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• Commented on Bloomberg Businessweek
  Just goes to show you that we in the design community are too quick to offer opinions on redesigns of publications, logos, packaging, ad campaigns, before the project is able to get it's sea legs. Thanks for the second look...
• Commented on Cover of the Day, December 6, 2010
  Nice to see this here. I did in fact notice this the other day while racing past a news stand, which is the highest praise I guess....
• Commented on Whoops
  Does this count as a comment? Or would you consider it more of a cheap ploy for free stuff?...
• Commented on Creatives Under Siege!
  The devolution of photographer/illustrator/designer wallets, commissions, and work opportunities is a very old story. While we all rail against smaller or virtually non-existent budgets to produce quality work, it seems that the "stock villains" are also feeling the pinch because...
• Commented on Nick Dewar, 1973-2010
  Wow, what sad news. So very sorry I never got a chance to work with Nick. A great admirer....
• Commented on The New York Rocker
  Robert, Thanks for the NY Rocker post. Tom, it was cool, and the Rocker was a must read, at least for me. I do remember buying my copy at a record store near SVA from Peter Holsapple of the dBs...
• Commented on Babylon Falling: A website of progressive graphic inspiration
  Robert, Thanks for the tip on Babylon Falling. Reminds me of what got me into this business in the first place. When I was a boy I would regularly sneak peeks at my uncle's stack of 1960s era progressive magazines...
• Commented on Spring Has ....Sprung?
  I just signed up to follow SPD Tweets. Looking forward to vicarious living. Tchau!...
• Commented on Spring Has ....Sprung?
  Damn. I've been trying not to think about this conference for months now. I love charts. I love BA. I hate the fact that I can't go. Have fun....
• Commented on Complex: Style and Design Issue
  Great collaboration between design dept. photogs, and illustrators around the world. Must have been quite a task to get this to come together so well. And thanks for the link to the So-Me interview....
• Commented on Men's Health
  Love the Muscle spread. Great job, MH circulation just went up by 1. Congrats....
• Commented on The New Yorker Meets the iPhone
  After seeing the iPhone art from Jorge, I did some research on the history of digital + computer art. My armchair curiosity found an awful lot of interesting technological breakthroughs, scientists, mathemeticians, engineers, artists and images dating back 50+ years....
• Commented on Illustration Awards: Story
  Thanks for giving it up for illustrators. Inspiring work. That Nathan Fox/Condi Rice NYT Magazine has been sitting in a prominent spot on my coffee table for months. Wish I could make it to the Gala....
• Commented on Back To The "Drew"ing Board...
  Nathalie, Thanks for the links. Audio commentary about each and every decision a designer makes might be tough to pull off, I just know that I always have an internal dialogue going on in my head; yes/no/maybe/bigger/smaller/new typeface/more leading/white space/why/why...
• Commented on Back To The "Drew"ing Board...
  Thanks, I haven't seen these videos before. I'm going to search out others. Is there ever an audio track describing the various decisions/indecisions? Even if there isn't this video has a perfect music choice....
• Commented on This %^@!ing Economy
  I also found that part of the story you emphasized to be disturbing. There is of course a long history of artists and patrons (whether they be art buyers or publishing conglomerates) skirmishing over who owns the rights to what,...
• Commented on Popular Mechanics
  I love the new layout great work indeed, but I do have a question regarding the redesign. As you mention it is a century old publication, and it has a truly devoted audience, so what were the reactions to the...
• Commented on Portland Monthly
  Whenever I go a few days without shaving, people usually ask if I am growing a beard, my kneejerk reaction is to say NO! I don't know why that is, I haven't wished to be associated with Seattle “beardo” culture...