Category Archives: Design

Wyoming Born – Cliff Outdoors

By jrose | Published: June 21, 2010
We’ll be headed up to Gray Reef in a couple weeks (if the insane water levels subside) and might just have to stop by the world headquarters of Cliff Outdoors. Hands down the best fly boxes on the market born and bred in Casper, WY.
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The Original Green Toys

By jrose | Published: June 15, 2010
Picked up the toolset for the nephew. Recycled, USA made, and actually good looking stuff. From the Green Toys site: All Green Toys products are 100% made in the USA. To be more specific, they are produced in California, a state known for strict toy safety and environmental laws. It’s cool to buy USA, but [...]
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Round Town: Panda Bicycles

By jrose | Published: June 14, 2010
Fort Collins based bamboo bicycle manufacturers Panda Bicycles had a nice little write up in the CSU online news today.
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Flickr Find: Mid-Century Goodness

By jrose | Published: June 10, 2010
Fabulous collection of vintage postcards, restaurant images, ads, etc. via Better Than Bad for all you mid-century lovers. Even a couple from good ole Wyo.
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Peugeot ’85 Catalog

By jrose | Published: May 25, 2010
Whoever art directed this shoot seriously nailed it. Looks like it could be pulled straight from the latest issue of Wallpaper. Oh, the bikes aren’t bad either . . . via Re-cycle.
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Star Wars Planet Posters

By jrose | Published: May 19, 2010
I love how simple and gritty these are, not trying to be cute or have some clever reference. Just plain good design. Via Flickr and for sale here.
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Union Pacific Advertising

By jrose | Published: May 18, 2010
A few highlights from the Union Pacific Museum archives.
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Signal Cycles

By jrose | Published: April 12, 2010
Dead solid, all around. Signal Cycles.
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Matchbook Registry

By jrose | Published: March 26, 2010
In one of my design classes I had my students overhaul gum packaging, I’m thinking now, matchbooks would have been a dandy project. Limited space, limited configurations, with a concise message. Good stuff, via
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Off the Hanger: DoubleButter by Day

By jrose | Published: February 12, 2010
We bat the fashion ball back and forth with quite a few folks but the the boys at DoubleButter have to be the most vociferous about their stance. More than anyone we know, they stand by their uniform and are pretty relentless implementing it every day. They sent us some pics (damn fine pics) of [...]
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