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Vintage Handmade EPCOT Box

July 26, 2020December 28, 2022 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Have you seen the incredible series on Disney Plus detailing the history of Disney’s theme parks? Highly recommended. When I finished watching the series I remembered a box that I …

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Atlanta / Drawing Board / Smart Design / Your Pal Drew

The Atlanta Soccer Village

November 30, 2018December 28, 2022 - by Drewprops - 1 Comment

Back in the 1990s I stayed employed by moving between Atlanta’s tiny movie industry and a small design practice headed by Laura Heery, daughter of famous Atlanta architect George Heery.  …

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Smart Design / Your Pal Drew

Revolutionary Retro-Illumination Guide #1

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

With the arrival of functional, mainstream LED lighting I think a lot of us have become fascinated with the new range of illumination solutions. More than once I have found …

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How To / Smart Design / Web Design

How to Turn Off Automatic Sound on Facebook Videos

August 27, 2017August 27, 2017 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Did you recently receive this rather helpful message from Facebook’s mobile app? “We’re always working to make Facebook a better place to watch videos. That’s why videos now play with …

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Siri Goes “Bonk!”

October 15, 2013October 16, 2013 - by Drewprops - 3 Comments.

For the last week or so I’ve been trading messages with my friend JD about the new movie “Gravity”, as we both share an interest in a sci-fi sub-genre referred …

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Music / Smart Design

They Might Be Giants lifted the IATSE logo

January 17, 2011October 16, 2012 - by Drewprops - 2 Comments.

I worked in the motion picture industry for over a decade while listening to music by They Might Be Giants and never, ever noticed that the graphic “badge” on the …

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Smart Design

Sticky Stuff Hits YouTube

August 13, 2008 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Hey look! It’s my friend Joe in his very own YouTube-style infomercial showing off his cool temporary adhesive product called “Joe’s Sticky Stuff”. I did the artwork for the product …

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Smart Design

Wanted: The ElderPhone

February 10, 2007October 24, 2017 - by Drewprops - 7 Comments.

Western culture is driven by youth, something we all hear (and ignore) when we’re young and grow to believe (and resent) as we age. Recently, after watching my 70-something parents …

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Smart Design

Bluetooth Geekery

November 4, 2006November 30, 2009 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Completely without justification, I am the proud owner of one of these doohickies: an old-fashioned telephone receiver that works with my cellular phone using Bluetooth, the same wireless technology that …

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Smart Design

Is Zune Microsoft’s .Net Stalking Horse?

October 6, 2006November 30, 2009 - by Drewprops - 2 Comments.

To date the MP3 player-buying public has voted with their wallets, showing that they prefer the clean user interface, no-fuss hardware/software handshaking and pure style points of Apple’s iPod. But …

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