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Caution Tape Alphabet

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  Caution Tape Alphabet I have not had enough time to even think of researching a topic to post about, so here's whats been taking up all my time :) I have been working on a project for school, more specifically my Intro to Communication and Design class. In this project we had to make words out of 3D objects like these:  I went with my Caution Tape idea: Then once we chose the idea we liked best we had to start making a 2D version in Photoshop and or Illustrator. Which I have almost gotten half way though! This project has been taking up my time... THOUGH I did research Stefan Sagmeister :) So here's some information I had found for the project I did:  Born in Bregenz, a quiet town in the Austrian Alps, in 1962, Sagmeister studied engineering after high school, but switched to graphic design after working on illustrations and lay-outs for Alphorn, a left-wing magazine. At 19, Sagmeister moved to Vienna hoping to study graphics at the city’s prestigious University of Appl...
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Pacis en Terra: Gardening in Costa Rica

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  Growing fruit, vegetables and ornamentals in the highlands of Costa Rica. Follow along with Steve Johnson as he tries to transform one acre of grass, morning glories, and wild turnips into his dream garden. Friday, December 17, 2010 The Pond, Part 1 I'd really like to call this our water garden, because that's what it is. A pond with plants and fish in it is an extension of the land garden, just as beautiful, and as enjoyable. But water garden is a bit long and pretentious sounding, so, for the sake of brevity, I'll just call it a pond. When I was a teenager, living in Alexandria, Virginia, we had a small pond in the middle of our brick patio. It started out with goldfish, and then we added water lilies and water hyacinth, and it became something extra special. A couple of times we drove out to Adamstown, Maryland, to visit the Lily Pons Water Gardens to buy fish and plants ( http://www.lilypons.com/contactus.asp ). We didn't realize it at the time, but Lily Pons is o...
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