12
Jun
On a designer embracing the fine arts.
I hate it when people call me an artist instead of a designer. But maybe I shouldn’t. Because art
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12
Jun
On Laser GaGa and beautiful mathematics.
I often credit my aesthetic sensibilities to growing up in the beautiful Rockies, but maybe they’re due instead to
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12
Jun
On design, disability, and the Rocky Mountains.
One of my favorite design books is Design Meets Disability by Graham Pullin. It’s a book that explores the
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12
Jun
How Steve Jobs got me through grad school.
Will is an engineer. I am a designer. When we first got married, I was a Mac, he was a
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12
Jun
On urban semiotics and self image.
In This Means This, This Means That: A User’s Guide To Semiotics, author Sean Hall outlines key semiotic concepts
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12
Jun
On Good Taste.
I’m speaking at Betascape this coming weekend on visual literacy. While I think everyone can be taught visual literacy
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12
Jun
On loving Frederick, a love letter.
Frederick Law Olmsted, photo via answers.com
On July 23, 2011, I recited these design stories at the Boston Globe
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12
Jun
On loving Frederick, part eight.
Oslo, Mies, and the Golden Hour. Leakin Park at Gwynn’s Falls, Baltimore. Photo by Callie Neylan, August 2011.
On
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12
Jun
On loving Frederick, part seven.
On July 23, 2011, I recited these design stories at the Boston Globe for my friends at Ink, stories inspired
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12
Jun
On loving Frederick, part six.
Selling Krispy Kreme donuts outside Union Station, Washington, DC. Photo by Callie Neylan, 2009.
On July 23, 2011, I recited
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