Author: Polka Square

Shop Love | No. 5
The blue doors welcome me through a breezeway complete with honeycomb tiles housing brass letters which read KNOBLOCK, a clever and meaningful homage to the place which the shop called home for decades, until very recently. I look up and my eyes are …

Shop Love | No. 4
It is literally bursting with color from the moment I open the door. The turquoise and lime coated walls draw me in and seem to mirror my cheerful mood. The array of richly pigmented treasures is vast. My eye gets …

Shop Love | No. 3
It’s a treat for the eyes even before I walk in. Gold foil lettering sprawls across the large glass window as it reads, “Sara Kate” in a delicious script. Beyond the lettering and through the looking glass is a world …

Shop Love | No. 2
It’s a hot and sunny day but I can feel the air is changing, fall is close. I round the corner and see the playful and quirky logo on the glass door. Walking in, I am greeted by the World’s-Most-Friendly-Pup, Olive. …

Shop Love | No. 1
I walk in the glass door as the morning sun radiates with piercing beams through the east wall of windows. I breathe in and the blissful aroma of freshly ground coffee fills my lungs. My eyes meet the young, hip …

Endless Beginnings
When I began my college career, I was lucky to know exactly what I wanted to do. Unfortunately, that didn’t mean I already knew how to do it like my fellow design-major friends. Most everyone had design classes in high …

Handmade with a Twist
Designing a logo for a business is quite an honor and one I don’t take lightly. It is possible that logo design is one of my favorite opportunities as a graphic artist. Why? A logo sets the foundation. It should be …