Archive for April, 2006
Sunday, April 30th, 2006
We have been using this fish as our logo for HappyFish Design since 1997. There are quite a few levels to it’s meaning for us:
it’s a Hawaiian petroglyph of an ahi tuna
My husband Chad’s love of diving and training other divers has taken him to some of his favorite destinations: Hawaii, Micronesia and Utila. He […]
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Sunday, April 30th, 2006
I wish I thought of this one …. the Pink Ladies cab service in the UK is serving the needs of women who choose to travel in safety and luxury. You just have to watch the news at night to become paranoid about hijacking, assaults, and so on. It really can be scary to be […]
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
These numbers are an interesting alternative for your home or studio. They are solid aluminum fixtures that absorb solar light during the day - and then glow at night. They are made by a San Francisco company called Matterinc.
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
I had to watch the video quite a few times … this is a paint roller designed to communicate and print pixels from any digital imagery - text or photos on a variety of surfaces. It’s like a handheld printer. I found this on the rAndom international website - amazing ingenuity - I wonder how […]
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
What you are looking at is a “semacode” tag for www.happyfish.com. I first read about the whirlwind of tagging technology available for today’s camera phones at TrendWatching.com. There are MANY companies with different technologies that use different types of codes - color codes, custom logo codes, pixel-reading codes that just ‘know’ what to find when […]
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
A UK company called Lion Witch Wardrobe has designed a rug for their children’s collection that has hand-clipped paw print indentations! They make them in any size, shape or color. Now you can have permanent paw prints across your floor!
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
There are many things that we miss about Hawaii - the natural beauty, the trades, the music, the culture, the beach barbecues … and Aloha Shoyu. Until you have lived in Hawaii all you are ever really exposed to is Kikkoman soy sauce. Now that we’ve moved back to the mainland, we can no longer […]
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Monday, April 17th, 2006
It’s ok to treat yourself once in a while - especially after completing your taxes!
I have to share with you an all-time favorite product of ours, it’s a minty body scrub from Clinique that we’ve used for YEARS. The product has a new name now called “Sparkle Skin Body Exfoliating Cream.” I think it used […]
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
This custom wallcovering by Aztek could offer some interesting possibilities for a studio. The photo above shows an example of photography and type used together in a poster collage theme using limited colors. You can check them out at: Aztek Wallcovering.
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
The simple cityscapes for which Leora Lutz is known remind me of the old days in high school making silk screens by hand. The bold colors and simple shapes suit themselves well to the t-shirts shown. This slightly rustic, vintage t-shirt feeling could suit itself to an interesting client gift - perhaps a scene […]
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