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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Resurrecting Ottmar Mergenthaler
In 1960, John W. Reed, President of the Linotype Company, presented a bronze bust of Ottmar Mergenthaler to the students of Cal Poly’s Printing Department (now called Graphic Communication). The bust is about 2/3 life size, and is mounted on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, People, Typography
Tagged bronze casting, Cal Poly, Frank Romano, Genesis Bronze, Graphic Communication Dept., Linotype machine, Ottmar Mergenthaler
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Making the Hong Kong GigaPan image
I shipped my GigaPan rig and my Really Right Stuff carbon fiber tripod in my checked luggage to Hong Kong. My hope was that I could make a couple of beautiful panoramic images of the Victoria Harbor with Hong Kong … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Photoshop techniques
Tagged Brian Lawler, GigaPan, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Central, Kowloon, Wan Chai
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Danish designer’s logo makes a nice Chinese ideograph
While participating in the ICC Symposium in Hong Kong this week I had a chance to visit and tour the Hong Kong Design Institute, a public post-secondary institution devoted to graphic arts, graphic design, interior design and industrial design. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, People
Tagged graphic design, Hong Kong Design Institute, Karsten Skjoldhoej, logo design
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Driving on the leftright in China
This was written in flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco When we traveled to mainland China yesterday in the charter bus, we enjoyed the countryside, surprisingly nice roads, and views out of the windows of tall apartment buildings, large … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged driving in China, driving on the left, driving on the right
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China, day four-point-three
We awoke yesterday and boarded a big green bus, heading north from Hong Kong into mainland China. Our objective was to visit three of China’s largest commercial printing companies, each known for quality and high volume. Crossing the border from … Continue reading
Hong Kong, Day three-point-seven
I think. Yesterday was the ICC Symposium at the Hong Kong Design Institute. We were expecting about 450 participants, and over 700 attended. The large auditorium at the center was filled, and they stayed all the way to the end. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Color Management, People, Photography, Photoshop techniques, Printing and Printing Processes, Software, Technology
Tagged Brian Lawler, color management, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong Printers Association, ICC, ICC Symposium, John Seymour, Max Derhak, Ragy Isaac, Steve Smiley, Tom Lianza, William Li
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ePrint is setting records in Hong Kong printing community
It’s VistaPrint for Hong Kong. But less aggressive and irritating. On our tours yesterday of printing plants in Hong Kong, we visited a company called ePrint, which is a largely web-based commercial printing company. They specialize in – everything. Their … Continue reading
Hong Kong Day Two
On my outings on Sunday in Hong Kong I had a chance to take the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbor to Hong Kong Island where my friend John Seymour and I had lunch. The weather was tempestuous, and we watched … Continue reading
Rolex? Rolex? Gucci? Tailor? Tailor?
As I walked along the shopping street adjacent to my hotel in Hong Kong I was assailed by hawkers, all attempting to get me to go inside their shops to buy counterfeit Rolex watches, Gucci bags, and tailor’s services, I … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, People
Tagged hand made tuxedo, Hong Kong, Nathan Street, tailor, tailor's shop, tuxedo
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Kalifornia to Kowloon for Kolor
I’m in Hong Kong this week to attend the ICC conference. I composed this en route: Kowloon via San Luis Obispo, San Jose and San Francisco A melodrama in seven acts I have been sitting in a nearly upright chair … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Art, Color Management, Typography
Tagged art, art in public places, mosaic art, Rigo, Robert Zoell, San Francisco, San Francisco Airport, typographic art
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