DESIGN YOUR LIGHTSPEED BOX

Jim O'Bryan · Post by **Jim O'Bryan** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:48 pm

Based on this thread

http://lakewoodobserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2696

The Lakewood Observer Presents
The 1st Annual Design A Lightspeed Box!

All entires should be submitted to this thread or sent to:
The Lakewood Observer,
Suite 205
14900 Detroit Ave.
Lakewood, Ohio 44107

1st place - Dinner for 2 at either The Coffee Pot, LaPita, the WestEnd,
That design will become part of The Lakewood Observer 4th of July Float, featuring the winner waving to the masses.

The winning design we be produced by AGS Design, Inc. for installation and/or the float.

Winner will be chosen by: Lakewood Is Art
http://lakewoodisart.com/

So let's take the first step to beautify Lakewood.

Party On

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Jim O'Bryan · Post by **Jim O'Bryan** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:23 am

Come on, anyone can do better than this signature model.

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Dustin James · Post by **Dustin James** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:05 am

There may be good reason to stay away from cheesy commercial representations...

But food might be okay without the labels...

Of course there is always a "celebrating technology" theme...

One thing is for sure, if you do this right - and it truly qualifies as outdoor art, you will have no problem getting national coverage. Another reason AT&T might want to be on the positive side of the equation. As in underwriting the expense of beautification. Just sayin.

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Dustin James · Post by **Dustin James** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:43 am

More celebrating technology... This one is actually near and dear to AT&T as the exclusive carrier for iPhone....

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Dustin James · Post by **Dustin James** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:30 am

A few more...

What's inside?

A house where Poker is not played every Wednesday night

sharon kinsella · Post by **sharon kinsella** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:53 am

I like the toast - it suits the message I would like to send them about their boxes.

Jeff Endress · Post by **Jeff Endress** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:56 pm

Since (for whatever reason) I can't post a photoshop rendering, the best I can do is suggest that the following, properly cropped would be an excellent peice to put on the Lightspeed boxes:

http://www.cox.com/digitalservices/digi ... lasses.jpg

Jeff

Dustin James · Post by **Dustin James** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:21 pm

Jeff Endress wrote:Since (for whatever reason) I can't post a photoshop rendering, the best I can do is suggest that the following, properly cropped would be an excellent peice to put on the Lightspeed boxes:

http://www.cox.com/digitalservices/digi ... lasses.jpg

Jeff

Adobe has a new online version of Photoshop in Beta - with 2GB of space if you sign up. Theoretically, you can do your editing and posting with this, but not sure. Info at: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopexpress/

J Hrlec · Post by **J Hrlec** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:16 pm

John Guscott · Post by **John Guscott** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:21 pm

that picture has always been one of my favorites from the Ahead at Lightspeed thread.

is anyone else amazed at how long it seems to take for ATT to install a box? The box cluster on the east side of Mars Ave (across from the library parking lot) has been in construction for weeks....

also, i noticed that the boxes have street addresses on them, like they are little houses or something.

Jim DeVito · Post by **Jim DeVito** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:14 pm

John Guscott wrote: also, i noticed that the boxes have street addresses on them, like they are little houses or something.

Well how else are you supposed to send mail to the government trolls who man the wire tap houses. They need addresses to.

Ryan Patrick Demro · Post by **Ryan Patrick Demro** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:32 pm

I had no idea I was supporting public art by voting for Lightspeed. I do enjoy the Dunn Signature Edition. Jim, is it possible you could cook one up for me?

Jim O'Bryan · Post by **Jim O'Bryan** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:57 am

Ryan Patrick Demro wrote:I had no idea I was supporting public art by voting for Lightspeed. I do enjoy the Dunn Signature Edition. Jim, is it possible you could cook one up for me?

Can't make a promise on the Dunn edition, word has him going to Washington, I imagine he will want to take that one and hopefully all the other ones with him.

Maybe, if you are back for the 4th, you could ride with the one on the LO Float?

On a personal note, thanks for the notes and updates. Glad to hear everything is going so well.

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Mark Crnolatas · Post by **Mark Crnolatas** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:31 pm

Re: Photoshop

Jeff, if you are interested, there is an open source graphic program called GIMP. I have it, and while being a long time user of Paint Shop Prop, Gimp is great, and has just about everything that Adobe Photoshop has (at least things I use and I use graphic programs alot over the last 14 years.) Since it is open source, the price is right. Free. : )

Mark Allan Crnolatas