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Who wants a soft job?

…and other vintage motivational posters.

Posted in Amusement, Design History, Fiddling & Time Wasters

Eric Gill Got It Wrong; A re-evaluation of Gill Sans (Ben Archer)

Go read the whole thing at Typotheque: here!

Posted in Amusement, Design History, Mad Props, Typography

Good Design

Dieter Rams has some good things to say about good design.

Posted in Amusement, Design Ethics, Actions & Impact, Design History, Design Theory, Repost From Cited Source

Critical Thinking: It’s What’s For Dinner

“He was so fed up with college instructors trying to teach him how to think instead of showing the structure of the subject matter, that he had decided to rebel.”

Posted in Amusement, Book Arts, Color Theory, Copywriting, Course Related, Design Ethics, Actions & Impact, Design History, Design Theory, Drawing, Editorial, Industrial Design, Information, Mad Props, Packaging, Photography, Portfolio Workshop, PrePress, Repost From Cited Source, Space, Typography, User Interface Design, Visual Concepts, Web

Happy Birthday Bob Ross

70th Birthday, RIP.

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Craftiness, Design Ethics, Actions & Impact, Design History, Drawing, Education, Mad Props, Visual Concepts