Houston, we have design.

I got the opportunity to visit Houston, Texas a few times this past week. I went to the Museum of Fine Arts to see Ron Mueck's exhibition of some scary accurate sculptures of humans, but I'm going to talk about some other cool designs I came across in the museum.

The first exhibition I saw was one of old maps of Texas and there was a huge wall with this logo on it. Being from Texas, I feel it captures the general look of old Texas looked like while giving it a modern twist with star graphic.

One of the last exhibits I saw there was about Cubist art. What caught my attention about this exhibit was the wall of poster designs. This poster translates to: Everybody to the plaza. July 26-17th Anniversary. The geometric shapes and black/red color scheme of this poster reminded me of Russian Suprematism. I'm assuming this was produced by the Cuban government for the occasion but it's interesting to see how globally influential art movements can be.

At the Health Museum, there was a stomach that kids can crawl through. Oddly enough, my name was hand lettered on the side of the entrance. Really curious to know that story, but glad I stumbled upon this fantastic hand lettering!

And because I had a taste of the Shack...I had to go back and try their burgers/shakes while I was in Houston. After learning the history of the establishment, I enjoy the experience even more! If you read my previous post about my Shake Shack journey, you'll know that each location has a different design. I love that the Houston location pays homage to the original location in a New York park by making some of the seats look like modern park benches. You'd never understand this connection if you didn't know their history, but that's the details that matter to true fans (and designers)!

Sidenote: DELICIOUS. Actually really thankful there isn't a Shake Shack in my town. (I'd be broke and hate myself.)

I also got to experience NASA at the Johnson Space Center. I went once or twice before as a child, but it was interesting seeing it as an adult. I really noticed how everything was curated. The coolest thing was the chalkboard wall that explained science through chalk drawings. This is great because the target audience is basically kids; however, I got the audio tour this time which had both an adult and a kid option. In retrospect, NASA is much like Snoopy...timeless and fun for both kids and adults!