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My name is Blake Everingham.
Oh, wait, you wanted more? Damn.
I am what most people call a graphic designer. Unfortunately, that term is used to describe anybody that tinkers around with graphics on a computer these days. I'd like to think I take it much more seriously than that. I consider myself a visual communicator, presenting ideas and messages in a way that strikes up dialogue. The computer is a means to an end. It all starts with an idea. Without the idea, you have pretty graphics. As far as I'm concerned, pretty graphics are horrible.
One day, just one, I'd like every designer to work a week without the computer. Sketch out everything, discuss all ideas, throw them on walls, move elements around with the hand, and find a solution away from the screen. That would be an interesting week.
I currently work for 50,000feet in Orlando, Florida. No I don't live near Disney World, nor do I go there often, except of course when the lovely girlfriend has a hankering for costume mice.
That about covers the most important facts.
Also, I love receiving emails. Send me one some time at . I'd love to talk about the world and ideas that can change it for the better.
May 22, 2006
Writing about design is the goal. While I stray off course many times (short attention span), the main point of Everomp is to further my own ideas about design while not boring myself in the process.
Everomp started in 2000 as an attempt in sarcastic banter. While never aspiring for much, my rants became more and more slanted towards design. I guess I had art on the brain.
In my attempt to relaunch Everomp, I wanted to consciously focus my efforts towards writing about design. I make no attempts or claims to understand the full scope of design in our society, but I feel as though by writing about it I can understand its role more clearly.
In that light, Everomp was redesigned with certain goals. First, I wanted to remove myself from the Web 2.0 "look" as possible. Whether or not I did is entirely up to you. Instead, I pushed towards a look more closely related to Push Pin Studios as opposed to shiny Apple. I really wanted bring certain design elements from decades ago into the Web realm. Is it possible to take the look of a 1950's cutting edge newsletter into a 21st century web site? Well I dunno.
Georgia is used throughout Everomp, with the exception of the large first letters found at the beginning of each article which use Times New Roman. Plantagenet, originally created by William Ross Mills in 1996, is used for the headers. (Using the Scalable Inman Flash Replacement.)
I use the wonderful Movable Type for my publishing needs. I'm still using version 2.x. Sue me.
Oh yeah. My portfolio is found here, too. Thought I'd mention that.