Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Logos

For this assignment we had to use Adobe Illustrator to create 4 logos that we might use later for our Zine. For all four of these logos i used shapes and symbols.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Week 3 Assignment: Background

Our first assignment with Photoshop was to take an image, relevant to our topic, and swap out the background. I found this image on google images. You can see the original here.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Friends of the Wissahickon


Friends of the Wissahickon is an organization dedicated to maintaining the Wissahickon Valley Park in Philadelphia. Some projects of the organization include restoration and maintenance of trails; and restoration and build park structures.

Conspiracy Showroom

Conspiracy Showroom Is Located on North 2nd street. It is described as a "Minimalist Northern Liberties co-op boutique filled with inventive clothing and accessories, created by local and national designers." It is definitely worth checking out.

http://www.dominomag.com/images/galleries/objects/gasl_green_fashion01.jpg

Buy Local Buy Fresh

At Buy Local Buy Fresh you can find a grocery store, restaurant, farmer's marker and many more places in southeastern Pennsylvania the sell locally grown produce.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Green Plan Philadelphia

Green Plan Philadelphia brings together city agencies and partner organizations to prepare GreenPlan Philadelphia, a comprehensive open space plan for the city. this organization brings people together to speak about citywide issues and issues local to their neighborhood. One of Green Plan Philadelphia's goals is to reconnect green parks and open space by developing a long-term vision and to implement it over 15 years.

Green Plan Philadelphia reports that there are 56% fewer violent crimes and 48% fewer property crimes in inner-city apartment buildings with higher levels of greenery versus those with little or no vegetation.*

*http://www.greenplanphiladelphia.com/node/63 2/6/08

Philadelphia Car Share

Cheaper. Greener. More Convenient. That is Philly Car Share's motto. Philly car Share offers residents a way to use a car without actually owning one. Primary mode of transportation is your bike? Public transportation? Walking? Every once in a while we all need to get behind the wheels of a car and get somewhere fast. Philly Car Share even offers access to Prius hybrids.