Design Culture
Housing the Muse, Part One
by Wendy Richmond
There are buildings with interior spaces that literally take our breath away; that, after crossing their thresholds, vaporize everyday thoughts and ... more

Business
Unpaid Interns: Boon or Bane?
by Tad Crawford
The issue of unpaid interns is a growing concern for many companies. Critics believe it’s unfair if for-profit companies benefit from unpaid labor; ... more

Advertising
There is No Plan B
by Ernie Schenck
Don’t fall back on Plan B, whatever that is. Funny thing about Plan B, it has a way of turning into Plan A.

Design Issues
Helter Skelter
by DK Holland
Without randomness, we are stuck with predictability, routine, formula. We are just stuck. But if we expect the unexpected, think wrong every once in a while, we ... more

Environment
Long Live the Green
by Brian Dougherty
At a time when Walmart, GE, Clorox and many other large mainstream corporations seem to have an insatiable appetite for green-speak, the entrepreneurs ... more

Emerging Media
iPad: iLaunch, therefore iAm
by Sam McMillan
For two decades, computer manufacturers have been trying to create a tablet computer accepted by the masses. The result: a string of expensive ... more

Typography
Keepin' It Casual
by Ken Barber
A rediscovered appreciation for the power of dynamic script lettering has appeared in the freehand lettering and typeface design of recent years.

Advertising
I Have Met the Client and He Is Me
by Ernie Schenck
At some point, you think, wait a second, if I can put all this time and energy into building a client's brand, why can‘t I be the client?

Design Culture
The Talented Audience
by Wendy Richmond
The word “audience” implies a passive, inactive body. Its antonym is “participant.” But a talented audience is always participating. Even when it is ... more

Creativity
Rethinking Those Proud Titles
by Natalia Ilyin
The value of recognized individual creative vision is fading in a design world that is increasingly more about the juxtaposition and appropriation of ... more

Design Issues
Thinking in Systems, Design and Otherwise
by DK Holland
Many graphic designers refer to themselves as “problem solvers.” And yet they may have the same deficit as corporations: They lack a ... more

Typography
Five Young Typeface Designers and Their Former Careers
by Allan Haley
A designer doesn’t necessarily need to start out as a typeface designer—to become one. A number of exceptional type designers ... more

Business
Transition Options for Principals
by David C. Baker
Studio principals need more than a “job”; they need an investment that pays off. Every month they spend working for themselves could represent a ... more

Advertising
Avatars Wanted
by Ernie Schenck
The key to integration is being able to move seamlessly between here and there, this side and that side, to be able to speak in the language of concept and story ... more

Design Issues
Thinking in Systems: Design and Otherwise
by DK Holland
Implementing systems thinking (the process of understanding how things influence one another within a whole) may be the answer to ... more