Volume Extended Index

Space considerations have prevented a comprehensive index to be published in Volume. So as to preserve the document and provide a kind of preview to the book, I publish the full index here. Future dedicated readers could print it out and include it with their copy. Or, perhaps, those reading on their iPads might link [...]

Volume has a cover

A final cover design has been selected for my upcoming book Volume; Writings on Graphic Design, Music, Art, and Culture. The design and concept is by my teaching colleague, Jiwon Lee. He arranged and photographed an assortment of artifacts from my office.

Samizdat Essays

Derek Munn over at RageHaus has self-published a trio of limited-edition booklets featuring some of my design writing for Emigre. Remastered versions of the essays will appear in the upcoming Volume. Check out the work here. Thanks Derek!

“Design’s Just Dessert” at AIGA Voice

A new essay, “Design’s Just Dessert,” has been posted at Voice: the AIGA Journal of Design. The essay is the second “bonus track” (the first was “I Believe in Design” at Design Observer) from the “Volume” sessions—written along with the new essays for the book but not to be included. Big thanks to ODU design [...]

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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