Category Archives: design resources

The spring Overland Journal cover

Posted on 14 May 2017 by ariane

I’ve been saving this image for years, just waiting for the right Overland Journal to come along. The focus of the spring issue is Council Bluffs, Iowa, the site of the upcoming annual conference, but none of the articles specifically … Continue reading →

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Two cover designs

Posted on 8 April 2014 by ariane

I just finished working on a fun little book, Anodynes and Nostrums: A Century of Patent Medicines for Infants and Children. I usually only work with an image chosen by the author, so the potential for doing something different was … Continue reading →

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Glyph possibilities

Posted on 4 December 2013 by ariane

One of the things that I love to play with is the different glyphs that come in a well designed font. Here’s an example, from the inside of this year’s Christmas cards. This typeface, Feldman Engraver, has lots of nice … Continue reading →

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Heath Ceramics house numbers

Posted on 29 February 2012 by ariane

I wish these amazing new house numbers from Heath Ceramics would work on my house! The black backgrounds would go marvelously with my white house’s black trim. The fonts used were developed by House Industries, a font foundry with many … Continue reading →

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Fine books

Posted on 13 February 2012 by ariane

From the New York Times: Some things seem to designed to do their jobs perfectly, and the old-fashioned book is one. What else could be quite as efficient at packaging so many thousands of words in a form, which is … Continue reading →

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Library of Congress Has Us Covered

Posted on 19 January 2012 by Jonna

For the fall issue of OJ, we used another image from the Library of Congress for the cover. Since the the main article for this issue is “The Old Spanish Trail: John N. Macomb’s 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of … Continue reading →

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Opening up Pantone’s Color Box

Posted on 11 October 2011 by Jonna

So what sparked this explanation of the Pantone color-matching system? Cookies. Pantone chip cookies, beautifully crafted by a blogger and designer in need of Christmas gifts for her colleagues. Detailed cookie making isn’t part of our plan for this fall, … Continue reading →

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Choosing the best image file format

Posted on 8 February 2011 by Jonna

Last year we worked on a book with around 1500 of photos and other illustrations. Picture files can take up a ton of storage space and the quality of the photo can be affected by the file format as well. … Continue reading →

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APA Style vs. Chicago Style

Posted on 8 December 2010 by Jonna

At Gonzaga University, most professors require their students to use APA Style in their papers. APA attempts to focus on maximum precision and clarity as writers attempt to portray their ideas on paper. However, since I’ve been working at Capital … Continue reading →

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InDesign Secrets Live, 2010 Tour: Spokane

Posted on 17 November 2010 by Jonna

At the InDesign Secrets seminar last week, speaker David Blatner informed us that the class was going to be all about efficiency. The class was sponsored by InDesign Magazine and took place in the elegant ballroom of the Lincoln Center. … Continue reading →

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