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	<title>Ratio Architects &#187; Melissa Martin</title>
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		<title>Barbara Stahl’s Artful Walls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Genie Boom Lift]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Indiana Pacers schedule wall]]></category>

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As I walk into work each morning I can’t help but notice the enormous Indiana Pacers season schedule painted on the side of our six-story building facing the entry pavilion of Conseco Fieldhouse. I always knew the wall was not your average advertisement. I’ve always felt that the way it was painted had a meaningful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iconic Buildings Become Iconic Brands</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Artec Consultants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David M. Schwarz Architects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iconic brands]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iconic buildings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Indiana State Museum]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[logo design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Welcome Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RATIO has had the good fortune to work on several projects in Indianapolis that, over time, have become city landmarks. Our firm has always advocated for designs that tell stories – sometimes of the activities going on inside.

That’s why we love it when a building’s design is so representative of a  company that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh my God, Chartreuse!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 21:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Central Indiana Land Trust]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Keep Indianapolis Beautiful]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[soy sauce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[yellow-green]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each time I visit a store and peruse the season’s latest fashions, I am  uncontrollably drawn to anything chartreuse. Whether it’s a purse, belt,  jacket or skirt, if it’s chartreuse, I want it.

My love for this color does not stop with clothing and accessories. Say I was to come across a chartreuse dog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let it Marinate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[design block]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fresh eyes = fresh perspective]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State your name.
Melissa Martin.

Do you swear to let it marinate, completely marinate and not return until it is fully marinated, so help your graphic design career?
So help my career, I do.
Today I got stuck in the purgatory all graphic designers know as design block. I was working on creating a marketing piece intended for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Logo Design in 60 Minutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[logo design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Project Runway]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rule of Three]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[School House Rock]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Logo design is one of the most challenging tasks that a graphic designer can face. You’re creating an icon than embodies an entire brand. It’s got to be simplistic, yet complex. Colorful, yet able to be reproduced in black and white. Meaningful without being literal. In short, logo design can scare event the most seasoned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racy Refrigeration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[1950s era housewife]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iStockphoto]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[women and refrigerators]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I was glancing through iStockphoto.com’s image gallery attempting to gather ideas for a mailer I’m designing, I did not expect to find myself looking at photos of barely dressed women posing in front of refrigerators. I was searching for a basic photo of a kitchen essential – maybe with some magnets attached. What’s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Green for Graphics, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Agricultural Waste Fiber]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Biopolymers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Celery Design Collaborative]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[LEED Scorecard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Post-consumer Recycled Fiber]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PRINT Magazine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability Scorecard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vegetable Inks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Because I am surrounded daily by architects, landscape architects, interior designers and planners I am well aware of the measures being taken to incorporate green elements into the built environment. I sense their dedication to “going green” and decide to investigate steps I can take as a graphic designer to create with less impact.
I recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design is… Kinky?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 15:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Hello Monday]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ice Cream For Free]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During a blog brainstorm I think, “Wouldn’t it be great if I posted links to really cool super fun quirky design stuff?” I suppose the first step would probably be finding links to really cool super fun quirky design stuff. But, why bother fumbling through search engine results for “good design” when designiskinky.net has already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comic Sans with a Vengeance</title>
		<link>http://www.ratioblog.com/?p=754</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 13:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Graphic Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Adobe Illustrator]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chiggies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[comic sans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fort Myers Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As my last post reveals, I am openly what some refer to as a “comic sans basher.” I thought I had it all figured out. Comic Sans is my least favorite font. No other letter forms have the capability to get me worked up in an unyielding fury of desire to practice good design the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comic Sans, Nothing Funny About It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Ban Comic Sans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[comic sans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Design Observer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inappropriate font use]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The font menu built into our computer software programs is a powerful tool. It gives us the ability to convey emotions, thoughts and ideas by making a simple selection. Many of these fonts have become overused, but Comic Sans stands out among the others in terms of wide spread inappropriate use. The application of this [...]]]></description>
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