Journal archive (2007–2018)
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I asked design students and graduates what they’d include in their ideal graphic design course. Here’s what they told me. “Design school teaches you how to talk to other designers … there needs to be an entire course on talking…
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Hatch Show Print
A fascinating eight-minute look at Hatch Show Print, a 130 year-old working letterpress shop (established 1879) in Nashville, Tennessee. Hatch Show Print, established in 1879, is a working letterpress print shop in Nashville, Tennessee. It uses its collection to educate…
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Studio Culture
A brief look inside Studio Culture: The secret life of the graphic design studio, edited by Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy.
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The Known Universe
Developed by the American Museum of Natural History, this six minute video zooms out from the Himalayas of Tibet, pulling farther and farther from earth to the limit of the observable universe — the afterglow of the Big Bang.
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Don’t ask, don’t get.
My acquisitions editor, Nikki at Peachpit, asked if I could find a well-known designer to write a quote for the back cover of my book. She said it would need to be someone with a great reputation, and that we…
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The design responsibility
How will design shape our future? How are we, as designers, taking responsibility for the products we help put to market?
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Prepress tips for graphic designers
When you send files to a commercial printer there are a lot of things that can go wrong, costing time and money, so to help, art director Sigurdur Armannsson has prepared sixteen prepress tips that cover the major aspects for…
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The design pricing formula
Newer designers often ask me what they should charge their clients. As much as I want to, I can’t give specifics, as I try to explain with this pricing formula. Expertise: No-one knows better than you how much talent you…
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AIGA President Debbie Millman on spec work
“AIGA has reiterated its longtime position that spec work is not in the interest of either designers or clients and we are now redoubling our efforts to educate, inform and inspire clients and designers alike to work respectfully, intelligently and…
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The origami of Sipho Mabona
Sipho Mabona, a young artist based in Switzerland, was commissioned by ad agency Nordpol+ Hamburg to design and create the origami models for this stunning five-minute video. It tells the story of the Japanese sports brand ASICS, and won a…