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Response to “The Value of Empathy” by Andy Chen
Quotes that I underlined: “Power inequalities naturally inhere in relationships between benefactors and beneficiaries. As designers, we can choose to reinforce those asymmetries or to recognize them...
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Shifting-baseline Syndrome
This past week I read a book called “Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators” by William Stolzenburg. It discusses the idea of natural habitats...
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an article about how fake money can still be beautiful
I read this article posted on the AIGA website yesterday, and the last few paragraphs really resonated with me. It was written by a collector of ‘notgeld’, or fake money printed in Germany after WWII....
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an quote about the state of book design
…from the article “The Rabbi of Book Design: An Interview with Scott-Martin Kosofsky” on the AIGA website. “But books (and print in general) have lost their pride of place. Book publishers, a group...
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a quote on poetry from “The Crystal Goblet” by Beatrice Warde
Plain talk is like water, and good prose is like a fermentation – whether it be sparkling light wine or a rich old burgundy, much of its making was left to nature. But poetry is that much more...
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art imitating life
A friend sent me this article the other day. It was pretty neat to watch how one typographer’s inspiration for a font came full circle. I think I might have my students read it and reflect…
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the fragility of paper
We were asked to read an article called “Paper Paper, Skin and Body” by AIGA voice, and respond to it. I initially really liked the quote ‘paper is the skin for the tattoo of ink’ but instead I focused...
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Shapeshifter animation
Wow. This animation cycle is cool! Reposted from this article. We live in an era where it’s possible to create nearly anything imaginable. Our limitations tend to be more earthly (time, money,...
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The theory of japanese stab binding
…or at least how I understand it. I’ve had many questions since I began posting my own Japanese stab bind designs: about how I create them, the thought process behind the designs and sewing mechanisms,...
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I ♥ Handmade Books
Look what I received today! My copy of I Love Handmade Books. I was asked by the author to participate by sending in pictures of some of handbound books and information about them (and myself), as well...
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