van morrison. need I say more?

 

And here is a fantastic cover by The Swell Season, one of my favorites.  They're the musicians from the movie Once if you were curious.

Sign Sign everywhere a sign

Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

This afternoon we tested out our initial signs and it went really well!  We had at least three random people in the building tell us the signs looked great/they were much needed/we should keep them up.  It was great to hear that!  We also tested them and got some feedback on how to improve the signs further so I guess that is our next step.  Now we've just got to get ready for our presentation Thursday.

Here are a few pictures of our signs in their place:

music

so... I know this is for design, but I like talking about music, too.  So get over it.  Last night I got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet The Decemberists and see their soundcheck before their concert.  It was one of the greatest days (and I'm kinda not sorry I missed class for it).  I was also super impressed with the opening group — Mountain Man.  Check them out, the music is beautiful.

As far as design goes... the project is going well.

expanding anyway

one of my favorite songs right now, and definitely one of my favorite videos of all time.

 

then watch this on how they made the video! Crazy.

presentation

Today we presented our project thus far and we got some good feedback.  It looks like we are on the right track.  So for Tuesday's class my group is going to sketch some ideas for signs in the building and then in class I think we'll make our signs.  We're so on top of it.

fyi.  I'm listening to my favorite Bobs right now (Dylan and Marley)

thank you

Thanks very much for the morning off tomorrow.  I am SUPER excited.  < See, I even used caps.  That is how excited I am.  Anyway, to celebrate I thought I'd upload a few photos from my winter break in Palm Springs (warm weather please come back).

Everything is so bright and beautiful there, I want to go back!

A fan palm in the middle of a Palm Oasis (area in the desert where a group of palms grow).

A view across a bridge in the Palm Oasis.

This was, as we called him, my grandpa's hummingbird.  They are very curious — don't really care how close someone is to the feeder, as long as it's not another bird.

The most beautiful part of this bird was the gleaming pink/purple neck.

and finally, this is probably the funniest picture EVER.  We told him to smile normally, and this is what he gave us.

wayfinding project

Tonight I took a friend over to Lindley Hall and had her find the bathroom as quick as possible.  It took her four minutes!  Needless to say this is a problem if you've got to go.  Hopefully we can come up with a great way to make finding the restroom easier in this hall.  I'd upload the video, but it's not working :/

Here are a couple pictures of the very sign-less hallways.

Hallway with a water fountain, but no bathroom!

The door on the left is the Women's restroom; however, as you can see it is marked no different from an ordinary classroom.