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.
RECENT POSTS
Come in, we’re dreaming
Welcome to the first week of a new semester…
Dead Man Earning
The first of many tangents: In class today we talked briefly about what constitutes identity. From names and logos to trade dress, architecture, language…
Ordinary Things
Poetry, my kitchen, and what you can learn from both
Post Modern Dogs
Yet another case of a designer’s work being ripped off…
Learning How to Learn
School’s out, how do I keep learning?
Portfolio Day
If you only attend one AIGA event all year, this should be it.
Question of the Week #09
How do you deal with creative burnout?
The Play’s the Thing
Why (and how) we entered AIGA’s Justified competition…
What’s Next for Design?
What will tomorrow bring?