New Good Things from the Past & Present: Artistic Institutions

Jobs and employers.

They can be anything from the best thing ever to the worst, consuming time and thoughts that should be spent on friends, family and one’s self.  So, I was happy to give two weeks notice at the job where I felt unable to meet my boss’s unreasonable expectations, for what I hope to be my dream job.

Full time art installation at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

Just yesterday, I found this lovely typography-and-designed-filled ode to an former employee of the Knox Hat Company, circa 1907.  Robert MacFarland was given a gorgeous token of appreciation for his time at the company.

It was a reminder that people can be appreciated for their contributions (something that many of my co-workers expressed when I told them of my impending departure.)

And so, I look forward to new inspiration for myself and this blog.  In the mean time, enjoy the lovely artistic printing flickr user relic57 rediscovered and posted.

Resolution Engrossing II, originally uploaded by relic57.

Houston & Other Places in Gorgeous Sanborn Insurance Map Titles

Insurance map titles and the word “gorgeous,”not what one would think.  But feast your typography-appreciating eyes on the design beauty of Sanborn Insurance map title pages.

I’ve been kind of obsessed with these images since being introduced to them by BibliOdyssey’s blog post on them.  A google of Houston and Sanborn lead to Sanborn Maps of Texas (which are the source of the above images) from the UT Library Online website.


Salt Lake City, Utah 1911, originally uploaded by peacay.

Dreaming of the Open Road: "My House, My Home, It Rolls With Me"

I like the first one to tow the second one.

1971 Starstreak Motorhome (Custom) 04//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js

Vickers, originally uploaded by trailerman ken.

Wednesday Night Photo Post: Don't Know Why… Stormy Weather

I love storms. Especially if they occur while I am sitting at home. The last few afternoons have been pleasant breaks from the heat.

New Favorite Thing: All-White Model of Watts Tower

On our next trip to LA (when…?) I want to visit Watts Tower. Even more so after seeing this cool model online.

Scale Model of the Watts Towers – a set on Flickr

Wednesday Night Photo Post: Winter PIcture of a Houston Oddity

I love this place.  And I love CAR Julia’s picture of the abandoned Chong Hua Sheng Mu Holy Palace.