Comments on: Inkmas Day 7: Colorverse Chi-Town https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/ For the love of pens, paper, office supplies and a beautiful place to work Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:16:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Ana https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202944 Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:16:48 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202944 In reply to Linda.

No problem. There are city-specific nicknames that are used by marketing and tourism boards that would never be spoken by locals. We could probably start a list!

]]> By: Linda https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202835 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 09:23:05 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202835 In reply to Ana.

You’re probably right! Sorry for saying it.

]]> By: Ana https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202827 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:35:24 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202827 In reply to Linda.

Nope. I was gonna mention it but it felt like a can of worms that wasn’t worth opening.

]]> By: Linda https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202824 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 22:03:05 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202824 Also, Chicagoans don’t say “Chi-Town,” but that’s another story. 😉

]]> By: Linda https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202823 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:59:31 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202823 In reply to Lori.

I like the thought of a connection to skyscrapers or Cloudgate (i.e., The Bean 🙂 ).

]]> By: Linda https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202822 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:56:12 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202822 In reply to Ana.

Yes, I remember the Robert Oster, too. It seems like our city is sometimes still represented through Industrial Age type imagery.

]]> By: Sunday Reading for December 18, 2022 — The Gentleman Stationer – Oxfordshop.online https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202749 Tue, 27 Dec 2022 06:48:17 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202749 […] Inkmas Day 7: Colorverse Chi-Town (via Well-Appointed Desk). I agree that this is sort of an odd color for a Chicago theme, but the ink looks interesting! […]

]]> By: Ana https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202402 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 22:50:19 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202402 In reply to Linda.

While I agree the color isn’t what I would have chosen, the ink maker is Korean and maybe this is their interpretation of the Windy City? Robert Oster’s Cities of America interpreted Chicago as a smoky blue color and Papier Plume created a silver shimmer grey to represent the Bean (Cloud Sculpture). So there are other options.

]]> By: Lori https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202331 Sat, 17 Dec 2022 02:52:20 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202331 I think of “the bean”. Could it be Lake Michigan on an overcast day? I like your idea the ink is for skyscrapers.

On a different ink note, I’m waiting on Sailor to make the state of Missouri ink.

]]> By: Linda https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2022/12/inkmas-day-7-colorverse-chi-town/#comment-202320 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:09:32 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126435690#comment-202320 Wow. Chicago is so energetic and vibrant, and Lake Michigan’s vast blue-green surface is the constant, shimmering presence that forms the entire eastern border of our city. I’m sorry to leave a negative comment, but I don’t understand this ink representation at all.

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