Visual Texture

If you've checked any of the reading list... I've been reading some books by Roy H. Williams, aka The Wizard of Ads. I'm currently on the third book in the series, Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads. These books, while focusing on advertising, speak very much about creativity and communication.

But what I want to mention today is the covers. They just look cool. The books themselves aren't all that long... a little over 200 pages each, but something about the cover of these books makes you feel like you are pulling some ancient tome off the shelf... or the coffee table. It really does just depends on where I set it down last.

They have this really old leather look to them... roughed up, soft, wrinkly. But they are just a slick cover.

But that visible texture does something to you... it shapes the way that you perceive the book.

Whoever said you can't judge a book by its cover was probably misquoted. We do judge books by their covers. We just shouldn't.

Sometimes you get what you expect. Sometimes we don't.

Pattern and texture are so critical to design.

And I'm not limiting that to print and web... there's decorating, fashion, speaking...

Even chrome has a texture.

It's slick.

Where to throw the bananas?

The last few weeks have been kind of crazy.

Some good friends of mine had their first child, a boy. It's pretty exciting.

Last weekend, another friend of mine got married. After a morning of plane rides from Little Rock to Lubbock, I arrived.

Highlights of the trip:

"Freebirds" for lunch on Friday. I haven't had Freebirds since last May when my brother graduated at TAMU.

Lunch on Saturday was at a little place called Tokyo (something something)... one of those places where they cook your food right in front of you... food was great, fun experience, way cheaper than I was expecting. Rock on.

Lunch Sunday was actually a little late, but who cares? I had Whataburger when we got back to Little Rock. We don't have Whataburgers in Arkansas. There is a What-A-Burger place a few hours from here, but it isn't the same thing, although I've heard the food there is great.

Hmm... these highlights are all around food. On a side note, my friend got married. Eventually, they made their way out of Plainview and on toward their honeymoon. Another highlight would have to be one of the best hugs I've had all year. Thanks to the lovely young lady from Lovington.

The problem with travel though is that it ends, and you come back to all the work you left, plus more.

It was good to see friends.