Entries from January 2009

10 TED Talks That Feature Great Graphic Design

January 31st, 2009 No Comments

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual conference in Long Beach, California. Each year the world’s foremost thinkers get together to give and listen to speeches. The excellent TED website hosts over 200 of these videos and adds more each day. I try to watch at least one per day. They have broadened my mind, […]

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The Printing Industry of Years Past

January 16th, 2009 2 Comments

This video from the Internet Archive is a wonderful profile of the printing industry in 1947. While it was originally created to inform people of the different types of jobs they could get in printing, it now serves as a historical document.

My Grandfather owned a small printing company in Cleveland, Ohio during these years. It […]

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Sustainable Graphic Design

January 8th, 2009 No Comments

Interested in learning about how to turn your graphic communications green? AIGA has a wonderful resource called the Center for Sustainable Design.

The AIGA Center for Sustainable Design is dedicated to providing designers with practical information, including case studies, news articles, discourse and resources, relevant to sustainable business practice. It examines sustainability from a wide […]

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