Design of the season

Last night I spent the evening with my kids walking the streets in the dark – some call this trick-or-treating! I was amazed by some of the great designs carved into the pumpkins left in front of the door steps. I am both a developer and a designer and tend to look at the things around me from a design perspective. When I look at the sky I often wonder how I could replicate that gradient in a graphics application – some things are better left to God I guess.

Now my family pumpkin was no designer piece – it was a nice clean design – very typical as you can see – but nothing special (from a design perspective that is). My daughter Rachael and I had a great time carving it and even signed the back once we were done – it is a piece of art!

Many of the ones we saw as we walked from house to house were quite amazing – design is everywhere