Xenophobia

Xenophobia is a fear or contempt of foreigners or strangers. It comes from the Greek words ξένος (xenos), meaning "foreigner," "stranger," and φόβος (phobos), meaning "fear." The term is typically used to describe fear or dislike of foreigners or in general of people different from one's self. - Wikipedia

* i'm realizing that this is way too nice design for the content.

** so i changed it a bit, to make it not too nice.

Garamond Premier Pro, NotCaslon, Template Gothic, Mothra, Distillation, digital image production/manipulation

"Yes sir, a clown"

“Yes sir, a clown,“ he said. “There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh my head off, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.“ - To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Times, NotCaslon, Template Gothic, Subluxation, Toohey, Dyslexia, and a few others. seems that i'm indulging in Emigre.

Sanitization

it's a poster for a movie by Brian De Palma, Redated. came across an article about the movie and the concept of media sanitization interested me and made me do this poster.

Sanitization
Sanitization is the process of removing sensitive information from a document or other medium, so that it may be distributed to a broader audience. When dealing with classified information, sanitization attempts to reduce the document's classification level, possibly yielding an unclassified document. Originally, the term sanitization was applied to printed documents; it has since been extended to apply to computer media and the problem of data remanence as well. - Wikipedia

forget all, sever all, inhabit your white cell

Forget all, sever all, inhabit your white cell and - most ironic of all - discover the universal in your self, for in one-man world you are universal! - John Berger on Jackson Pollack

acrylic, markers, Caslon, Not Caslon

What's in Your Palm?

another take on the American Peanut Council poster ad. went a bit lighter on the spiritual symbols side.

Bodega Serif, Futura, Missionary, and a few fleuron dingbats.

self-promo-tional

recently, strangely, many people told me that i needed to promote/market myself. so here is one of my attempts at it. i tried very hard to make it "nice." this one will be part of my new home page, i hope.

PS) been reading, or more like browsing through The End of Print by David Carson. it shows, doesn't it?

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

another one from school works, this time a typography class. a bus ad for the movie Hedwig nd the Angry Inch. yet another design that not many people liked.

abstract fun

was having fun with Photoshop brushes and ended up with this, of which i can make nothing. spent about 10 seconds to find seemingly meaningful and appealing copies.

* the mosquito drawing from the last posting reappears.

3000

Malaria kills 3000 children everyday in Africa. Please help. MalariaNoMore.org

propaganda

Propaganda is the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist. - Garth S. Jowett and Victoria O'Donnell, Propaganda And Persuasion, 2006.

do you ever realize that you are being manipulated? what do you do when you do? do you ever choose to ignore and enjoy the excitement and pleasure of being a part of the progress and righteousness and the greater purpose? or do you stand out and ask to stop manipulating? or do you simply ignore and live in your small apartment? i think i live in the propaganda of my little comfy apartment in which everything is honest and simple and fine.

ps. i'm not making a commentary on any specific government or country. hm, or am i? now i'm confused. :->

Electra LT Std, digital process

love, forever

watched a movie titled Me and You and Everyone We Know, which i bought used at a near-by Blockbuster about a year ago and finally watched today. kind of liked it. well, i must have liked it very much because after watching i decided to pay a little tribute, which is this. the emoticon that represents, in the movie, love forever and, imho, art as well. ;->

stay sane

a line from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, by Columbia about Eddie.

it has nothing to do with the print magazine. i just needed something to counter-balance.

Adobe Garamond, digital

WE DON'T DO BODY COUNTS

"We don't do body counts," said General Tommy Franks, a top ranking US Army figure. i'm just scared.

Futura, photography, digital media

gypsy wisdom

saw an ad in the subway, and thought the copy was interesting. got an idea over some banana pancakes. and here it is.

Emigre Exocet, Emigre Mason, and a some dingbats

spamments

i do this blog because i would like to communicate with people. so i opened the commenting feature wide up, and it was great until somebody decided to post spams about some drugs. i deleted those ads several times but this person was very diligent and working hard, and kept posting. so i decided to add some layers of security, like the distorted letter verification and comment moderation stuff, which i hate. this means your posting won't show up immediately and have to wait for my approval. don't worry, i appreciate your comments above anything. it's just...well, you know.

brush pen, photographs, digital manipulation

immigration in a nutshell

The global volume of immigration is high in absolute terms, but low in relative terms. The UN estimated 190 million international migrants in 2005, about 3% of global population. The other 97% still live in the state in which they were born, or its successor state. - Wikipedia

i was always an immigrant, even in my childhood in Korea. i always felt i had a true home different from what i had back then, and longed for my birthplace. it's been a few years since i finally returned to the home of my birth, the US, and still am an immigrant, probably more than ever. do i miss Korea? not likely, thanks to the Korean government INS officers and their services.

with this little typographic doodle, i don't intend to make a grand political statement. i am just fascinated by the notion of residency in this short excerpt and in this whole immigration/home/identity business.

Alltype Augustus Regular

little compositions

three typographical doodles. these are facts though. did them for a class assignment at SVA. the teacher, Palladino, likes to talk about and use symbols and images, and i think that's why i went typographic. >:-)) good exercise though, especially now that i better understand my students, ha-ha.

Futura, Akzidenz Grotesk, photographs, digital processing