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DESIGN TUTORIALS   /  DESIGN COMMENTARY   /   INTERVIEWS   /   REVIEWS   /  CREATIVE LIFESTYLE   /  OTHER
60+ ARTICLES PUBLISHED
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DESIGN TUTORIALS

Logo Design 101 | CreativePro
Ain’t Misbehavin’…with InDesign! Creating Jazz-Inspired Design Styles | InDesign Magazine
Design Resources | California Academy of Sciences​
Word Play: Designing with Type on a Path | InDesign Magazine
Breaking Rules with InDesign’s New Column Rule Feature | InDesign Magazine
Hot Tips (three contributions) | InDesign Magazine
Designing With Custom Frames: Fresh Approaches to InDesign’s Factory Defaults | InDesign Magazine
How to Design Timelines | CreativePro
How to Make Patterns in Illustrator | CreativePro
Making Abstract Line Art in Illustrator | CreativePro (featured in Top Tips for Illustrators)
Designing with Text Reflections and Cast Shadows | InDesign Magazine
How to Make A Custom-Cut Greeting Card | CreativePro
How to Use Photoshop Mockups: Five Simple Steps | HOW magazine
Designing Business Cards | CreativePro
Designing With Grids | InDesign Magazine

How to Design A Data Visualization Poster | Adobe Create
How to Redesign A Menu | Adobe Create
Make A More Effective Ad in Photoshop | Adobe Create
 

DESIGN COMMENTARY

Creative QR Codes | CreativePro
Inspiration from the East: Taiwan
| CreativePro
Inspiration from the East: Japan | CreativePro
Charting Visibility: How the Eye Chart Became Iconic Communication Design | Print
The Six Designers You'll Find at Design Conferences | Print
The questioned value of capital letters | Print (Editor’s Pick)
The Space of Story: The Small Worlds of Leo Lionni | Print
Thirteen Graphic Designers Who Created Picture Books
 | Print (Editor’s Pick)
Walden, Or a Life with the Book | Design Observer
The Poetic Experience | Design Observer
Ineffable Eloquence: The Design of Roses | Design Observer

160+ posts | Design Meets Writing (dead blog)
 

INTERVIEWS

How Children’s Book Author Leo Lionni Urged His Readers to Be Change Makers | Smithsonian magazine
Resurrecting Stories: The Visual Identity Work of Chad Michael Studio | Communication Arts
Five Type Designers, Many Specimens | Communication Arts
Flexible Expressions: The complex dualities of blobs | Communication Arts
Don’t Fear White Space: Oliver Jeffers on Work, Process and Building a Creative Career | HOW magazine
Where Do Emojis Come From?
 | Adobe Create
Why Not Futura? Why Futura is Actually a Conversation with the Past | Design Observer
The Art and Design of Tombstones | Design Observer
 

REVIEWS

Choosing a Print-on-Demand Service | CreativePro
Pictured Worlds: Masterpieces of Children's Book Art by 101 Essential Illustrators from Around the World | Communications Arts
Norman Ives | Communication Arts

Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators | Communication Arts
Summer Reading Resources for Creatives | CreativePro
Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die | Communication Arts
This Is What Democracy Looked Like | Communication Arts
The Designer's Dictionary of Type | Communication Arts
Holiday Gift Guide for Creatives | CreativePro
Morla : Design | Communication Arts
Writing for the Design Mind | Communication Arts
The Best Graphic Design Schools Online | HOW magazine
The Ultimate Guide to Gifts for Designers and Creatives | HOW magazine

Best Mockup Resources for (Almost) Any Situation | HOW magazine
Never Use Futura | Design Observer
Observer Objects | Design Observer
Joan Miró: I Work Like a Gardener | Design Observer
Bruno Munari: In the Darkness of the Night | Design Observer
The Signs of Barcelona | Design Observer
 

CREATIVE LIFESTYLE

Breaking Through Creative Burnout | CreativePro
Let’s talk on the phone | The UX Collective
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When someone says your project won’t work | Prototypr, featured on Thrive Global
Your burnout can be your best beginning | Thrive Global
A Greener Grid: Sustainability for Print Designers​ | InDesign Magazine
The two types of practice your work needs | Prototypr
Unlearn everything | Prototypr

Building your labyrinth | The UX Collective
How to grow curiosity | The UX Collective

What scientists and designers have in common​​ | The UX Collective
 

OTHER

Arsenic uptake by arugula (Eruca vesicaria, L.) cultivars as affected by phosphate availability | Chemosphere
Arsenic Bioaccumulation by Eruca sativa Is Unaffected by Intercropping or Plant Density | Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Arsenic and lead uptake by Brassicas grown on an old orchard site | Journal of Hazardous Materials
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