Amazing, Gene, that you managed to post this - and it's a great one! I trust everything will go well, and that you and all your friends and relatives will soon resemble those glowingly-lit pictures at the end of the medical info materials.
When I lived in Walnut Creek, Kaiser built a brand-spankin'-new facility in town, and I took a tour about a week after it opened. In the lobby they had the usual batch of magazines, among them a copy of The New Yorker that was 13 years out of date .... I've always wondered how they managed to do that.
This past weekend I too, was in a hospital 400 miles away from home, with an injured relative. Unfortunately, the hospital is part of a small 'regional health system', nothing as large as Kaiser, nor as well presented. The only way the whole experience could be MORE mind numbing is to be the person under anesthesia, but there was very little to do but sit and wait. Some of the near universal issues happened to me, nothing to read/do/occupy myself with other than a few old Sports Illustrateds from 2002.
I guess somethings really never change. Thanks for the amusing post.
geozinger
Submitted by geozinger on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 07:26.
Gene, I really enjoy your articles, they are always informative and entertaining, and I love the images!
It's a tribute to your creativity that you could find so much imagery in a hospital setting.
I hope your relative is on the road to recovery. :)
Thanks for carving out another post - even in such circumstances. I truly hope for a good outcome for your relative. When I see art like some of the brochures you shared I always wonder what THAT meeting was like with the illustrator and client. "could you make the patient look slightly more ill?" "we want the patients to look well but not fit" and all of our most favorite comment, "can you make the logo bigger?" Take time to take care of yourself too, Gene!
I certainly hope that your family member gets better soon. In the meantime, you are definitely finding creative ways to keep yourself entertained. Try exploring the cafeteria food . . .
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who reads up on every illness possible while waiting in the hospital/doctors office, but is it like looking up your symptoms on the web...you start to think you have all of these illnesses?
Amazing, Gene, that you managed to post this - and it's a great one! I trust everything will go well, and that you and all your friends chat and relatives will soon resemble those glowingly-lit pictures at the end of the sohbet medical info materials.
Thanks for carving out another post - even in such circumstances. I truly hope for a good outcome for your relative. When I see art like some of the brochures you shared I always wonder what THAT meeting was like with the illustrator chat and client. "could you make the patient look slightly more ill?" "we want the patients to look well but not fit" and all of our most favorite comment, "can you make the logo bigger?" Take time to take care of yourself too, Gene!
kaiser reading stock
Amazing, Gene, that you managed to post this - and it's a great one! I trust everything will go well, and that you and all your friends and relatives will soon resemble those glowingly-lit pictures at the end of the medical info materials.
When I lived in Walnut Creek, Kaiser built a brand-spankin'-new facility in town, and I took a tour about a week after it opened. In the lobby they had the usual batch of magazines, among them a copy of The New Yorker that was 13 years out of date .... I've always wondered how they managed to do that.
The ilustrations are beautiful!
I really like the watercolor illustrations used in all the "dealing with your illness" brochures.
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Strange coincidence
This past weekend I too, was in a hospital 400 miles away from home, with an injured relative. Unfortunately, the hospital is part of a small 'regional health system', nothing as large as Kaiser, nor as well presented. The only way the whole experience could be MORE mind numbing is to be the person under anesthesia, but there was very little to do but sit and wait. Some of the near universal issues happened to me, nothing to read/do/occupy myself with other than a few old Sports Illustrateds from 2002.
I guess somethings really never change. Thanks for the amusing post.
geozinger
Hospital artwork
Gene, I really enjoy your articles, they are always informative and entertaining, and I love the images!
It's a tribute to your creativity that you could find so much imagery in a hospital setting.
I hope your relative is on the road to recovery. :)
Better Health Through Better Design
Thanks for carving out another post - even in such circumstances. I truly hope for a good outcome for your relative. When I see art like some of the brochures you shared I always wonder what THAT meeting was like with the illustrator and client. "could you make the patient look slightly more ill?" "we want the patients to look well but not fit" and all of our most favorite comment, "can you make the logo bigger?" Take time to take care of yourself too, Gene!
I certainly hope that your
I certainly hope that your family member gets better soon. In the meantime, you are definitely finding creative ways to keep yourself entertained. Try exploring the cafeteria food . . .
Good luck with the situation
Good luck with the situation at hand.
sorry to hear of the health crisis, gene
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Wishing your relative a speedy recovery and hoping you are back home soon.
Reading up on illnesses
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who reads up on every illness possible while waiting in the hospital/doctors office, but is it like looking up your symptoms on the web...you start to think you have all of these illnesses?
Hope all turned out well!
reading stock
Amazing, Gene, that you managed to post this - and it's a great one! I trust everything will go well, and that you and all your friends chat and relatives will soon resemble those glowingly-lit pictures at the end of the sohbet medical info materials.
thnks
Thanks for carving out another post - even in such circumstances. I truly hope for a good outcome for your relative. When I see art like some of the brochures you shared I always wonder what THAT meeting was like with the illustrator chat and client. "could you make the patient look slightly more ill?" "we want the patients to look well but not fit" and all of our most favorite comment, "can you make the logo bigger?" Take time to take care of yourself too, Gene!