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
One of the challenges of designing a tool like the Food Font Design tool is that it is made for a wide range of people who will use the tool. The buttons and interface need to be intuitive, useful, and accessible for children and adults. The buttons and menus have to work with dev
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
This November I learned that Cleveland Magazine had been following the development of the Food Font project, and had chosen me as a recipient of the Most Interesting People in Cleveland Award. I was interviewed by Kim Schneider, who writes about food for the magazine and also is the
This year we are challenging you to make a alphabet out of some holiday food – from now until January 3rd. Submit the pictures to the Food Font site, and we will send you a Food Font sticker. Your alphabet will be edited and loaded into the Food Font tool which will launch i
Recently a couple of messages have come in from people who are excited to use the Food Font design tool and do events in the future. Some people also have been asking when it will be ready to use. One person contacted us last week and wrote, “I am so excited about the launch of the d
