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There comes a point

There comes a point (and it comes very soon sometimes) when, unless he is very firmly convinced that there is something in his idea, it is better to abandon it and start afresh.” Lewis F. Day | pattern designer Pattern … Continue reading

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Knowledge gained in practice

I know very well that knowledge gained in practice can be only very partially conveyed in words.” Lewis F. Day | pattern designer Pattern Design, Dover Publications, Inc., pg vii Share this:EmailPrintShareDiggFacebookStumbleUponReddit

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Break the rules

By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well.” Robert Bringhurst on the rules of typography from Elements of Typographic Style, pg 10 Share this:EmailPrintShareDiggFacebookStumbleUponReddit

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This may seem self-evident

This may seem self-evident, but I believe most people have the idea that teaching is essentially about transfering a body of facts of technical information to a student. This of course, is part of teaching, but creating an attitude toward … Continue reading

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Blob

The Blob will glub him.” The Golux from The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber Share this:EmailPrintShareDiggFacebookStumbleUponReddit

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Visual Aesthetics

The visual aesthetics that frame and define content are much more than simply a “skin” that we can apply or discard without consequence.” Patrick Lynch | writer, artist, and web designer, Visual Decision Making, A List Apart No. 286, http://www.alistapart.com/articles/visual-decision-making … Continue reading

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Artist’s Hand

The artist’s hand does not crawl aimlessly over the paper and trail behind it flowers of the imagination.” Lewis F. Day | Pattern Design Share this:EmailPrintShareDiggFacebookStumbleUponReddit

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