Metro Fun Bus Concepts by VisuaLingual

Over a year and a half ago, we were asked by SORTA to develop a couple of visual concepts for a revamped Route 1 bus, the route that serves many of Cincinnati’s cultural attractions, including the Zoo, Union Terminal, Music Hall, and the stadiums downtown. Working very quickly and with few guidelines, we developed two [...]

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Recent Paintings by Marcia Alscher at the Betts House

Attentive readers might remember that I came across the work of Marcia Alscher just over a year ago, when she was in an exhibit with our good friend Cedric Michael Cox. Soon thereafter, I had the good fortune of meeting her, and she is as lovely as she is talented. A retired architect originally from [...]

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Elsewhere

In the spirit of both Thanksgiving and the shopping spectacle that is Black Friday, allow me to both give thanks to the many stores that stock our work and to encourage you to support the awesome independently owned brick-and-mortars where you live. Get off the Interweb and into your neighborhood today!

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Star Wars Travel Posters by Steve Thomas

In the same spirit as the Star Wars travel posters by Justin Van Genderen, Steve Thomas has created a series inspired by early 20th century travel posters.

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Solway Tile in Over-the-Rhine

On Elm St. just north of Findlay Market, this tiled entryway is hidden behind a gate. Hello, gorgeous letters! Is this Solway related to Carl Solway? I would imagine so.

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Seed Bombs in Frisco

One of my pet peeves is calling San Francisco “Frisco” [also, "San Fran" -- eww]. I guess I’m not a big fan of diminutives. But, there’s a town in Texas that really is called Frisco, where our seed bombs are now available at the Terrace Boutique at 4000 Legacy Dr.

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Detroit People Mover: “D” for Detroit by Joyce Kozloff

As promised, here is one of the awesome public art projects in the Detroit People Mover Financial District station. “D” for Detroit by Joyce Kozloff is a large-scale tile mural inspired by motifs in the Fisher Building, the Guardian Building and Diego Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Elsewhere

ArtWorks Lets the Secret Out: the coolest fundraiser in Cincinnati is tonight, and we donated one of the Golden Ticket prizes. Plum Street Temple: Cincinnati Re-Adventure finds a gem of a building in downtown Cincinnati. Win a Local Business Gift Basket This Saturday at Cincinnati Unchained: tomorrow is the annual Cincinnati Unchained, this time with [...]

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ImagineNations Globes by Wendy Gold

OMG! San Francisco Bay Area designer Wendy Gold uses vintage globes as her canvas for the creation of cartographic flights of fancy. Each ImagineNations globe is one-of-a-kind, decoupaged with vintage elements ranging from butterflies to Where the Wild Things Are characters. How awesome are they?

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Diversification Is the Wave of the Future

Spotted somewhere on the Lower East Side.

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