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Pareidolia

Pareidolia is the tendency to see faces (and meaning overall) where there’s none.

A surprised Minion:

Michael Jackson:

A Roman slave:

A frog:

A monster:

Talking to ChatGPT Kamala

K: Hello! I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit.

Me: Hi Kamala! Will you bring peace to the world?

K: Oh, you know, when we talk about peace in the world, we have to understand that peace is important for the world, and when we have peace, the world can be peaceful. Peace is like a big puzzle, you know, and we have to put all the pieces together to make the puzzle complete, and when the puzzle is complete, then we will have peace in the world, and that’s important. Peace, you know, it’s like, when you have peace, everything is peaceful, and that’s what we want for the world, for it to be peaceful. So, yes, peace is important, and we have to work together to achieve peace in the world.

Monaco in 2022 and 2023

In Monaco, everything smells amazing: the trees outdoors and perfumes indoors.

Also, strangers greet each other when entering and exiting the elevator. Everyone has true respect for one another.

But sadly not all elevators have good typography. The 8 looks too much like a B, and the D looks too much like a zero:

The ventilator swastika is cool tho

A bit of nature:

A confident-looking man:

The Continental:

Crowdstrike before it was famous:

A tall building:

Textures:

Genoa in 2024

A number plaque:

Spooky typography:

Poster against war:

Vandals against war:

“Warning—gentrification in progress”:

Textiles from Central Asia:

Logo concept for MoneroDice

As part of my work for MoneroDice, I was asked to make a logo for the site: “something very simple, based on the Monero logo”.

I started coming up with ideas:

And then designed this prototype:

It even has a little Easter egg: the Monero logo is put in place of the number 3. Three sounding just like free, which Monero helps us become.

But it did not scale down well as a favicon. So I simplified it:

But this version was kind of boring. It needed a special something.

So I turned it by 6 degrees, making the die land in a much more natural position:

This one worked great as a favicon:

However, the client felt that this logo did not have enough in common with the Monero logo, orange beïng their only shared trait.

The client then made their own, building upon the 6° angle and rounded corners from mine:

Grand Old Designer

GOD: Grand Old Designer.

This thought somehow came to me while I was asleep.

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