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Is San Francisco beautiful? Yes. Is the view from the De Young Museum’s Observation Tower one of the most beautiful views in the city? YES YES YES! So guess who was up in the sky last Friday doing her Backseat … Continue reading →

Grumpygurl was my BFF right after Max was born. She was cheaper than a therapist and probably just as helpful in helping me out my hormonal rages, insecurities and crappy feelings related to being responsible for a helpless human being … Continue reading →

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to update my blog more. Since I’m already wearing flip-flops and my last post was uh…almost a year ago, I better get on it. My excuses? I could say that I ran a … Continue reading →

What do you think is the most ubiquitous design in the world? My money is on this design: If Roger Cook and Don Shanosky received a royalty every time the design was used, they could afford a gold plated, temperature-controlled … Continue reading →

Flight 123 has landed. On my editor’s desk at Chronicle Books. It will be a sequel to Backseat ABSee, but it’s a counting book about airport/flight signage. I am working on three picture books this year, and all celebrate flight … Continue reading →

When I was in Holland, I stumbled across a vintage enamel KLM sign in a shop in Amsterdam. I am a sucker for vintage airline stuff: posters, graphics, fashion, interiors, suitcases. It’s all so beautiful. Flying used to be chic. … Continue reading →

Today is the book birthday of Backseat ABSee, my new book with Chronicle. This book was the first one I did in Adobe Illustrator, and it sparked a completely new style for me. It helps me create bold shapes, high … Continue reading →

Pal Matthew Willcox, who heads FCB’s Institute of Decision Making, told me about compatriot Jonah Lehrer. Jonah is a neuroscientist who studied literature and philosophy at Oxford, and has a couple of interesting things to say about how creativity works. … Continue reading →

Backseat A-B-See is about to zoom into bookstores. I am so happy with it. Chronicle did a kick ass job on the production. The black is deep pothole black, the colors pop off the page, and the hazard tape spine … Continue reading →

I recently finished translating Hopper and Wilson in Dutch. It is the first book *evah* of mine to be translated into Dutch. There is a German version of BLOOM floating around, and Korean kids get to read BLOOM and SPLASH, … Continue reading →