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Photojournalist John Decker of Sacramento, CA contacted me to work on a book that told the story of his time with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as official photographer. John documented the Governor’s work not only at the Capitol, but also on the road throughout California, on the campaign trail and other locations internationally. This is such […]
Starting in early January 2010 the conventions begin!
IMAGING USA and the DWF Convention will both be in Nashville, TN January 10-13.
A very big MAHALO to Finao for including HappyFish cards at their booths. You’ll definitely want to check out Finao while you’re there, they have TONS of new materials and really innovative products for the […]
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Chad and I love fish - for the long story about why we named our company HappyFish Design way back in 1997 …. read here ….
Anyway, a decade ago when we were married in 1999 (wow …. ! time flies) I designed everything and created everything by hand for our wedding - and […]
It was the day before Mother’s Day when the doorbell rang …. in came this INCREDIBLE edible fruit gift basket arrangement … I thought ‘wow-this is a big surprise for Mother’s Day … how sweet’!!! Chad and Malia both looked shocked themselves … turns out - this came from our clients’ Meg & Charles of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]