticker to motivate you or a friend, (ok, its a bribe – just vote). Every election I can remember has been the-most-important-election-of-our-lives. The upcoming midterm election is somehow the Read More
2018-2019 Burning Man Calendar
New year, new calendar. Summer is over, the school year is on, and we’re at the beginning of the Jewish new year. Fall feels like a fresh start to me, more than January 1st. Burning Man agrees – the annual Read More
Logo Process: Mirchi Meat & Deli
Ever wonder how we get from new-client-needs-a-logo to the final product? Here’s a peek at all the visual deliverables that get us on the same page, inspired, iterating with the client and happy logo dance at the end Collecting, sharing Read More
Posted in Case Studies Tagged with: branding, california, design, food and beverage design, logo, san francisco
We Call BS – free postcard download
Its past time for gun control, our children should be safe in school and movie theaters and church and so should we. Grab this free download and write to your representatives, enough is enough. Click to download Please share, and Read More
Posted in Political Tagged with: emmagonzalez, gun control, gun reform, howmanymore, protest, riseup, schoolshooting, votethemout, wakeupamerica, we call bs
The Secret History of the Burning Man Calendar
Hi there – the 2018/2019 calendar is here! https://marketplace.burningman.org/product-category/calendars/ 2004 – 2005, Burning Man Calendar An amazing thing happened to the semi-secret Burning Man calendar last week, it went to Washington DC and made an appearance at the United States Conference Read More
Posted in Case Studies, Design Thoughts Tagged with: black rock city, burning man, burning man calendar, burning man designer, burning man graphic design, calendar, calendar design, graphic design
2017 Logos
The Fishkin logo year in review. Worked hard, did some good design and did some good for unique Bay Area businesses. Not too shabby.
Posted in Design Thoughts Tagged with: branding, design, graphic design, graphic design for small business, identity, logo, san francisco, small business
Feel Good Movies
What to watch when the world is on fire? Recommendations from my community, leaving here so I can find them when needed – in no particular order… Mr Wonderful Ferris Bueller Weird Science Some Kind of Wonderful Princess Bride Singing Read More
Posted in Personal
Let’sPlaySF! logo animation
It took a lot of exploration, iteration, and a couple of wrong turns to get the Let’sPlaySF! logo for the SF Parks Alliance and San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Here’s the final image, but scroll down to see how Read More
Posted in Social, Uncategorized Tagged with: animation, branding, california, children, civic, logo, logo design, process, san francisco
Trumpocalypse – Free Resistance Images
Resistance Graphics – all free to download When I’m too distracted by the news these days to get work done, I procrastinate making graphics to share my mood about the current administration. Procrastinanger. Pissed off Procrastcreate. If you’d like to support Read More
Resistance Calendar
How to handle the holidays under a Trump regime? Here’s a handy reminder. First week of January – First week of Feb… New Year’s Day, January 1 – Your New Year’s resolution = Resist Martin Luther King Jr Day, January Read More
Posted in Uncategorized
No Civility, No Service signs.
Scroll down for free download. Some friends shared the image below with me, purported to be an official BART sign, but much more likely to be the work of an insightful prankster (hats off to you whoever you are). They asked Read More
Posted in Uncategorized
I’m With Nasty
The presidential election has completely taken over my year. In early 2016 I started a design project to experiment with typography of naughty silly words called The Weekly Slam. When the election, and some personal stuff started going sideways, I Read More
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: design, election, feminist, graphic, hillary clinton, HRC, Im with her, Im with nasty, nasty, sticker
The Weekly Slam
I started the Weekly Slam in spring 2016 with big plans last year to do one a week. The American political nightmare compelled me to switch gears. Well, I haven’t saved democracy, but I have a bunch of these still bubbling Read More
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: color, curse, design, graphic design, insult, lettering, pattern
