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  Hello friends! How do you like our new gig? From now on we will be posting on the blog right here on the Permanent Collection website.  This Monday, August 22 is a busy day…the first day of classes I'll be reprising my role as a professor (adjunct and not full time starting this year after five years of full time prof- eek!) in graphic design at Drake University teaching the Graphic Design History course- this one is always a pleasure (all the classes I teach are…) Should be a great semester. And… there will be a visit by Kyle Durrie...

Hello friends! I have been asked by colleagues, clients + friends: "What inspires you?" So I thought today I'd share some of the places, things, people that inspire me on a daily basis… Jessica Hische (letterer, designer + illustrator) these are her new covers for classicshttp://jessicahische.is/awesome/WPA postersAllen Boots (fantastic cowboy boots + designs)http://www.allensboots.com/design.work.lifehttp://www.designworklife.com/Aragonese Castle on the Isle of Ischia (Andy and I have been three glorious times and I always want to go back!)Alexey Brodovitch (designer + photog)http://www.aiga.org/medalist-alexeybrodovitch/Love to listen to the radio depthttp://theradiodept.com/Futurist Collages: Fortunato Depero, Incendio 1929and of course Lotta Jansdotter (any + all of her stuff!)http://www.jansdotter.com/

I thought today I'd show you some artwork that we have up in our home. Some are printed by me others are printed by:BeeThings out of Dallas, Texashttp://www.etsy.com/shop/beethings?ref=ss_profilePoster Cabaret out of Austin, Texas (the work up in Gemma's Room)http://postercabaret.comSara Langworthy, Iowa City (the alphabet compositions)Jason Munn of Small Stakes (the kitty in the basket image on the mantel)http://jasonmunn.com/posters.phpRick Von Holt (Press Sweet Press, Typography)Minburn, IowaAnagram Press (Dead Feminist Broadside- green + brown)http://anagram-press.com/artAndBooks/I have new prints I've collected that I don't have framed/up yet so I'll do another post once those are up! The rest are prints I have done, Florence,...

I had a great time at the first-ever ladies of letterpress conference (Asheville, NC). It was so cool to meet so many lady printers! We talked a lot of shop: pricing, paper vendors (samples galore), tradeshows, type, you name it—we discussed it. Some of the presses I met were:http://www.pistachiopress.comhttp://iglooletterpress.comhttp://www.birddogpress.comhttp://www.penelopespress.comThe highlight was getting to meet Judith Berliner. She runs Full Circle Press in Neveda City, CAhttp://www.full-circle-press.comHere are a few shots from the weekend, I didn't bring my "good" camera and I kept forgetting to take shots I was so busy by talking and looking at everyone's work! I stayed at a...

I haven't gotten around to downloading the photos from this past weekend's ladies of letterpress conference, but I will. In the meantime I thought I'd show you another variation on the cuckoo series I've been doing. Also I thought I'd pose the question about watches and clocks. Since most of us have mobile phones (okay…everyone I know!) do you use a watch or clock or just your phone to tell time?