May 3, 2009 | New Work
Each year the Make A Wish Foundation holds a gala fundraiser, and in 2009 I was asked to be part of the project with Wong Doody. As part of the design team I created the event logo and other illustrated words to be used for everything from the program cover to lantern displays, stage backdrops and ice sculpture. The event was dazzling, and photographer Tiffany Chappelle captured it beautifully on her blog. You can also see images of the event and more lettering design for advertising in the Projects section of Iskra Design.
May 3, 2009 | Signs I Like
The Union Street Post Office Barbershop, Seattle, somewhere in the last century ©Iskra 1978
This picture was taken approximately thirty years ago, with an old camera and lots of specks on the lens for that unretouched vintage look. This sign has an artless beauty that could make a professional sign painter cringe. But it does a poet's heart good. Are there two barbers in this shop? Or is the shop open to barbers…..and if so can you imagine the scene, all the barbers snipping away at each other and lathering each others' chins to shave the old fashioned way with razors sharpened on a strop.
May 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Union Street Post Office Barbershop, Seattle, somewhere in the last century
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This picture was taken approximately thirty years ago, with an old camera and lots of specks on the lens for that unretouched vintage look. This sign has an artless beauty that could make a professional sign painter cringe. But it does a poet’s heart good. Are there two barbers in this shop? Or is the shop open to barbers…..and if so can you imagine the scene, all the barbers snipping away at each other and lathering each others’ chins to shave the old fashioned way with razors sharpened on a strop.
See More Signs I Like and send me one of yours at iskra@iskradesign.com.
May 2, 2009 | Signs I Like
This elegant sign is beautifully constructed from wooden puzzlepieces. It comes to me from Tom Greensfelder, a Chicago designer and calligrapher who specializes in graphic design for theater. See his picture gallery for more of his favorite European signs.
May 2, 2009 | Found Alphabets & Street Poetry
Maybe all love notes should be encrypted. Found O, construction site, upper Greenwood.
Designer, calligrapher, lettering artist. 