It is September and in recent months a new direction for Food Font has developed. At this time, it has become clear that creating our own tool will be difficult with current funding and staffing , so we are looking to partner with other digital design tools that can work with the Fo
Speaking of 70% Did you know: Processed foods make up 70 % of the U.S. diet It is predicted that the world must sustainably produce 70 % more food By 2050 The Food Font Tool Programming document is 70% done (!!)
Ok, I’ve started rooting. It’s been what seems like a long journey to get here, but it is so worth it. This summer we relocated to Durham, North Carolina, and spent the summer looking for a new house, getting setup with new accounts, ids, etc; buying a new house, moving out of our su
Lots is going on at the Food Font studio. We moved from our temporary to our permanant home. Now we are getting the space setup and still plugging away at preparing the design document, event action matrix, and sample files for the programmer who will build the Food Font tool. Throu
Food Font is happy to have a home in Durham! We are excited to be selected as a member of the Green Plus Durham Food System Consortium (DFSC), which has been created by the North Carolina Triangle-based Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) and the Burt’s Bees Greater Good Fou
So Food Font had settled in here in Durham, NC, and the work of moving and transition has slowed down a bit, which means that the development of the Food Font interactive tool has picked up. I am working hard to write out the detailed documents that describe and visualize the tool th
What fits into a box and an orange tube, and moved from Cleveland, OH to Durham, NC? Food Font! Well, sort of. The project is bigger than two boxes, but the materials used for live events (minus the table and tent) are currently packed in one box and a tube. Kristen Baumlier, the fo
Hot off the press! The new Food Font signs for events are ready to go for the 2013 Summer season. Last year, There were over 13 public Food Font events, usually at farmer markets or community events where we setup a booth, and invite others to make alphabets out of food and to learn
Today at work a colleague of mine asked me, “So when is the Food Font tool going to be ready?” We talked about the process of developing programs and tools, and I gave him an update of the progress. So what is the progress? After months of design work, the interface and
The Food Font design is continuing and getting better! The interface design has evolved to have smaller icons on top, a resizable workspace, and no layer panel. The Food Font alphabet selector, background selector, and other tools have been created. This weekend I am meeting with