It’s Not About the Logo

Posted by on Dec 13, 2012 in Business, Design, Featured, Identity, Popular | Comments Off

What's behind the hatred of the University of California rebranding?

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Graphing Design [updated]

Posted by on Apr 4, 2012 in Design, Featured, Popular, TPP | Comments Off

What the 'Unjustified' controversy reveals about AIGA...

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Women In Design

Posted by on Mar 7, 2011 in Business, Popular, TPP | 33 comments

So today I asked my students to each bring in the names of three living designers they admired, one of whom had to be local. Here’s...

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200 Years In 4 Minutes

Posted by on Feb 22, 2011 in Design, GD2, Popular | 12 comments

Hans Rosling's amazing augmented reality animation…

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What Design Can’t Do

Posted by on Aug 12, 2010 in Business, Popular, TPP | 3 comments

NB: A modified version of this post has now been published by GAIN, AIGA’s journal of Design and Business. Years ago, inspired by...

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Two Words (Part 2 of 2)

Posted by on Jun 8, 2010 in Business, Popular, TPP | 9 comments

Thanks to all those who commented on the previous post. And now for the dramatic conclusion: Appreciate first that I wanted this job in...

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Two Words (part 1 of 2)

Posted by on Jun 7, 2010 in Business, Popular, TPP | 19 comments

When you cheat you only cheat yourself. That’s how the expression goes. It turns out, though, that’s just not true. I had an experience last week that drew this into sharp focus for me. I’m still a little raw from it, so I apologize in advance for any aspect of this post that seems cathartic. My hope however is that my experience may benefit you.

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Top 10 Design Insights

Posted by on May 11, 2010 in Design, Popular | 1 comment

I’ve shown this to most of my students at one time or another, partly because its one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen,...

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