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Motion Design Lab is moving!

An exciting move to the Northwoods of Wisconsin and Nicolet College.

Making Basquiat

An inside look at the design process for one story recently published in Ninth Letter.

No Regrets: The Tom Every Story

The project page for this feature-length documentary is at last online!

Hand Done

Experiments in dynamic typography with handmade processes.

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Design, Education

What’s a quiz?

When a student looks at your design syllabus and says, “Quiz? What’s a quiz?” you can explain to them the value of understanding the “academic” principles of design along with the practical and artistic principles.

Design, Education, Web Culture

Blogs, blogs everywhere…

They clutched their moleskins close to their hearts and covertly sketched and doodled.

Rant, Uncategorized

MDL is moving!!

Yes, it is true. The Motion Design Lab is moving to Wisconsin!

Rant

8 Foot Doors

How eight foot doors say a lot about how our society sees and values design.

Design, Rant

The Value of Art Direction

Can you name the director of a movie? What about the art director of a printed piece?

Design, Hand Made

Making Basquiat

An inside look at the design process for one story recently published in Ninth Letter.

Hand Made, Photography

1947 Never Looked So Good

Expired in 1947 and exposed in 2008!