For a few years now, Don Reid’s been photographing the food at The Oak Café. The photos are published annually in The American River Review, the award-winning literary magazine at American River College. I was one of the faculty advisors for the 2008 edition, the first to profile the school’s culinary department.
Here’s his photoset.
Oak Café interior, art by Craig Smith
One of the reasons I teach at American River College is The Oak Café. Staffed and run by culinary students, the Oak Café is one of the hardest tables to get in Sacramento – with four star ratings [twice from The Sacramento Bee] and mucho local critical acclaim, they don’t skimp on anything. It’s a foodie’s dream tucked away in a corner of a Community College.
Type treatment, set using my Escoffier Capitaux font
vincent
A while back, Café instructor Teresa Urkofsky borrowed my copy of Mary and Vincent Price’s A Treasury of Great Recipes (1965). Known for his horror films, Vincent Price (1911-93) was also one of the pioneers of the gourmet movement. He used his celebrity to promote high class eating worldwide. And this over-the-top cookbook – which features funky recipes from the best restaurants in the world (at the time) – is a testament to his love of good food. [Read more →]
This spoon has been sitting in a classroom at the Art Institute. For weeks. Not bothering anyone.
‘Just as Sun Tzu’s Art of War is read as a lesson in business strategy rather than fighting in a miliary sense, or Machiavelli’s The Prince is written about government but used as a guide to management, so this book uses the creative processes of good advertising as a metaphor for business practice.’ -inside cover
In It’s Not How Good You Are . . . UK-based advertising guru Paul Arden (1940-2008) does a great job reframing how one can approach creativity, their career and life – by not playing by the rules and reinventing convention. [Read more →]
GOOD is for people who give a damn – read more below.
but first . . .
OPEN studio’s Scott Stowell headed up the original design team for GOOD. And I have to write about Scott because he’s been a major influence on my work. Scott = GOOD influence.
I’ve been a fan of Scott’s work for years, ever since I saw a talk he gave at one of the 1990s ATypI conferences. His views/advice on design and teaching – for me – has been invaluable. [Read more →]
‘This is a self-initiated project based on the scenario – If the world were a village of 100 people . . . I designed a set of 20 posters, which contain most of the information.’ -Toby Ng
The images are telling. View them at Toby Ng’s website.
Statistics need visuals or they’re often perceived as just numbers. For those who don’t think visually, it’s hard to connect numbers to people.
I had a conversation about this recently regarding a group project for a research class I’m taking (hi Luci!). We were analyzing a research study and the right charting system would have really driven some very important points home.
Maybe enough to get the study accepted. Maybe get the right person to implement its findings. Maybe.
Found via Joe Rucker Design News
‘Adolescent girls are uniquely capable of raising the standard of living in the developing world.’
Go to the girl effect website to find out how.
The Nike and NoVo Foundations are involved. And it’s a part of the UN Millennium Development Goals. Design by Wieden + Kennedy.
Found via Dr. Shelley Gruendler
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