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VisuaLingual Interview/Product Giveaway on Modern Midwest

Maya and Michael of VisuaLingual

We’re honored to be featured on Modern Midwest this week, which gave us a chance to describe the philosophy behind VisuaLingual work. The best part? A product giveaway for a couple of lucky readers!
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June 19, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: cincinnati, VisuaLingual news | Tags: cincinnati, over-the-rhine, urban life | Leave a comment

Field Guide to the Vanity License Plates of Southwestern Ohio: Part 10

feast

The latest installment in my ongoing investigation into the vanity license plates of Southwestern Ohio concerns food and beverages. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are looking into what makes a FEAST.
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June 17, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: cincinnati, close look, inspiration | Tags: cincinnati, sign, urban life | Leave a comment

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the end of Rensler's tile in downtown Cincinnati

This seems to be turning into a regular feature, as there’s been no shortage of WTFuckery lately. The Rensler’s tile downtown is the latest victim in an ongoing conspiracy against Cincinnati ghost signage [see also this and this].
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June 11, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: cincinnati | Tags: cincinnati, downtown, ghost sign, pattern, sign, typography | 6 Comments

VisuaLingual Promotion for CSX

VisuaLingual Promotion for CSX

Over the past few years, we’ve produced numerous custom projects [you can see a few examples here], but our latest is definitely one of my favorites: it’s a promotion for the Midwest division of CSX and, for once, it involves more than just our seed bombs.
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June 10, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: cincinnati, VisuaLingual news | Tags: cincinnati, over-the-rhine | 4 Comments

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Tower Ghost Sign in Over-the-Rhine

To be fair, the brand integration on the Tower ghost sign on Main St. in Over-the-Rhine is better executed than the recent typographic assault on Cincinnati Color Co.. HT to Faded Art for catching this one in progress and alerting me to the ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

June 4, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: cincinnati | Tags: cincinnati, ghost sign, over-the-rhine, sign, typography, urban life | 2 Comments

Fresh Harvest by Jonathan Queen

Kroger Produce Mural by Jonathan Queen

Last summer, Jonathan Queen worked with a team of ArtWorks apprentices on the creation of a photorealistic mural entitled Fresh Harvest, located on the side of Kroger HQ on Central Parkway in downtown Cincinnati.
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May 29, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: art, cincinnati, close look | Tags: cincinnati, downtown, lexington, public art, urban life | Leave a comment

Mueller Marble Works Ghost Sign in Cincinnati

Mueller Marble Works Ghost Sign in Cincinnati

I spotted the ghost sign for Mueller Marble Works on Mehring Way at Gas Alley, on the Southwestern edge of downtown Cincinnati. The plaque on the left reads The Standard Marble Works Co. [is that the business currently in this building?].
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May 23, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: cincinnati, inspiration | Tags: cincinnati, downtown, ghost sign, sign, typography, urban life | 2 Comments

VisuaLingual Seed Bombs for MudBuddy

VisuaLingual Seed Bombs for MudBuddy

Lightborne is a design studio, production company and editorial house right in our neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati that just released the storybook iPad app MudBuddy, and we produced a line of seed bombs to accompany the launch.
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May 20, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: cincinnati, VisuaLingual news | Tags: cincinnati, DIY, over-the-rhine, rural life, suburban life, urban life | Leave a comment

Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building by Harry Hake

Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building by Harry Hake

The Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building, located on the corner of West 7th and Elm Sts. in downtown Cincinnati, was designed by Harry Hake and opened its doors in 1931.
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May 15, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: architecture, cincinnati, close look | Tags: architecture, cincinnati, downtown, pattern | 4 Comments

Tomorrow Land by Micah Ganske

Cheshire, OH by Micah Ganske

Cheshire, OH by Micah Ganske

The painter and sculptor Micah Ganske was born in Honolulu and now lives in NYC, where he has been working on Tomorrow Land, a series of dystopian acrylic paintings of the shadows of “aspirational technology” on depressed or abandoned industrial locations.
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May 14, 2013 by VisuaLingual Categories: cincinnati | Tags: bethlehem, centralia, cheshire, honolulu, new york city, small town life, urban life | 1 Comment

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