Visited an art gallery yesterday, and these cool signs were scattered around. The art was gorgeous, but what sticks out to me is the writing. Modern art is great, but I find writing to be more memorable ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Staff members with trolleys of fruit cocktail, Sainsbury’s, 67 Alderley Road, Wilmslow, 1978. From the Sainsbury archive.
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Quest Ball 2024
The Quest Ball dinner and auction is Valley Christian Schools’ (VCS) highest-grossing fundraiser for our K-12 schools. The Community Development and Advancement team invites our Warrior Club donors, alums, and employees via a mailed, printed invitation. The tenth Anniversary of the Quest Ball prompted our design team to create an elevated and high-end invitation that captured the theme “Shine Bright: Reflections of Light.”
The VCS Marketing and Communications (MarCom) team developed a cohesive brand for the event, delivering key materials such as invitations, promotional fliers, a website, videography, photography, email campaigns, social media content, signage, a PowerPoint presentation, and the event program.
As the Senior Design Manager, I created the look and feel for the entire event and brought the “Shine Bright” theme to life with a holographic invitation. As recipients opened the envelope, a prism-like effect cast iridescent rays of color through the diamond-cut font of the title, “SHINE BRIGHT.” The secondary graphic is a digitally designed prism-glitter background that shines through the “10th” typography. Our school’s “Q-dove” logo stands in for the zero to create a distinct tenth anniversary lock-up, true to our school’s “Quest for Excellence” branding.
The event welcomed 422 guests and generated a total revenue of $432,910, including $132,000 dedicated to our “Youth With Promise” scholarship program.
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VCS Building Signage | Fall 2025
Collaborated with architects to design clean, impactful building signage optimized for both light and dark environments. Developed the overall look and feel, created multiple mockups, and delivered final vector files for CNC fabrication of the lettering.
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Menschen machen keine Reisen – Reisen machen Menschen. ~ John Steinbeck ~
Die Strecke zwischen Rachel und Ely führt durch einen der einsamsten Teile der Nevada-Wüste. Ein Großteil verläuft über den Extraterrestrial Highway – berühmt, aber alles andere als belebt.
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I love this very old neon sign from one the last (if not the last) newspaper/magazine shops in Chicago (this one is technically in Evanston). I admire this small shop and sign anytime I pass by it in the car)
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High Voltage.
A couple of old test shots from my Kodak AZ901, a bridge camera with a 90x optical zoom. I much prefer my Canon 90D and the lenses I’ve managed to acquire for it, even if I have to swap lenses and can’t zoom quite as far (the higher resolution, better sensor, and wider range of adjustable settings more than make up for it). I can’t even remember the last time I used the Kodak, but the ability to go from wide-angle to super-telephoto without having to switch any of my gear is keeping me from getting rid of it.
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Photos by Xer S. Rowan, Creative Commons Attribution license
These images are free to use, as long as the license terms are followed. For information about my free photo project, the licensing, and where to download the high resolution versions, visit linktr.ee/DoingItForTheExposure.
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