Category Archive for 'Projects'
May 9th, 2008
Filed Under: Adventures & Travels, Art, Design, England, Projects, Typography
I just completed one of the most massive Gocco projects that I have ever produced and it’s my pleasure to debut it here for the world to see. Get your set while supplies last!
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 3:53 pm
February 5th, 2008
Filed Under: Art, Design, Projects, humor
In honor of those valentine “be mine” candies I made some gocco prints with some saucier sentiments

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Posted by ..:JJP @ 9:16 pm
November 12th, 2007
Filed Under: Design, Projects, The Usual Rant
I spent most of the weekend trying out the new features of the most recent version of WordPress.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 10:08 am
November 8th, 2007
Filed Under: Art, Design, Kool Stuff, Projects

I created a Gocco hi-mesh ink color chart reference for my own purposes, but now I’m offering to sell some to those that might find this swatch useful for themselves.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 1:24 pm
December 14th, 2006
Filed Under: England, Projects, Special Occasions
A theme of magenta & black dominated the aesthetic of the full-time MAGD year-end exhibition. It was a glorious end to a fabulous year of study here in London. All the best to each and every one of my classmates in 2007 & beyond!
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 11:41 pm
December 11th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects, The Usual Rant
Today was the day all my final work for my thesis project was due, and required a clandestine stop over to Kinko’s to put the final touches on my project work.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 1:30 pm
December 4th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects, The Usual Rant
I tackled a huge hurdle today by handing in my thesis report by the deadline. I spent the past week finishing it up and getting about 20 hours of sleep the whole week. The bed is now calling me…
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 3:09 pm
November 15th, 2006
Filed Under: Art, Projects
I sent out a bunch of custom postcards as a way of saying “thanks” for those that participated in sending submissions over the summer to help assist my thesis project. Did you get yours yet?
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 4:12 pm
October 13th, 2006
Filed Under: Adventures & Travels, England, Projects
I was scared by something other than ghosts & goblins when I spent my Friday the 13th at a postcard convention here in London.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 11:32 pm
October 11th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects
Spent 5 hours today taking hi-res photos of all the postcards I’ve received to date for mt thesis project.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 8:13 pm
September 27th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects, The Usual Rant
Time to shake of the summer mindset and hit the books again towards wrapping up my masters’ course work in graphic design.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 3:15 pm
July 6th, 2006
Filed Under: Art, Kool Stuff, Projects, Snapshots, Video Clips
I started a book arts workshop earlier this week and hand binded my first book!
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 8:06 pm
June 27th, 2006
Filed Under: Art, Projects
I had my major project proposal presentation today, and I’m still looking to tighting up my idea of exploring the uses and limitations of the postcard format for this project. Any suggestions???
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 7:23 pm
June 7th, 2006
Filed Under: Lectures & Talks, Projects, Typography, Video Clips
During my typography elective, master calligrapher (and ballet dancer & soprano) Paul Antonio graced us with his impeccable craftsmanship of typographic specimens. It was both intimidating and mesmerizing as you watched the guy create these esoteric letterforms from years past all the while as he ran down the history of writing systems spanning back at [...]
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 8:31 pm
May 11th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects
Got my assessment back today for my first major research project for my MA program and thankfully I’m not going to be expelled from the program. Okay, that’s a bit melodramatic, but I was really nervous I was gonna score obscenely low. As it turns out my grade was slightly less than average, which considering [...]
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 7:35 pm
May 2nd, 2006
Filed Under: Projects
After two brutal weeks dealing with the set back of indefinite loss of my computer I struggled to get my first major MA project completed by todays’ 11am imposed deadline. It was accomplished with a lot of sleepless nights, workarounds and tenacity. But the biggest reason for my ability to meet the hand-in date was [...]
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 5:06 pm
April 10th, 2006
Filed Under: Posters, Projects, Snapshots, Typography
For the very first time I got my hands dirty doing some ol’ fashion letterpress work. Lots of highs & lows for the duration of the workshop but man was it worth it!
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 8:50 am
March 21st, 2006
Filed Under: Projects
Today was my group presentation for our first term project and I think not only did we do well but that we proved to be a crowd favorite.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 5:25 pm
March 14th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects
My first Master’s project is shaping up to decontruct sports logos and create a matrix that will generate a sports mascot logo based on user input. Heavy, I know.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 1:26 pm
January 30th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects
After a week of enrollment madness, my course tutors handed out our first assignment to which there was plenty of mixed reactions to.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 7:53 pm
December 17th, 2005
Filed Under: Projects
My annual hand screenprinted holiday cards are being made and I need your address if ya want one.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 2:51 pm
December 12th, 2005
Filed Under: Projects, The Usual Rant
With sales down by more than 40% RISO is planning to pull the plug on it’s Gocco screenpriniting systems…
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 10:45 pm
November 11th, 2005
Filed Under: Projects
After too many years of the same UI I finally unveil a new look & feel and breathe new life into my website.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 7:53 am