You’ll have to forgive us for not planting new seeds on this site in a while.  We’ve been busy producing a workshop and web site on how designers and art directors can start walking the talk when it comes to planet-friendly sustainable design. The workshop, held on May 30, 2007, was packed and powerful.  But [...]

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While this is a little bit of a departure from the articles you’ll typically read here, we thought it was a story worth passing along. Back in April of 2006, Charles Johnson, a national book award winner, screenplay writer, journalist, novelist, and professor at the University of Washington, gave the keynote address to the U.W. [...]

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Ted Leonhardt, design firm business consultant and an occasional lecturer and workshop leader at the School of Visual Concepts, thinks there is a lot to be learned about respecting the cultures of acquired creative groups. He puts his thoughts in an open letter to Sir Martin Sorrell and Rodney Fitch Gentlemen, I’m sorry to hear [...]

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