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 ... 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 ... 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

Design Culture
In Response to "Just Do It."
by Wendy Richmond

There is a mountain of data on the most effective ways to market a product or look for a job, but it’s essential to identify, pay attention ... more

Emerging Media
Web 3-D
by Joe Shepter

It’s tough to make predictions about where Web 3-D is going. The safe answer is “forward.” But given its tortured history, it's fair to doubt that rich 3-D will make ... more

Typography
It's not how we teach typography, it's how we learn typography
by Dr. Shelley Gruendler

The limited typographic offerings of design and trade schools continue to do a disservice to their ... more

Business
Pricing and Negotiating
by Maria Piscopo

Anyone who feels as if they're losing ground while negotiating with clients, then it's time to try something else. In many ways, creatives have to ... more

Advertising
"Nessun Dorma" or "People Get Ready"?
by Ernie Schenck

Is the purpose of what we do to validate the patterns of the past? Is that why we’re here? No. We are art directors and copywriters and ... more

Typography
Typographic Cheap Tricks
by Allan Haley

Even though the economy is supposedly on the road to recovery, it still makes sense to have a collection of low-cost typographic tricks in your arsenal ... more

Design Issues
Where Our Wild Things Are—Part 2
by DK Holland

At no time has a working understanding of ethics been more essential because it is so lacking. A continuation of DK Holland's two-part ... more

Design Culture
Permission to Loiter
by Wendy Richmond

An artist’s work cannot begin with a business plan. It’s antithetical. The most authentic endeavors—the personal projects that stick and are the most ... more

Typography
House Industries Debuts Eames Century Modern
by Angelynn Grant

Part foundry, part creative cultural collective, House Industries often finds inspiration in the work of mid-century modern ... more

Design Culture
Contemplating White Space
by Wendy Richmond

There’s a new exhibit at the Guggenheim in New York, Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda. Imagine the ... more

Design Issues
Where Our Wild Things Are—Part 1
by DK Holland

While free-falling into an economic abyss, doing the ‘right thing’ may seem difficult for just about everyone. The irony is, of course, ... more

Emerging Media
Can SoDA Speak?
by Joe Shepter

The Society of Digital Agencies was formed to provide standards to protect agencies and reduce chaos but, even with the critical backing of Adobe, rarely has ... more