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2018

Eight of Thirty

Using a handy Polaroid Spectra camera, I took a series of “clowning around” photos of visitors to our design office + more

Seven of Thirty

During annual report season, we’d always look for a good location to photograph the company’s top executives. We’d get permission + more

Quote of the Day

“Good work is always rare, because the iron law of talent is that a few have a lot, some have + more

Six of Thirty

A trip to the print shop to check and sign off on paper stock, colors, and registration still happens, but + more

We’re Way Ahead of You, Mr. Smarty-Pants

Spring 2016. A blog post by yours truly rails against the pernicious misuse of the word curate. Spring 2018. Wilfred + more

You’re welcome, everyone.

The Norks have nukes, there’s an Oompa Loompa in the White House, and Hot & Spicy Cinnamon Oreos are a + more

Five of Thirty

Back in the day (here we go again), we’d receive photo contact sheets—made directly from the photographer’s black and white + more

The voice of one crying in the wilderness…

Lionel Shriver bravely tackles the “cultural appropriation” mob over at Prospect magazine. “Given that the better part of the human + more

The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization in 33 Words

Look, I’ve written some pretty cool stuff in my time. But even if I live to be 100, I know I’ll + more

Monday Miscellany

“Contrary to popular opinion,” writes Ian Bogost in the Atlantic, “malls are great, and they always were.” Did you know + more

Four of Thirty

Okay, kids: Time for another lesson in old-school design techniques. Transfer type used to be a big deal. You would + more

Music for the Month of February

So we’re midway through Black History Month, which can be pretty intimidating for white folk like me in an era + more

Beg pardon?

I believe this is what the kids these days might call a “packaging fail.” Or maybe I’m the only one + more

Sweet, Sweet Justice

Did y’all hear? Oakhurst Dairy settled an overtime dispute that “hinged entirely on the lack of an Oxford comma in + more

Speaking Truth to Power

In an interview at Vulture, New York magazine’s culture and entertainment site, the legendary Quincy Jones has a lot to say—about Big Pharma, + more

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