Screen — First Session
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Questions for Screen are Ready
Little intro: Kiran really went to town with this one. This is sure to be a great discussion. Go!... View this Entry
Third Book Club: Screen
It’s official, the next book will be Screen by Jessica Helfand. And Kiran has agreed to be Editor coming up with questions and monitoring that all of you stay on track. It is priced at $13.97 so it doesn’t get... View this Entry
Third Book for Book Club
Today somebody posted to our Cheese Monkey’s discussion. Which reminded me that we need to pick a new book. So, let’s see... yes, if you recommend a book please let us know if you are willing to be the Book... View this Entry
Go Rant on Rant
Questions for our newest Book Club (Emigre 64 › Rant) are ready. Great questions have been posed by Sam and I have the feeling that this is going to be a good one. Go!... View this Entry
Book Club : Fair Warning
Please be advised: The Book Club will be meeting this coming Monday, June 2. Topics for discussion, questions for consideration, and page-tearing, book-across-the-room-throwing matters for concern will be posted in the Book Club section, then. You may now return to... View this Entry
Emigre 64 › Rant
Reviewed/Questioned/Probed by Sam Potts 1. There is a general assumption among many of the essays that graphic design is in a slump. Blauvelt writes, "It is no wonder that graphic design today feels like a vast formless body able... View this Entry
Next Book Club: Rant
It is official. Emigre’s Rant will be the next book for our Book Club. I encourage everybody (who’s interested) to get Rant and show those “cranky-old designers” that it’s not up to them only to write critically about design. You... View this Entry
Second Book
It is quite obvious the first book for our little Book Club didn’t go as succesfully as we would have wanted it to be. Perhaps it was bad timing. Perhaps the fact that it was our first attempt at it.... View this Entry
The Cheese Monkeys - Spring Semester
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The Cheese Monkeys - Fall Semester
Anyone notice yet how I am almost always exactly one day late? It's a bad habit. I will do my best to present some different ideas for discussion, but I am no expert. I'm not a literary critic, I'm a... View this Entry
GD Book Club - Book 1, Week 1
Ah, the time has come for us to begin reading The Cheese Monkeys, by Chip Kidd. I hope a ton of you went out and bought the book. If not, then get it now, or join us next time. This... View this Entry
Design Book Club - Book No. 1
The first book we will be doing will indeed be The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd. This is the famous book designers first shot at writing one. Refer to Amazon or elsewhere for a description or excerpts. I've been through... View this Entry
Graphic Design Book Club
We're curious how many of you would be interested in participating in a graphic design book club as part of Speak Up. We would choose a book every so often, have dates at which we should reach certain points in... View this Entry
