by Greg Lawler | Jun 20, 2015 | make
It is interesting and fun browsing the USPTO patent archives. Â Older patents often have beautiful hand drawn art attached to them as part of the filing. You can download PDF scans of these old patents and modify them to make awesome wall art. Here are a few examples...
by Greg Lawler | May 23, 2015 | news
The Outside Open design interns have been busy since launching the poster – they just went live with a refreshed blog design for Color Services Photo Lab in Santa Barbara. The new design is very clean and fully responsive – go take a look for...
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by Greg Lawler | Apr 12, 2015 | make, photography
We discovered that a family of Oak Titmouse birds has moved into one of the alphabet bird boxes that I made for the kids! It’s amazing how many times (and how fast) they go in and out all day as they gather grubs for the chicks. I set up my tripod and...
by Greg Lawler | Apr 10, 2015 | make
Over at my day job, we recently released the results of attempting to solve an interesting design problem. Our goal was to produce an informational piece which solved the problem so often faced while working with people over the phone, namely spelling. You can get...
by Greg Lawler | Feb 1, 2015 | make
I really enjoy industrial design. Objects that have been created for a specific purpose tend to encompass clean and honest design with no pretense.  Recently I began lusting after fire hydrants. A quick Craig’s List search and I was in the money! Below is...
