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Spot the Tiger Print for Sale

Ed Nacional — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:30:40 +0000

My illustration for Spot the Tiger is for sale on their limited time online shop (21st June – 18th July). My work is in good company with 51 other designer and illustrators. Go buy now before its too late.

http://spotthetiger.bigcartel.com/

(image via spot the tiger)

Father’s Day Cards – FOR SALE!

Ed Nacional — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:10:08 +0000

Hey I put together a quick online shop to sell digital (PDF) Father’s Day cards set in my Tie-pography. Go buy one, Fathers day is on Sunday!

http://ednacional.bigcartel.com/

I’m hoping to raise a bit of money to go back into getting both “Stay Cool” and Eames printed professionally. I also have a few new things to add to the shop very soon. Stay tuned

A Great Week @ Friends of Type

Ed Nacional — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:10:59 +0000

I had a really fun week being April’s guest on Friends of Type. Thanks for having me!

See my posts:

My Type Work @ The New York Times Gallery Seven

Ed Nacional — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:10:35 +0000

Hope to see all you type geeks tonight. My type work will be on view along with the full catalog of every ON LANGUAGE piece ever published. That’s 5 years and over 200 pieces. This blog post over at SPD has a good selection of some of the work and a bit on the history of the column.
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WORDPLAY: The Lettering of ON LANGUAGE in the New York Times Magazine
Featuring the work of over 200 contemporary designers, illustrators, artists and typographers.

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7-9 P.M.
The New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, 7th Floor
RSVP required to: galleryseven@nytimes.com

Strand Tote Bag Finalist

Ed Nacional — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:46:54 +0000

I had a few free hours before the March 30th 12am deadline for Strand Book Store Tote Bag Contest and since I spend so much time and money in that amazing store, I thought I would take a crack at it. At 11:59pm I sent in my entry. I didn’t win, but I’m happy to have been one of the 20 finalists.

It will be exhibited, along with the other finalists’ and winning images, at the School of Visual Arts’ Westside lobby (133 West 21st Street), from June 22 through July 5.

Check out the other 19 finalists and the grand prize winners.

Thanks Strand!

Yah Internets!

Ed Nacional — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:43:48 +0000

Kind of funny that the same time you start redesigning your site is when it is featured on a bunch of css gallery websites.

Many thanks to SiteInspire, The Best Designs, CSSDSGN and Colorgorize for featuring me on their gallery websites.

Also thanks to the very nice Tumblr bloggers passing along my site as well.

So far my mockups of the new site hold the same feel and i would say its more of a refresh rather than redesign. Hopefully you internet people like the redesign as much as you like this current site.

I’m Currently Redesigning This Website

Ed Nacional — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:24:05 +0000

This current site has been up for about a year now, and ready for a bit of a refresh. I’m pretty sure it wont be drastic, I mostly want to refine the code and a keep it in the same general visual language I have now. I will be keeping the backend Wordpress and most likely use the great Thematic Framework as a starting point. This redesign should also re-kickstart my momentum of the Open Source Wordpress Portfolio I have been threatening to make for the past year.

I am working on a bunch of freelance projects but I hope to squeeze some time for whenever I can. I’m excited to get started. Please send me any suggestions you might have for me on how you would improve this site or some inspiration of other portfolio sites. Leave a comment or find me on twitter

Happy New Year!

Ed Nacional — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:25:09 +0000

I have recently graduated a few weeks ago and I am really excited for whats to come in the new year. I have started to join the fun of the “Make Something Cool Every Day” project. Here is my first contribution.

This Smashing Magazine article showcases a bunch of very talented designers already doing this. I am sure many designers out there are also making this same new years resolution.

I will be posting these all on Flickr but also follow this blog and my twitter account to keep up with my progress.

Happy New Year!

Spot the Tiger

Ed Nacional — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:10:56 +0000

An illustration I did for Spot the Tiger is up. Go check it out!

Typography Show!

Ed Nacional — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:14:06 +0000

I have been lucky enough to be invited by guest curator Ben Peterson to contribute to a show titled “Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” at Lucky Gallery. I am in very good company with: Friends of Type, Jennifer Heuer, Jessica Hische, Justin Thomas Kay, Pablo A. Medina, Meg Paradise, Pillow Fort, and Travis Simon all contributing their talents.

Each designer was asked to make selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman to visually explore letter forms. The designed words will be displayed on the front of t-shirts with the selected text written on the back in a font consistent across each of the shirts. This contrast will highlight how the shape of letters can add meaning to the words we read. Everyone attending the opening will receive a free shirt from the show, extending the exhibition beyond the gallery walls.

The opening is Saturday, December 5th from 6-9 pm and runs till January 10th.

Poster/Illustration by Portal Porfavor

More about the show and the other artists

I am very excited to meet these talented designers and see their work for the show! Hope to see you all there.