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The Art And Artifice Of Hand-Lettering, Lauren Gallow, Ellen Caldwell Apr 2014

The Art And Artifice Of Hand-Lettering, Lauren Gallow, Ellen Caldwell

Lauren L. Gallow

Is there a reason we’re so drawn to hand-lettering right now? Why are we craving handmade cards, signs, and posters in this moment? Why do we gravitate towards making hand-lettered flyers and signs and cards as opposed to designing on the computer? Maybe it’s just because we don’t know how to use Adobe InDesign and Illustrator… but we think there’s more to it than that.


My Dead Mom, Lauren Gallow Dec 2013

My Dead Mom, Lauren Gallow

Lauren L. Gallow

After my mom died I inherited all of our family photo albums and scrapbooks. Looking through these treasure books, I was drawn to three very special scrapbooks that my mom made in the late 1970s when she was a senior in high school and then during her first few years of college. I remember flipping through these books for the first time and having the uncanny feeling that I was looking at myself. I look so much like my mom in these photographs, it blew my mind.


Takk: Explorations Of Nordic Cafe Culture, Book Proposal, Lauren L. Gallow Dec 2012

Takk: Explorations Of Nordic Cafe Culture, Book Proposal, Lauren L. Gallow

Lauren L. Gallow

You know the café I’m talking about. The one where the lighting is just right, the music is just low enough, the furniture is cozy, and the coffee mugs fit perfectly in your hand. But the reason you love this café isn’t so much about the furniture or the décor as it is about the feeling you get when you spend time there. Corey Kingston and Samantha Albert knew there was something special about Nordic cafés the first time they stepped into a coffee shop in Denmark. Their book TAKK: Explorations of Nordic Café Culture tells the story of these …


Transgressions: Transgender, Transnational, Transsexual, Lauren L. Gallow Mar 2007

Transgressions: Transgender, Transnational, Transsexual, Lauren L. Gallow

Lauren L. Gallow

Exhibition essay for Transgressions: Transgender, Transnational, Transsexual, hosted by the University of the Pacific's Reynolds Gallery from April–June 2007.