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Michael Silva
Somewhere, The Universe
a somewhat undisciplined existence.
4,703 words in 73 moments in 21 cities since July 17th, 2013
Most Popular Stories by Michael
Typography, sketching
Letter Together: Day One
San francisco — The type designer Matthew Carter is often quoted as saying, “Type is a beautiful collection of letters, not a collection of beautiful letters,” meaning that it’s more important for the letters to func...
City Walk, Typography
A little bit of everything
New orleans — There are a bunch of things I love about this sign. Sure, the letters are of varying weights, the weight of the H is unbalanced, and the N has an extra serif on the bottom right that makes it reversib...
Commutes
This is where buses sleep
Tokyo — It’s 3:45am and my body is somewhere else looking forward to lunch. The gate is still closed. They begin to rouse themselves around 5 and as the morning traffic picks up the cricket chirps of a whist...
All Stories by Michael
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Goodbye
Parting is such sweet… holy cow look at all those people!
in Tisbury -
City Walk, Typography
A little bit of everything
in New Orleans -
City Walk
Watchers
in San Francisco -
Transit, Views from a bus
Gateway
in Bourne -
Wayfinding
Local geography
in West Tisbury -
Typography, sketching
Letter Together: Day One
in San Francisco -
Travel
Approaches
in Oak Bluffs -
Books, history
In the beginning: Gutenberg Bible
in New York -
Food, Travel
Breakfast of Champions: pizza in NYC after a red-eye
in New York -
Commutes
Morning distribution
in San Francisco -
signs, lettering, practice
Practice makes imperfect
in San Francisco -
landscapes, home
Passage
in Falmouth -
Easter, oddities
Peep on Wheels
in San Francisco -
Design, Talks
Inspiration and doubt
in San Francisco -
lettering, Letters
Splashes of Ventura
in Ventura -
Serenity
in Ukyo Ward -
Tired
in Tokyo -
Fall
Temple of the Pig?
in Higashiyama Ward -
Fall
Ghibli
in Mitaka -
Food
The first place I've visited after seeing it on sayhi.co, Hara Donuts.
in Tokyo -
Commutes
This is where buses sleep
in Tokyo -
Permanently Parked.
in West Tisbury -
Historic Tree Do Not Climb
in West Tisbury -
ちょっと 鯛
in San Francisco -
Communal water at the dog park. This is San Francisco.
in San Francisco -
Don't be fooled.
in San Francisco
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Graffiti
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City Walk
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Signs
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Typography
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Travel
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Transit
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Views From A Bus
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Wayfinding
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Beach
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Sand
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Summer
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Books
Topics used by Michael
All moments from Michael
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Graffiti and Ghost Signs
Portland, United States -
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Crossing
Portland, United States -
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Ghost sign
New Orleans, United States -
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Streetcar sights
New Orleans, United States -
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A little bit of everything
New Orleans, United States -
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Colonel Short's Villa
New Orleans, United States -
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Room with a view
Los Angeles, United States -
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Watchers
San Francisco, United States -
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Gateway
Bourne, United States -
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Local geography
West Tisbury, United States -
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Beach day
West Tisbury, United States -
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Approaches
Oak Bluffs, United States -
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In the beginning: Gutenberg Bible
New York, United States -
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Whale?
New York, United States -
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Breakfast of Champions: pizza in NYC after a red-eye
New York, United States -
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Letter Together: Day One
San Francisco, United States -
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Monochrome
San Francisco, United States -
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Ink on paper
San Francisco, United States -
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Opening
San Francisco, United States -
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Blinders
San Francisco, United States -
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Morning distribution
San Francisco, United States -
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Passage
Falmouth, United States -
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Practice makes imperfect
San Francisco, United States -
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It's beginning to feel a lot like summer
San Francisco, United States -
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Who needs Godzilla?
San Francisco, United States -
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Peep on Wheels
San Francisco, United States -
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Next stop, Storyland
San Francisco, United States -
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Night blossoms
San Francisco, United States -
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Inspiration and doubt
San Francisco, United States -
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Possibly the best coffee milkshake I’ve ever had.
Los Angeles, United States -
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Spring?
San Francisco, United States -
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Sometimes bad is good
San Francisco, United States -
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Saturday at the museum
San Francisco, United States -
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Retiring Wreaths
San Francisco, United States -
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Splashes of Ventura 4
Ventura, United States -
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Splashes of Ventura 3
Ventura, United States -
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Splashes of Ventura 2
Ventura, United States -
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Splashes of Ventura
Ventura, United States -
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Hit Reset
San Francisco, United States -
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Tired
Tokyo, Japan -
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Transit
Shimogyo Ward, Japan -
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Serenity
Ukyo Ward, Japan -
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Temple of the Pig?
Higashiyama Ward, Japan -
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Welcome
Tokyo, Japan -
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Hand drawn season's greeting in French on your napkin? Yes, this is Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan -
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This is where buses sleep
Tokyo, Japan -
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Ghibli
Mitaka, Japan -
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The first place I've visited after seeing it on sayhi.co, Hara Donuts.
Tokyo, Japan -
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Into the night and fog
San Francisco, United States -
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Heart Strings ($$$$ Won't Love You Back)
San Francisco, United States -
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Crowdsourced Color Choices (2 of 2)
San Francisco, United States -
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Crowdsourced Color Choices (1 of 2)
San Francisco, United States -
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Bitter aftertaste
Boston, United States -
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Parting is such sweet… holy cow look at all those people!
Tisbury, United States -
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Arrivals
Oak Bluffs, United States -
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Scenic fishing village
Chilmark, United States -
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Blue ribbons for everyone!
West Tisbury, United States -
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I think the fog is following me.
Edgartown, United States -
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Historic Tree Do Not Climb
West Tisbury, United States -
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Pie
West Tisbury, United States -
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Permanently Parked.
West Tisbury, United States -
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Saying goodbye to the mainland.
East Greenwich, United States -
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Waterfire
Providence, United States -
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Here, I feel free
San Francisco, United States -
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You.
San Francisco, United States -
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Life behind a yellow door.
San Francisco, United States -
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ちょっと 鯛
San Francisco, United States -
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Don't be fooled.
San Francisco, United States -
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Saturday snack time.
San Francisco, United States -
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All the time. Connect.
San Francisco, United States -
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Time warp
San Francisco, United States -
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Communal water at the dog park. This is San Francisco.
San Francisco, United States -
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Walking past a window full of hand-painted signs to a day sitting at a computer.
San Francisco, United States
