The Message is Medium Rare
Exploring design, one burger at a time.
Design
A Plan for arranging elements to achieve a particular purpose
AIGA: Rejustified
It’s time to take a new look at AIGA’s ‘Justified’ design competition.
A Logo for London
Quite possibly the world’s perfect logo
Inspiration
Ideas, Theories & Observations
Design on the Radio
The design podcast that’s changing public radio.
The Value of Value
How to rebrand a potato
(and other stories).
Stay on the Fucking Bus
Helsinki bus station theory says…
Practice
Practical Perspectives for the Working Designer
My First Time: Breaking Up
Two designers tell how they survived breakups and saved their businesses
File Naming Conventions
Simple file naming and organizational tools for graphic designers
Copyright Basics
18 minutes on copyright law from a Harvard professor.
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5 great portfolio websites
Question of the Week #13
Today, Carolyn Cuykendall asks, “In your practice, do you ever have trouble balancing the business and the creative aspects of design? How do you…
Overcoming Creative Block
Break on through to the other side…
Professional Ethics in Graphic Design
Today in class we discussed professional ethics. These we divided into five broad categories, more or less following those outlined in AIGA’s Design Business…
Question of the Week #12
How much separation should be placed between art and design…
Question of the Week #11
How can we use the digital medium to participate in the green movement?
Friends of Modern Dog
Crowd-funding the fight against copyright infringement.
Evolving a Logo
Design is in the details…
Slow Company
On Bill Clinton and Cleaning Ladies…