The Science Project in the Kitchen

Some projects just take over--the radio station kitchen, for instance. The world's largest piece of foam-core, a bazillion little labels and photos, and a can of spray adhesive toxic enough to blow its own hole through the ozone layer. Today we are doing outreach, making a sort of science fair display of our station's illustrious history. As the resident "eyeballs" in a workplace full of "ears," all the graphic arts projects fall to me. People bring coffee and chocolate, then get out of the way. Between sugar, caffeine and solvents, I'm dancing faster than Radio Bob on cola beverages. Suddenly, the whole design comes to me crystal clear--as if in a vision...