Monthly Archives: October 2011

What’s wrong with this color?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Alissa

I’ll be glad to see October end on Monday. Not just because that day is also the greatest holiday of the year. But because it will signify the end to the pink-hued month of awareness about breast cancer. I hate … Continue reading →

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Colorful Colorado

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Alissa

I know what you’re thinking: Forget gelato, Los Angeles, walking. What this blog needs is more photos of trees! And I agree! Being the fall-deprived Angeleno that I am, I went all the way to Crested Butte, Colorado to snap … Continue reading →

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Magic forest

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Alissa

Last week my friend Liz and I slipped away to the gorgeous Enchantment Resort in Sedona for less than 24 hours of much-needed R&R. We got up early the next morning and took a hike through Boynton Canyon, the steep tangerine … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles, we’re yours

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Alissa

It’s no secret that I’m in love with Los Angeles. Like, ridiculously, unapologetically, possibly clinically insanely in love with Los Angeles. So it was really only a matter of time before I’d grab your sleeve and tug your attention towards Los … Continue reading →

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The view from up there

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Alissa

Flying into LAX yesterday (as I’m doing far too often lately), I snapped this shot of downtown just as it was enveloped by a milky fog creeping in from the coast. I think it’s one of my favorite photos I’ve … Continue reading →

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Desert decor

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Alissa

I’m in Phoenix this week to host the Emerging Designer symposium at AIGA’s Pivot conference (which was an incredible event, by the way, thanks to my incredible speakers Frank Chimero, Jennifer Daniel, Mig Reyes and Yo Santosa). And as soon … Continue reading →

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GM backpedals on anti-bike ad

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Alissa

It’s tough enough being a student right now—fretting about an uncertain economic future while looking forward to a lifetime of mounting debt—yet somewhere during the creative process for designing a series of ads to promote their new “college discounts,” GM … Continue reading →

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#wining

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Alissa

Why do we love going to wine country so much? Is it because it’s the one place where it’s totally socially acceptable to down three flutes of bubbles before noon? Because you’re wandering fields of wildflowers? Or surveying infinite rows … Continue reading →

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OMG STL

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Alissa

I headed to my hometown of St. Louis last week to speak at the Society of News Designers conference and got to breeze through the city for a few days. I saw a bit of the old St. Louis. And … Continue reading →

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Remembering Steve

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Alissa

Where were you when Steve Jobs died? I was where I usually am. Pounding away at this MacBook Air. Looking at my Apple 30-inch cinema HD display. With my MacMail open. With Safari open. Working in Pages. Listening to iTunes. … Continue reading →

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