Houston Locals: Midtown Power Singles

In this latest installment of “Houston Locals: A visualization of Houstonians and their particular locality” featured on the AIGA Houston Blog, we take a look at our Midtown Power Singles. They’re young, they’re hip, and they’re ready for their next martini and steak.
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The Language of a City

Everywhere you look there are patterns, and design can be found around any corner in Houston. Whether its the smooth, clean lines of a glass skyscraper, awnings of a restaurant, or even a concrete bend in a local park’s trail, inspiration for creativity exists all around us, creating the city’s own language. This installment in AIGA Houston’s Blog explores how type and patterns can be created by manufactured forms.

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written by Ame

Houston Locals: Montrose Hipsters

Houston Locals

A lot of people forget that Houston is the fourth largest city in the nation, housing 2,240,974 people as of this year. As Houstonians, we’re well aware of how diverse and culturally rich our city is — not the stereotypical white stetson wearing, South Fork Ranch-owning, barbecue cooking folks that the rest of the country thinks we are (we’re looking at you, Dallas). To make things even more interesting, there are no zoning laws in our city, which makes for a wide variety of neighborhoods and occupants.

Celebrating the uniqueness of our wonderful Houstonians, the AIGA Houston Blog has a new series being released every few weeks — an information graph visualizing Houstonians by their location, and (highly likely) personality. The first in this series highlights our beloved Montrose Hipsters. Continue Reading

written by Ame