chewed up and spit out

the gum election may not be as accurate or pc as the gallop polls, but it does show the popular opinion of gum chewers. these posters have been out since early october in new york and now they've made their way to boulder. not surprisingly, mccain has accumulated more wads of disapproval here.




sidenote: i can't wait for all this horrible political advertising to be overwith!

make up your mind

i personally am having a bit of trouble deciding which candidate i want to vote for in the presidential election, which is less than a month away.
i was so excited when i stumbled upon this simple, interactive and non-partisan 'match-o-matic' quiz from abc news in cooperation with usa today.





it compares concise quotes from each candidate on all the important issues like immigration, health, the economy, iraq and more.



there is an odd number of questions so you will end up on one side or the other. i was about even with 6/7. i still don't know who to vote for, but i have a better idea of who i agree with on each issue.

the [type]face of change

ok i couldn't resist this one last post... for one of my classes, i had to find a design piece that i liked and research what the font(s) is/are and who designed them and what they mean. well, i struck gold when i stumbled upon this article posted on the time magazine website on august 4. it's about what went into designing the obama brand, most specifically, the logo.

so, to fulfil my assignment the prominent typefaces are:
(1) gotham, which is a sans serif based on helvetica by american type designer tobias frere-jones in 2000 in new york city.
(2) perpetua, a serif designed by british sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker eric gill between 1925 and 1929.

i'm not pledging my vote or anything, but obama does have the best and most originally designed campaign. there's even a whole website where you can customize the obama logo for yourself and display it on your myspace, facebook, blog, etc.