Halfway around the world

Somewhere halfway around the world, I found time to bang some graphics out for the Trans World Expedition website. Pretty simple things, but it was nice to get some graphics work done. I left New York about 8 months ago…

A diagram of the vehicle I use during the expedition

Money spent during the expedition so far

Fuel cost per mile

Miles traveled so far

Number of day in each country

See you soon, friends

Dear readers,
Back in the summer of 2009, I began to work on a challenging map. Trying to find out if it was possible to drive around the world. Now that the map is done, I will attempt the drive, just to make sure I got it right.

A graphic showing my route will be published with a AP story next week

My last day as an art director at the Associated Press will be November 2, and from there, I expect this blog to be half asleep. While I will be traveling, if I find some interesting design content, I will definitely post it here, but in the meantime, if you are interested to follow my travel, you should go on my other blog at http://transworldexpedition.com

With 600 RSS subscribers, I think this blog has been a success, and I definitely intend to get back to it in a year, when I will be back, so please keep it bookmarked, and stay connected to the feed.

And speaking of getting back, I will be looking for a job at this point, so if you like my work and your dream is to give me a big paycheck every two weeks, please contact me. I should be back in the U.S. in the winter of 2010, and would consider exotic places as well.

One last thing. I know there are people from many countries following my blog, and I would like to visit you, wherever you are. So please check the map, and let me know if I will be close to you. Then I can come, maybe see your workplace, and we can have a drink.

Waiting to hear from you!

Nick

New storm tracker

A new storm tracker, courtesy of programers/designers John Balestrieri and Siobhan Dooley. Some little design glitches are still in the work.

Click to see tracker in pop-up window

Wildcat offenses

Simple and clean work from Merrill Sherman and Eddie Degasero.

Michael Jackson’s financial empire

Jackson had $567.6 million in assets and $331.0 million in liabilities in 2007, according to a statement of financial condition prepared by Washington-based accounting firm Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio & Associates the AP managed to obtain. read the story here.