pumpkin type

Freshly Carved Pumpkin Typeface

by Jessica Kuhn for How Magazine Blog

One Kentucky-based advertising and branding agency combined their flair for creativity and love of Halloween to create a typeface carved from pumpkins. Intrinzic, the firm that brought this ghoulish typeface to life, carved each letter and character from slabs of ripe pumpkins, which were gathered from a family farm in the rolling hills of Kentucky.

In a true collaborative fashion, each employee created a letter of the alphabet for what they call Pumpkin Face. Check out the results below!

Read more: Freshly Carved Pumpkin Typeface | HOW Magazine Blog http://blog.howdesign.com/typography/pumpkin-typeface/#ixzz2Au0lBrk6

looking back

This Dutch windmill in Lawrence, Kansas was photographed between the years of 1890 and 1899.

This is a cyanotype showing the old Dutch windmill, which stood on west Ninth Street in Lawrence, Kansas. Construction on the windmill started July 1, 1863 by A. Plum and G. H. Wilder. Fourteen men were brought from Sweden by Plum to build the windmill. It was destroyed in Quantrill's Raid and rebuilt in 1864.

It was octagon shaped, four stories in height, and the basement had walls of stone six feet thick. The mill had four millstones, two for wheat and two for corn. The capacity of the mill was twenty bushels daily each of flour and meal. With the wind blowing at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour the mill would have eighty horse power. The mill ceased running in July 1885 and a fire destroyed it in 1905.

photo courtesy of  Kansas Historical Society
Item Number: 227455 Call Number: FK2.D4 L.7 *23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227455

hold on tight, Kansas

According to the Associated Press, Kansas driver's licenses are about to get a new look and some new features.

The Department of Revenue is unveiling the new design at an event Tuesday with Governor Sam Brownback and Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan.

Motorists will begin receiving the new licenses this week. Among the elements are new security features to protect against identity theft or illegal duplication.

Revenue Department spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda says Kansas updates its driver's licenses every four to six years as technology changes.

Stay tuned for the results...

colorful San Antonio

Thanks so much to everyone who participated via Facebook, twitter, or blogger direct. The location of the photos that I shared in where in the USA? and where in the USA? more hints was San Antonio, Texas. What a beautifully, colorful city.

Congratulations to Amanda Eilders & Amy

for correctly guessing the location!

Here are a few more favorites that didn't get posted for fear of spoiling the game completely.

Mi tierra Cafe & Bakery



Quarry Market

What's a San Antonio post without a mention of the River Walk?

I plan to share more photos along the way and hopefully I'll get even more people to participate.

where in the USA? more hints

So not a single person has guessed the location of previously posted photos/game. Which got me thinking: maybe I made it too hard. Here are a few more pictures from the same location that might help get your guesses coming...



so this definitely narrows down the selection of U.S. cities

too much information?

I feel like I'm giving it away now for sure.

...that's assuming that people are actually reading this. Am I the only one having fun with this game?

where in the USA?

Let's play a game.

I apologize for those of you who hate games but to be honest, I just want to get a little dialogue going and to get a feel for my audience (or if no one at all is reading). So here's how to play: I'll show you some photos and you guess where in the USA the photos were taken by leaving a comment below. Then check back next week for results.

Guess the city, give your feedback on the photos, let me know if the photos make it too easy or too hard, tell me what you want to see from this blog.

I look forward to hearing from you. Someone, please.

honey

I've been on hiatus but I'm back now.

Thanks for checking in.