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June 2008

The Chronographic Survey #1: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer

How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer by Debbie Millman
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Allworth Press, 2007
How acquired: Purchased at Debbie Millman lecture
This collection of interviews presents 20 noted graphic design-related figures ruminating about their activity. In her introduction, Debbie Millman disclaims the book’s title but it’s fairly descriptive, being instructive by example rather than [...]

The Great 3rd Grade Juice Pouch Riot

Yesterday, I volunteered to help out at my daughter’s Emma’s third grade picnic. It’s a one-hour lunch followed by outdoor fun at the park next door. Because of the 100°+ heat-indexed weather, the picnic was held in the cafeteria. My task was to oversee the beverages: keep them stocked and on ice. Even I can [...]

Do Not Read Me I Am Boring

On Stefan Sagmeister’s Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far
The arguments these artists mount to the detraction of beauty come down to a single gripe: Beauty sells, and although their complaints usually are couched in the language of academic radicalism, they do not differ greatly from my grandmother’s haut bourgeois prejudices against people [...]

Hear me, hear me

To hear my interview on Design Matters with Debbie Millman on March 17, 2006, click here. The sound quality is spotty which may, for my part of the conversation, not be such a bad thing.

Our symbol

The hexahexaflexagon is the symbol-artifact of Ephemeral States. It is a folding paper object composed of 19 equilateral triangles that displays six different faces of six triangles. Three of the faces will open to two other faces, the other three will open to one. To view a short video on how to flex a hexahexaflexagon click here. (Video by Peter Eudenbach)

Our flag

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