As more people get smartphones and become familiar with 2D codes – including the old barcodes, QR (Quick Response) codes, and my favorite, Microsoft Tags – we’re reaching the tipping point for mainstream acceptance of this new magic. Since early 2009, Gaia Graphics has used Microsoft Tags on interpretive panels, business cards, maps, brochures, real […]
by Terre DunivantGaia Graphics & Associates San Luis Obispo, home of Gaia Graphics & Associates on California’s Central Coast, has been named one of the “happiest place on Earth” by author Dan Buettner of a new book called Thrive. In Thrive, Buettner unravels the stories of each happiness hotspot, revealing how he discovered each location […]
by Susan McIntosh and Huc Ambrose, Gaia Graphics & Associates We are very fortunate that the City of San Luis Obispo makes maintaining accessible open space a big priority! With the abundant variety of trails and environments to enjoy, it can be challenging to explore them all and to learn what makes each area unique. […]
by Susan McIntosh and Huc Ambrose, Gaia Graphics & Associates The Irish Hills panels, designed by Huc Ambrose, required a bit of digging into San Luis Obispo’s past as a mining town. We needed a few specific images for these panels, so Huc grabbed his camera and took a hike in this wonderful City of […]
By Lindsey Collinsworth Down the winding Bob Jones Bike Path in San Luis Obispo, past the Water Treatment Plant you will now find the City of San Luis Obispo’s newly constructed wetland. Thousands of native plants were put in the ground this spring with the goal of using stormwater runoff to create a wetland habitat […]
but with global reach By Terre Dunivant Captains David Robinson and Mark Kocina of SeaLife Conservation sailed the coast of California in late 2009, stopping in Morro Bay and other coastal cities to educate residents, City staff and Councils about plastic and ocean pollution. The evidence is shocking. People are taking action. Damaris Hansen and […]
The Morro Bay estuary is one of the top 10 birding sites in the country. One goal for these beautiful new interpretive panels is environmental education about the wonderfully diverse bird life that exists in Morro Bay. The bird identification panel helps people engage with the environment. The food and watershed panels help people gain […]
The National Association for Interpretation just unveiled a new logo in a video presentation at the 2007 national convention in Wichita, Kansas. At first I couldn’t tell what was going on, then I was a little horrified, then I got it. Maybe it’s because I’m a *bleep* designer – you know how they are – […]
!! We’ve been working since the beginning of the year on these new panels, developed by Cheryl Lesinski, Outreach Coordinator for the Morro Bay National Estuary Program. They’re almost ready to go to the manufacturers, Fossil Inc. of New York, which makes high-pressure laminate signs that last 10 years outdoors. The signs are 3′ wide […]
Using social marketing to prevent graffiti vandalism Secretly, I love graffiti. When it is art, graffiti is a beautiful weed growing from a crack in the sidewalk – a vast improvement to the blank gray walls of concrete indifference to the miracle, the great pleasure of having eyes that can see color. […]