Post Club

For the past year now, I’ve been working on a top-secret project in the confines of my studio - plugging away, fueled by coffee, spending spare moments between client work, slowly gaining a larger picture of where I was headed. Now, the time is right, and things are finally coming together.

Thanks for asking. The project is called Post Club, and it’s a postcard subscription service. The idea is that you sign up for a subscription, and you receive artsy/designy postcards in the mail each month. Who doesn’t love getting mail? Each postcard will be of limited edition, and printed to the highest quality standards, utilizing various methods such as screenprint and letterpress. Basically, small format art prints.

Those are the only beans I’ll spill for now, even though I can hardly contain my excitement. Follow along on Twitter or join the email list at the HQ (PostClubHQ.com).

Oh - I’ve also got stickers. So if you happen to run into me, just let me know if you want some.  

We’ve got (a) product!

Just added to the brand-spankin’ new shop, our new pocket notebook. Five bucks gets you one, and you’re guaranteed to get a few extra goodies shipped with your order.

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Buy a hat. Change a life.

I just backed Krochet Kids Peru on Kickstarter, and you should too.

I travelled to Peru in 2008 and spent some time in super poor areas of the country, including the shanty towns of Lima (pictured). Krochet Kids Peru is an innovative project that will provide the people living in these impoverished conditions with a means for developing their homes and neighborhoods.

It’s really cool to see a company such as Krochet Kids operating upon such a simple model in order to help those in need: Buy a Hat. Change a Life.

Driving Sweet Backhoes

Today is my dad’s birthday. He’s a hard-working, successful entrepreneur and huge inspiration to me. He’s been driving backhoes since way back.

Ever since my sisters and I were little, we’d make cards for all occasions. I’ve opted to continue the tradition, plus I’m yet to see a Hallmark card with a backhoe on it that is intended for an adult.

Happy birthday, dad!

A Matter of Principle

The lovely Jacinta and I agreed to embark on a journey together, to read Moby Dick in it’s entirety. Now, I have no idea whether or not you have read Moby Dick, but the only thing longer than Herman Melville’s beard, is his winded-ness. Sometimes I wonder if his editor even read the manuscript. It must have been one of those “5:00 on a Friday” things that didn’t really get the attention it needed. Take for example the chapter “The Whiteness of the Whale,” is essentially a multi-page rambling, comparing Moby Dick to different white things. Now, I’m no literary genius, but I’m pretty sure the chapter title said it all (seriously, Melville - you had me at ‘hello’ on that one).

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Baseball Logos. If it aint broke, don’t fix it.

For the most part, I’m not too fond of the direction that most baseball teams are going with their logos these days. It feels like the so called “modern” logos of Major League Baseball are simply attempts to change things, when oftentimes nothing needs to be changed at all. Case in point - the Toronto Blue Jays. Since doing away with their original logo in 1996, they’ve gone through three changes, none of which I can honestly get too excited about.

Here is a collection of my favorite logos, some have been replaced while others remain in use to this day.

More information on sports logo history: sportslogos.net

Toronto Blue Jays
In use from 1977 - 1996

New York Yankees
In use from 1913 - Present

Chicago White Sox
In use from 1976 - 1990