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An ode to hand-drawn animation

Fantasia. ThunderCats. Ponyo. Happy International Animation Day to the artists still doing it by hand.

Seeing red on National Color Day

Color is crucial in design – including our own branding. On National Color Day, we are celebrating bold red (and kicking purple cars off the island).

When creativity goes super-niche

It’s time to find your inner outsider, whether that’s lawn artist, duct-tape clothing designer, or odd title writer.

Mind the Gap: On semicolons

Kicking off Mind the Gap, our series on punctuation, the semicolon is seen by some as confusing, pretentious, or even pointless. To others, it’s an essential artistic choice.

Rogue postcards from Ireland

When you visit a place, what makes you look? Put your snapshots side by side and patterns emerge, revealing where you were and what you felt.

Right Place. Right Time.

Stumbling on a master designer 5,000 miles from home.

Unconventional space. Unconventional signage.

Our hats are off to an ingenious communication tactic inside a repurposed wartime relic.

Do you know where your apostrophe is?

On International Apostrophe Day, we celebrate our favorite punctuation offender.

Tangling with old tech

Why do we hang on to digital junk? Because there are emotional layers underneath.

Remembering another prominent designer

In June we lost Dorothy Trogdon, a trailblazing force and standout contributor to Spokane’s mid-century modern bona fides.

How to use a long dash like a human

AI loves the em dash, and we’re good with that – thanks to our rogue use of its cuter little brother.

The One

I knew she was the one as soon as I saw her. A classic beauty with strong lines and soft curves, who still has all her teeth.

Design With a Cause

There’s an inspiring story behind Dignified Workday. And it all started when one person reached out to help one person.

One for the Win Column

This year, Ebay almost ruined Father’s Day for our family. It all started in late April…

How to (Mine) Craft a Meaningful Experience

Do not touch mobs! Some of them might explode. Whoa. Exploding objects are not what you’d expect in a museum. + more

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