MelDel LLC Designer/Creative entrpreneurMelissa Delzio
melissa@meldel.com
Portland
Our Portland Story Sneak Peak
Yeah, I know it has been awhile, but good things take time, patience is a virtue, etc. The Our Portland Story Volume 1 book is actually wrapping up. Final edits to pages are being made by generous designers, my editor is pouring over every last detail, and a new website that I designed is being [...]
Webvisions 2010 – Star Wars Reference Count: 3
In May, I attended WebVisions, a three-day Portland web and technology conference. I met some great new people, and was inspired by many of the speakers including: Luke Williams from Frog, Stanley Hainsworth from Tether (and AIGA), Ward Cunningham of wiki fame, and Renny Gleeson from Wieden + Kennedy. And as any great tech/geek fest, [...]
Twilight Rummage Sale
In honor of my love for all things old, my Valentine and I ended our day of fun at the Twilight Rummage Sale (Jumble Sale if you are in the UK) at Hawthorne’s Eagles Lodge. We stepped back in time to a place when toasters were treasures, comics were king, and flowers were power.
I discovered [...]
Papergirl Portland
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My partner and I recently helped Abe Ingle and a small group of Portland art supporters, bike enthusiasts and pedicabbies to pass out hundreds of pieces of free art via bike all over the city. The project was called Papergirl, and it has its origins in Berlin. The art [...]
Underground Bakery
Beneath street level on NW 10th Ave, in the heart of the Pearl District, lies a hidden bakery often overlooked by a casual passerby. To sneak a peek into this mysterious treat factory, and catch a whiff of its fragrant, sugary delights, head North on NW 10th just past Flanders. Walk along the right hand [...]
Favorite Things 2008
As this year comes to a white and snowy end, I reflect back on a year full of festivals, new friends, artistic inspiration, Netflix, weddings, traveling and optimism. Economy be damned, let’s raise a drink to you, 2008. Here is a list of 3 things that made 2008 most enjoyable for me.
1. First Thursdays
Every year [...]
Portland Story Project Launches
As the last days of summer roll into fall, I have started a project bound to keep me busy through the rainy season. Essentially the project is a book that will be made up of contributions of images and text from Portlanders about Portland. It will be part yearbook, part coffee-table book, part Portland [...]
So What?!
After eagerly consuming the novel Sometimes a Great Notion (by Eugene resident and bus-painting pioneer, Ken Kesey) and watching the movie, my boyfriend and I were among the first in the door to the Portland Center Stage production of the novel. The play was fantastic and we chose to attend a symposium on the play’s [...]
Easter Weekend
Another spring hits Oregon, and another non-traditional Easter weekend passes. I paused to honor and admire this ardent display of Easter love on NW Everett. These eggs did not hide tucked away in tall grasses, but were strung from the trees like Christmas lights in all their pastel painted glory.
Fanatic Easter displays aside, this was [...]
Favorite Things 2007
Every year Oprah reveals her “favorite things” list to an audience of self-help-reading, home-at-3pm-tv-watching followers who ooh and ahhh appropriately in honor. Well I have a list too, and while I may not have throngs of devoted fans (or one devoted fan), for whatever its worth here is my official 2007 Christmas favorite things.
1. Office [...]
Slideluck Potshow
Thursday, Oct 25th was the first ever Portland Slideluck Potshow, a traveling slideshow to promote local artists, and my work (an ensemble of photographs, art, design & illustration) was one of many chosen to be a part. The well-attended event took place at The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel. While the potluck was a bit [...]
TBA
While I didnt attend as many TBA events as my dog-eared festival booklet may allude, I did make it to the Affair at the Jupiter. The Affair at the Jupiter is a yearly event for the Jupiter Hotel on Burnside, where they clear out one section of the hotel (top and bottom stories) and make [...]
Rebel code
Im sure Hellen Keller is rolling in her grave. For years we have bought into the stereotype of the blind, being kind, mild-mannered and overcoming obstacles that those of us who are sight-enabled couldn’t imagine. Well no more! Apparently a rebel gang of the blind is leaving their mark on our fair city. Here is [...]
Sparks
On the fourth of July, my partner and I started the day, a day for celebrating democracy, ironically at a polo match (the sport of kings). The polo field stretched at our feet while large white tents with white couches and red and blue striped accents lined up behind us. There were enough summer delicacies [...]
frida
I spotted this Frida Kahlo mural overlooking the crowded streets last Thursday on Alberta. While this Frida reproduction may have a bit more bemusement in her face than the original, even a slight “Mona Lisa” smile, I think Frida would approve given its context. Alberta street last Thursday is a parade of the abnormal, a [...]
The antithesis
There is a small pizza shop on 23rd, where you can find a sinfully delicious slice of greasy NY style pizza for 2.50. The man behind the counter will ring your order in manually on a cash register circa 1930. As you settle in with your slice you notice that the napkin dispenser lectures you [...]
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