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Arts & Culture
The best design evolves from the collaboration of designers with the greater world. We love being a part of — and contributing to — the larger arts & culture community.
Our arts & culture posts.
Arts & Culture, Seattle Design Community
Local Art
It’s time for the First Thursday Art Walk again! Does seeing all the local art is get you inspired to create some yourself? Wonderful! Lucky for us Seattle dwellers, this town has a ton of great resources to help you out along the way. Check out a few of them here, curated by David Litzler.
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Arts & Culture, Historic & Traditional
“Off The Hook” – The Etymology of Your Phone Number
Did you know that the digits of your phone number actually have a history linking them to letters? Or, that the concept of “dialing” a phone came way later than the phone itself? Robert Mech explores all this and more in this post about phones, and he most certainly did not “phone it in.”
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Arts & Culture
Photography + Promotion
Tina, our Marketing Coordinator, delves into how much fun it is to tag a long with a professional photographer on a photo shoot, and explores how marketing something really can be genuine, as long as you are.
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Arts & Culture
Edifice of Sound
Inspired by a Robert's recent post about what architecture sounds like. Ben explores how sound translates to space.
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Arts & Culture
Music and Architecture
What do buildings sound like? We don't mean literally; we don't mean acoustics. Robert explores what it would mean if architectural wonders, or even just the most basic of buildings, were translated to music.
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Arts & Culture, Historic & Traditional
Tournament of Ornament
Ben shares the details about his recent trip to San Francisco, discussing the role of buildings in terms of whether they are monuments or part of the urban fabric.
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Board & Vellum is a young and vibrant firm built on the idea that an informed and engaged team leads to better design and happy clients. We wouldn’t be where we are today without passion and hard work, and those same two things keep us going strong today.
Our Process
Bringing your project from “idea” to fruition is a little different at Board & Vellum. We give personal care to each of our projects, and you’ll be in the loop every step the way. The bonus: we are an integrated firm, so each project has access to plenty of great knowledge — and that leads to better design.
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