The Details » Admiration http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog I reside here. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:58:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Úlfur – Black Shore http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/ulfur-black-shore http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/ulfur-black-shore#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:45:31 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=934 …

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I hate Ty so much. So, so much.…

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/dexter-intro-by-ty-mattson/feed 0 Jordi Parra’s Spotify Box http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/jordi-parras-spotify-box http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/jordi-parras-spotify-box#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 18:36:54 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=865 http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/jordi-parras-spotify-box/feed 2 New YASLY! http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/new-yasly http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/new-yasly#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:15:36 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=858

Danny Jones continues to rule all of the design world, including your face and eye holes. His talent and skill are remarkable, plus he’s one of the best guy’s I’ve ever met. I’m lucky to know him as a designer, …

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/new-yasly/feed 0 Remembering the Challenger http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/remembering-the-challenger http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/remembering-the-challenger#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:18:59 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=836 It was Tuesday, January 28, 1986 when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart, a mere 73 seconds into its flight, taking along its seven crew members. I was only 6 years old and in 1st grade, but I remember it vividly.

I …

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I often talk about my dream of getting a ranch or a cabin in Montana and just living a simple, clean, more solitary life. Back in 1967, Dick Proenneke did something that …

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/alone-in-the-wilderness/feed 0 Massimo Vignelli http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/massimo-vignelli http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/massimo-vignelli#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:21:09 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=718

 

Massimo Vignelli is a pioneer in the world of graphic design and this video does him justice. If you have time and you’re in New York in the near future, check out the Vignelli Center for Design Studies.…

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/massimo-vignelli/feed 0 I Plan to Sip Coffee and Read Steinbeck Underneath One of These http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/i-plan-to-sip-coffee-and-read-steinbeck-underneath-one-of-these http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/i-plan-to-sip-coffee-and-read-steinbeck-underneath-one-of-these#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:25:38 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=659 These posters from The Heads of State are beautiful.

The Heads of State - From Sea to Shining Sea

Check out more work from The Heads of State here.…

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/i-plan-to-sip-coffee-and-read-steinbeck-underneath-one-of-these/feed 1 My Favorite Albums of 2009 http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/my-favorite-albums-of-2009 http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/my-favorite-albums-of-2009#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=608 And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar

I love instraMetal. I absolutely love it. This album killed me the first time I heard it. It’s so incredibly layered and deep, without sounding like …

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2010/my-favorite-albums-of-2009/feed 2 Typography in the Wild http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/typography-in-the-wild http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/typography-in-the-wild#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:21:54 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=544 Mark Simonson Studio gave Mostra Nuova a lowercase.
The Typesites archive has the best website inspiration out there right now.
Randy Jones is reworking Futura and I like it.

I’m still figuring out what I want to do …

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This is Nick Sambrato from a print shop in Orlando, Florida called Mama’s Sauce. He owns a 2,000 pound Kluge letterpress. He’s keeping strong, the age-old, time-tested art of letterpress printing. A tangible quality put on your intangible creative …

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/mamas-sauce-letterpress-printing/feed 3 Hydra Studio = Purple, Rock, Scissors.™ http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/hydra-studio-purple-rock-scissors%e2%84%a2 http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/hydra-studio-purple-rock-scissors%e2%84%a2#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:50:58 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=513 Some great friends of mine, for whom I used to work, have just rebrand themselves. Hydra Studio is now Purple, Rock, Scissors.™ Straight from Bobby:

While i am certain there are a lot of die hard Hydra fans freaking out, (Especially

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]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/hydra-studio-purple-rock-scissors%e2%84%a2/feed 0 The Modern Logger – A Poster from Danny Jones & Aaron Martin http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/the-modern-logger http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/the-modern-logger#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:35:39 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=478 Danny Jones and I decided that the world needed more typographic posters touting the brilliance of the lumberjack and his trade, so we’ve decided to bring you “The Modern Logger.” A 19” x 25” print on French Cordtone …

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2009/the-modern-logger/feed 12 Chris Pullman on Design Observer: What I’ve Learned http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2008/chris-pullman-on-design-observer-what-ive-learned http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2008/chris-pullman-on-design-observer-what-ive-learned#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:54:17 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=307 Chris Pullman has a good read up over at Design Observer.

I’d like to take this opportunity to share ten lessons I learned in the past 35 years.

  1. Work on things that matter.
  2. Work with people you like and respect.
  3. Be nice.
  4. Have high standards.
    5. …
]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2008/chris-pullman-on-design-observer-what-ive-learned/feed 0 Ravi Zacharias on Integrity http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2008/ravi-zacharias-on-integrity http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2008/ravi-zacharias-on-integrity#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:20:39 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=272

Integrity is such an admirable quality, that even your enemies will trust you if they know you’re a man of integrity. - Ravi Zacharias

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“You show me a society without shame, and I will show you a society that is flirting with hell. You cannot, simply cannot, build a culture where nothing is shameful anymore.”

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