200 level survey

Contemporary graphic designers are called on to manage and present data and information in compelling and functional ways across an array of media—not deal in the birth of perfected and mod geometries to be gawked at and/or corporately acquired. Things have changed no matter how much we may want to deny it. However, we do

Originally posted: Oct 26, 2013 This will not do the subject(s) justice so consider this a net cast wide and full of large holes—call it a survey or line drawn roughly around a few things. It comes from talking with student designers (you) who are defining individual interests or following an inclination with little or no

//so the cool thing about putting video on an overhead projector is that the camera can’t interpret the image properly and it makes things look like they’re breaking apart- see the part with my hand and the brush? pretty perfect.// —Andrea

Extra credit for the first right answers to the questions in the right column.

Artavazd Pelechian

Just a reminder of two graphic design shows you may want to visit— Paul Rand (Atlanta) Graphic Design Now in Production (Winston-Salem, NC)

Check out these (mostly) pop culture info prints. The cheese chart is nice.

Less than a day ago, Design Observer posted an open letter from several past AIGA presidents, medalists, and board members to the AIGA and its current board. I hope you will read it. The letter concerns the proposed sale of the AIGA national “headquarters” building and a campaign which pits a characterized old static mindset

It is only graphic design or any of its cousins when it is published. Either requested from a server and distributed to many displays or pulled from a press and shared, it is the original when it is many. Saved singularly precious in a case under a bed, in a glass box, or pasted and

Secret Law of Page Harmony (Retinart.net) Canons of Page Construction (Wikipedia) Grid (Thinking with Type) thegridsystem.org

Thanks to all of you who have been posting—it is good to see an online culture develop. Some of you mentioned  you were required to blog in the past and added that being required to participate soured it for you. I think (know) there are great benefits to writing, reading, forming online dialog, and just

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the blog Brain Pickings, written by Maria Popova, you should get familiarizing. It’s a great source for all types of creatives trying to tackle the creative process. There have been a number of posts there that have great answers to the question posed in “How do you