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How to Design Readable Articles for the Web


Thanks to the improvement of cascading style sheets, web typography today is much more attractive and controlled. The web is also dominated by publishing platforms such as Wordpress and Movable Type. The growing popularity of these platforms is great for writers, as they make both styling and publishing content easy and possible all from one [...]

Design: Science, Engineering, or Fine Art?


On one side of the room sits a designer who is setting type on a perfect grid, and on the other,  a designer is handwriting all copy onto a poster. Which one will solve the problem? It’s hard to tell, but a very political person might say, “it depends on the context of the problem”. Massimo Vignelli once [...]

Wassup 2008


“Its been eight long years since the boys said wassup to each other. Even with the effects of a down economy and imminent change in the White House, the boys are still able to come together and stay true to what really matters.”
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Fish–New York Public Library


Great images from the NYPL Digital Gallery, view more images and the rest of this collection by visitng: digitalgallery.nypl.org

Reinventing Grand Army Plaza, Exhibit Review


Monday was the last day of the Reinventing Grand Army Plaza exhibit. My first encounter with the exhibit was across the street on Union. “What in the world is that ugly red banner?” I thought out loud, and continued my walk home through Prospect Park.
A week later I stumbled upon the Pentagram blog and found that they [...]

Camping in Katonah