Mr. Davis
Davis square isn’t much like a square at all. It’s more like hexagon-meets-thunderdome, with 6 roads colliding in a Euclidian deathmatch.
After peering at a picture by dan4th of the locally famous sign depicted the road formation, and being too caffeinated to know when not to follow through, Mr. Davis was born.
EDIT 6/26/06: As dan4th pointed out in the comments, the original picture was taken by Jesse Ev. Credit due!
Posted at 2:42 pm
June 25th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
Sweet! I’ve never liked that convergence of streets, but now every time I pass through, I will think of this cute face.
June 25th, 2006 at 10:32 pm
Pure genius. Can’t wait for the shirt!
June 26th, 2006 at 7:56 am
I seriously do want to see this shirt-ified. I’d buy one.
June 26th, 2006 at 7:58 am
Oh, I also need to point out that I did NOT take the base photo. That belongs to Jesse Ev. I just set it square.
June 26th, 2006 at 8:19 am
I am working on Mr. Davis shirts!
Thanks for the square-setting. I’ll update the original post to include proper credits.
June 26th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
I have emailed a link to your design to a newly-forming Davis Square business association. If they want to get in touch with you, how would they do so? I can’t find an e-mail address anywhere on this blog.
June 26th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Wow! I can be reached at info@tinctoris.com.
June 27th, 2006 at 6:23 am
Glad the photo provided someone with a new t-shirt idea! Count me in for buying one!
August 10th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
That is AWFUL! LMAO. Im sorry. But come on, that’s histerical! Davis Square isn’t a kids ride at Disney Land. Wow, I mean, seriously now. That is histerical. Bunch of marketing geniuses here huh?
August 15th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
[...] Good news, everybody! The Davis Area Resident Business Association has contacted me about using Mr. Davis as their identity; we’ve talked a bit and I’ve accepted. Who better to be the face of Davis Square than Davis Square himself? Pending the contract being signed, you’ll see Mr. Davis’ smiling face more often. This also unfortunately means the end of the line for my Mr. Davis t-shirts. Once I hand him over, I can’t use him commercially; they’ve expressed interest in making their own, but that’s up to them. In other words, get them while they’re still here. [...]
August 18th, 2006 at 11:28 am
[...] Mr. Davis mania continues. I just did a phone interview with the Boston Herald, and am going out to get my picture taken a bit later this afternoon. It’s all a bit surreal. Posted at 11:27 am [...]