Issue 2: Tools & Implements

We become what we behold…we shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.

Marshall McLuhan

Pricks and Stones
By Ainsley Drew
Horizontalism and Readability
By Frank Chimero
A Review of These Hands
By Simon Goetz
Six Prototypes for a Screensaver: A Retroactive History, Part 1
By David Reinfurt
Six Prototypes for a Screensaver: A Retroactive History, Part 2
By David Reinfurt
Mind/Spirit or, Philosophy as a Tool for Visual Interpretation
By Joel Speasmaker
The Odd Job
By Ainsley Drew
An Exclusive Opportunity for Our Valued Patrons
By Simon Goetz
Serial Series, Part 2
By Rob Giampietro
Scissor Writing
By Frank Chimero
Lettres Fantastiques
By Shane Bzdok
A Serious Discussion
By Jon Contino

Issue 1: E Pluribus Unum

Well done is better
than well said.

Benjamin Franklin

Rethink. Redefine. Redesign.
By Duane King
About the New Thinking for a Living
By Frank Chimero
Serial Series, Part 1
By Rob Giampietro
Grid System
By Duane King
On Paradoxes
By Frank Chimero
A Brief History of Emil Ruder
By Shane Bzdok
A Description of the Nature of Four-Footed Beasts
By Duane King

Issue Archives: 2008-2009

In retrospect…

Thinking for a Living Archives

10 Principles That May Make Your Work Better Or May Make It Worse
By Frank Chimero
A Brief History of Avant Garde
By Duane King
Design Guidelines
By Craig Oldham
Relearning from Paul Rand
By Nate Burgos
Getting Better
By Frank Chimero
Pseudo-Structures
By Frank Chimero
Handle With Care
By Duane King
Playing is Serious
By Frank Chimero
Surprise + Clarity
By Shane Bzdok
The Design You Deserve
By Matt Owens
Thoughts on Context Switching
By James Ellis
The Story of YWFT
By Michael Cina
Sans Plans
By Frank Chimero
First Jobs: A Brief Career In Printing
By James Ellis

Issue Archive: Never Sleep

There is a major disconnect between the life of a design student and the transition to being a design professional.

Never Sleep

Jobquitting
By Frank DeRose
I Love Them… I Love Them Not… I Love Them…
By Alison Rose
The List
By Frank DeRose
It’s Not Going To Happen The Way You Think It Will (But It’s Better That Way)
By Wyeth Hansen
Working For Your Studio
By Emmi Salonen
How Will You Know When You’re Successful?
By Kathleen Creighton
Sounds For Sights, Sights For Sounds
By Kelly Aiken
I’m Demo. How Your Work Becomes You (And Yes, You Look Smashing!)
By Justin Fines
Bits On Crits: A Primer To Getting The Most Out Of Your Critiques (Revised)
By Eric Heiman
Collecting Matter: Adventures In Magazineland
By Cara Brower
Practical
By Bob Aufuldish
4 Steps To Idiocy (And 1 Step To Sheer Genius)
By John Bielenberg
Be A Two-Headed Monster
By Jimm Lasser
Exclusive + Inclusive: The Twofold Nature Of Graphic Design
By Paul Nini
College Eh?
By Tom Danielson