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/Flush/2009/10/24

Adding Something More Opaque

I’m thinking of adding an element to the ivanwlam.com theme. For months I’ve tried to work transparencies and transparencies alone into the layout, but it always felt that something’s missing, practically literally.

I needed a contrast against the transparencies to bring attention both the transparency and this new more opaque substance. I’m thinking of using a paper texture, but I’m afraid it’s too much contrast. Maybe something in between, like tracing paper or vellum? Exploration and experimentation ensue.

For the few of you who read this blog (you know, both of you), feel free to give comments and feedback on the idea.

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24 October 2009

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/Flush/2009/09/11

What Am I Doing? (September 2009)

Contract/Freelance

Near the end of August, one of my good designer friends from college contacted me about a contract job in the Visual/Signage Team at her workplace at a Pottery Barn corporate office. Not only was it great to see her again, but it was also refreshing to be in a working environment that is different from the one that I have been in.

Without getting too much into the details, I’ll just say that the job is to put together a seasonal guide book for internal use, and it allows the opportunity for me to be asked back and work for future seasons. They also had a bunch of little tasks that need an extra hand with, so I helped the team out with those, too.

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11 September 2009

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/Flush/2009/08/29

(More (or Less)) of What You May Want to Know About Ivan W. Lam

About section screenshot

The About section is finally live! The reason it took longer than you would expect it to is that I didn’t want to make a boring about page like every other website out there. I wanted to make it more fun and interactive for the viewer at different interest levels. At the same time, I still wanted to strike a balance and still maintain the “about section” quality of a website.

The most basic information that you would expect in an about section is still there, but if visitors want to play, they can uncover extra information. I feel that this aspect of the game reflects my personality and also poses an interesting contrasting relationship with the theme of using transparencies to lay out this site.

The page is still in beta, as is the rest of the site. But at least now all sections are available!

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29 August 2009

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/Flush/2009/06/11

What Am I Doing? (June 2009)

Site and Experiments Section

If you couldn’t tell from my posts for the past month, I’ve been crazy working on my website, especially the Experiments section. I’m just about finished with that section before I move on to the remaining areas of this site.

Programming Experiments screenshot

My latest addition is the Programming Experiments section. This is really important for me as I want to share and document my mini-coding experiments as I work on this site and future sites. These experiments won’t have the tutorial type of posts, but they will show as much of the related code that I use as possible. It’s not perfect right now, but it can be.

I have to admit, it takes a lot of work and time to build this “complete” website that I had dreamed of for many years, a site that is supposed to be representative of the public side of my life, including my career as well as my passions. Even though it’s taking longer than I expected, I have enjoyed the journey. I wake up every day excited and wondering if I would be coding and designing that day. I even considered making a shirt that just says something like, “I would code all day if I could.” Programming for me evokes so many ideas and possibilities, it’s mind-blowing!

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11 June 2009

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/Flush/2009/05/26

Time-Lapse Experiments: Now With Crappy Results!

Time-Lapse Casitas Window video

Just posted the first Time-Lapse entry in the Experiments Section. I encountered many problems, and the piece didn’t turn out as well as I wanted. But it’s definitely worth the experience. I will do better, I promise.

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26 May 2009

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/Flush/2009/05/24

Photomerge Experiments: Now With a Window! (Sort of)

Just posted the first real Photomerge post. Don’t really need to explain it. Check it out!

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24 May 2009

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Type Experiments: Now with Funky Conceptual Typefaces!

Just put up in the Type Experiment section two typefaces that I worked on last year using FontStruct. And because I created them on FontStruct, you can download them. You probably shouldn’t write papers with them, but you can definitely use them as an abstract pattern or whatever for your next creative project. (Or collab with me!)

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24 May 2009

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/Flush/2009/05/22

Form Experiments: Now with Content!

Form Experiments screenshot

Just posted a backlog of 41 entries of form studies photos in the Form Experiments Section.

The section is not limited to just form, but also pattern and texture. But this first time around, I focused more on form. Enjoy and comment.

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22 May 2009

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/Flush/2009/05/21

Puzzles Anyone?

Opened up a Puzzle area in the Experiments section.

I don’t remember how exactly I thought of doing this last night, but I got very excited about this idea and couldn’t wait to get it set up.

I love solving puzzles, especially ones that relate to math/numbers. So for now, I’m putting out number-based puzzles. I’ll eventually get some letter-based puzzles out, or have I already?

And I guess this goes with the art + science perspective that I mentioned a couple of posts ago.

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21 May 2009

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/Flush/2009/05/20

There’s a New Serif on Site… or Something

(I think the whole serif/sheriff pun is done, which is why I butchered it in the title.

Type Experiments section screenshot

For the Type Experiments Section, there’s no crazy box rearrangement or disappearing stuff. I just changed the typefaces to serifs. For type geeks out there, the typeface in the images (in the navigation and such) is designed by the same person who created the typeface in the regular navigation. Anyone know who the designer is or what the typefaces are?

I figured that this section should emphasize on letterforms and less on images, which is why I tried to class up the joint with serif typefaces.

However, I’m not sure how effective that is as the type is juxtaposed against the background image. The image is part of an experiment I did two years ago in school. At least the type on the image is a serif!

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20 May 2009

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