empty signifiers

I have been working pretty diligently this week on creating my own template for Movable Type--this default (very blue) template is okay, but the typography and the colors are not what I would like. In the interest of carving out a space that's more my own, as well as helping ease readability, I've spent my time nose down in CSS and XHTML files. I'm also finding that Movable Type has a ridiculous amount of crap piled into those transitional XHTML files... Originally I'm sure the aim was to provide as much flexibility as possible by adding classes and ID tags to nearly every element, but the redundancy is astonishing.

So keep your eyes out for a new Empty Signifiers coming soon!

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So my professional enterprise, the Brightside Media Company, now has both a logo and a stack of approximately 200 or so business cards to its name. The wheels are rolling and hopefully the momentum will only build, until I've got what's a proper company on my hands.

There are, probably, only 3 drawings I've ever made in my life that I'm proud of. (All others I disavow, for I am literally terrible at producing representative drawings.) The abstracted lightbulb I've produced here, meant also to evoke the shape of the question mark, is one of those few drawings I've ever liked.

On BSMC's site you can see the rough I produced with a tablet and a scan of the sketch, as and then you can visit the final printed version of the business card. It's one of my prouder moments when it comes to producing art, and I've already handed out several of the cards to my clients.

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