Posts Tagged ‘Minneapolis’
Texting With Stamps
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: February 10, 2009
- In: art | design
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About a month ago I went to the Walker Art Center‘s Art Lab to participate in some text messaging at the event TXT IMGE BK GNR8TR. This was no ordinary texting action, nooo…using letterpress wood type (stamps), I crafted a unique, analog ‘text message’ for my friend Allison. Once I finished my text, I stepped [...]
Metblogs
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: October 26, 2008
How is it that I’ve never seen this? Via someone’s Tumblr, via Ning, I stumbled upon Minneapolis Metblogs. This is just one city-focused blog that is a part of over-arching Metroblogging, “the world’s largest network of city-focused blogs, covering local issues in over 50 cities in the world”. What is Metroblogging? Metroblogging started off [...]
Solid Gold, Minneapolis Band on RCRDLBL.com
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: August 21, 2008
The past few nights I’ve been sampling tunes on RCRDLBL.com and tonight came across Solid Gold. Since I’m only scanning the reviews in my Google Reader and artists’ bio pages, I didn’t see this group is from Minneapolis until I’d given their song a good listen. Tony Plunkett on RCRDLBL likens Solid Gold’s sound to [...]
Minneapolis Shows Summer Movies in Parks
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: July 23, 2008
If you’re a Minnesota resident, you’re well-aware of the precious summer time we have. Now that it’s almost August (and I’m thinking, but summer just began), I realize I still have not gone to an outdoor movie. For the past few years I’ve put this summer activity on my list of ‘to do’s’ and so [...]
Downtown Minneapolis Parking Rip-Off
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: June 16, 2008
Not usually one to post a single rant such as the one that follows, but a helpful warning to anyone looking to park downtown: Do not park at 501 Marquette (on Marquette Ave. between 6th & 5th streets). For 1 hour I paid $14! I could hardly believe it. Just one more reason (aside from [...]
Design Matters/Logos 01 by Capsule
Posted by: Courtney Kuehn on: October 19, 2007
- In: books | design | strategy
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I’m not a designer but I like looking at design stuff. The Minneapolis design firm Capsule has produced Design Matters/Logos 01, aimed to show the logo-making (right terminology? doubt it) step-by-step. This includes strategy and research for you plannerly types (ahem, see photo). (see Cool Hunting and Amazon.com)
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