October 2005
6. Hypertext and Web Design
Wed, 10/12/2005 - 20:00 — AnonymousWorking Smarter, Not Harder
Fri, 10/07/2005 - 06:00 — AnonymousWhen I look back on periods in my life where I struggled to prove myself, and reach the next rung on the ladder of my career, it's amazing to me to discover how much of what I went through then, I am still going through today.
...Good Design is Always About Paying Dues
Fri, 10/07/2005 - 06:00 — AnonymousJust after graduating from college as a printmaker and design student, I returned to Los Angeles because of a love interest. Trying to get my bearings, I found a job at George Rice & Sons, at the time, the best commercial printer in Los Angeles.
...The First Career Stages of a Young Designer
Fri, 10/07/2005 - 06:00 — AnonymousEither I never paid my dues or I've been paying all along, every week, every year-just one continuous balance due in the design business. Lessons learned are not a brief period for me, but a continuum.
...An Investment That Continues to Pay Me Back Every Day
Fri, 10/07/2005 - 06:00 — AnonymousOne muggy August day in 1964, I found myself standing in the middle of Pine Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I had just arrived to begin my freshman year at the University of Southern Mississippi, and I needed a job.
...Square-One All Over Again
Fri, 10/07/2005 - 06:00 — AnonymousOne of the funniest things in life—well, I'm sure there are funnier things, but I am simple man-is watching a cat get ready for a nap. He will choose a spot in the couch, bed or belly and start kneading, turning and fussing, relentlessly, furiously and determinedly readying the surface for as long as it takes-five, ten, twenty minutes!
...On Paying and Paying and Paying and Paying Your Dues
Fri, 10/07/2005 - 06:00 — AnonymousMy best advice on this subject is to just drop the notion that dues paying ever really ends. I don't think I've ever stopped paying my dues, and it's been over 20 years since I graduated from art school and got my first job in graphic design.
...I Was Really Smart
Fri, 10/07/2005 - 06:00 — AnonymousBy 1975, at age 25, I was really smart, probably the smartest I'll ever get. I was living in Marin County, just across the bay from San Francisco. I had a new BMW, lived in a great bachelor pad, and was a partner in an increasingly established design studio ...
...Paying Dues for a Purpose
Fri, 10/07/2005 - 06:00 — AnonymousMost devotees of design are either refined connoisseurs or starstruck fans of big-name designers. I'm a devotee too, but I'm not at all like that ...
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