Posts from the ‘Journalism’ category

I was going to call this section design criticism, since that’s what my articles were, but didn’t think anyone would understand that. You’ll see from the examples that I’ve been published in three design industry magazines, and covered a wide range of design formats and subject matter. The ideas should be fairly clear, even if you’re not into design. And some of it will make you laugh.

Without Contrast, You’re Dead

My boss started a magazine about graphic design, and made me managing editor because I read more than anyone else. I was an illustrator at the…

Seeds of Change

My publisher came up to me while we were planning the second issue of Critique, and asked me to do a feature on all the great…

10 Rules of New Media (1999)

In the early days of the web, most designers were still figuring out how to make it work. Bryan Dorsey had website design figured out before…

Truth Out

The American Institute of Graphic Design (AIGA) asked me to review a series of anti-tobacco PDAs. I contrasted the usual “don’t, it’s bad for you” admonitions…

The Genius Matrix

An early feature for Critique magazine, this article grew out of my boss’s need to get me to educate myself about graphic design (I’d been an…