{"id":97,"date":"2011-12-07T16:21:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T21:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2013-07-08T13:04:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T17:04:27","slug":"theres-always-a-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/theres-always-a-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s always a first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Wallpaper-White.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-99\" title=\"GothamWallpaper White\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Wallpaper-White-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I was asked to design custom wallpaper. \u00a0Now, I&#8217;ve designed patterns for fabric many times before and found this to be just the same. \u00a0It&#8217;s just an all-over, seamlessly repeating pattern. \u00a0This time the subject was the New York City subway system. \u00a0The map was suggested, but if you&#8217;ve ever looked at with an eye to make it repeat endlessly it would be maddening and not something one could stand looking at for long, much less live or work with. \u00a0Being a major fan of the system, I was beyond thrilled to take this on. \u00a0I decided to use the signage and train routing information. \u00a0This gives you lots of color and something managable to work with. \u00a0I designed it in two colorways. \u00a0Any of you New Yorkers can check me on the listings. \u00a0With the exception of dropping a few stops due to redundency, the listings are correct. \u00a0And the route names are correct. \u00a0In design, you have to do your research. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t you&#8217;ll just make yourself and your client look bad.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Wallpaper-Black.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-98\" title=\"Wallpaper Black\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Wallpaper-Black-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to design custom wallpaper. \u00a0Now, I&#8217;ve designed patterns for fabric many times before and found this to be just the same. \u00a0It&#8217;s just an all-over, seamlessly repeating pattern. \u00a0This time the subject was the New York City subway system. \u00a0The map was suggested, but if you&#8217;ve ever looked at with an eye [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,29,28],"tags":[50,26,36,37,35],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graphic-design","category-graphic-visualization","category-personal-thought","category-shared-idea","tag-graphic-design","tag-interior-design","tag-pattern","tag-repeating-pattern","tag-wallpaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmgraphicsdesigner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}