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🔴 Scratching the surface #podcast 279
HOST: Jarrett Fuller @jarrettfuller.bsky.social
Guest: Thomas Weaver wants better #designwriting
The editor, writer, teacher, and critic on subverting our expectations for #architecture and #design writing.
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Many thanks to Kerr Houston and BmoreArt for the thoughtful review of Meggs' History of Graphic Design, 7ed.! We greatly value criticism and are pleased folks are talking about the transformation of the new […]
Well, isn't this something. Many thanks to Cheryl D. Holmes Miller, DHL for her kind and insightful thoughts about the new 7th edition. It has been quite a journey and getting feedback is a great reward […]
Friends~ I have a hopefully small request. We are very soon after the launch of Meggs' 7ed. and understand a lotta folks haven't had a chance to dive into the book. That said, if you have early impressions and/or fully formed opinions (good, bad, or indifferent) we'd be grateful if you would […]
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It's a book! Delivered at 12:09pm and weighing in at just shy of 100lbs. Megg's History of Graphic Design 7ed. is finally here! Expect many photos soon.
#rgaphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designwriting #designhistory #mhogd7ed
"We’re all out here trying to make something, fix something, figure it out, and sometimes the best support we can offer each other is simply showing up to do our work in the presence of others doing theirs."
#designwriting #writingfellowship
Wanna feel worse about your writing? Hire a copy editor. Don’t get me wrong they are amazing! But, every grammatical and formatting error is laid bare. To make matters worse, correct the errors on typeset pages. In the end, though, our new book is significantly sharper. #writing #designwriting […]
Thank you Mobilia for commissioning me to write this longform article about Italian craftsmanship in furniture design. Mobilia Journal Issue Three is just out and they have a new showroom in Alexandria Sydney #italianfurniture #italiandesign #designhistory #designwriting #thedesignwriter
Today is a BIG day. Almost 5 years to the day from when we began the project, we have submitted the complete 1st draft of the 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Will share further thoughts about the project and this milestone soon, but for now... whew! #graphicdesign […]
A podcast episode and a book cover walk into a bar — or, writing design vignettes that have an unexpected future... New post at The Quiet Design Scholar ✨
#designwriting #scifi #exhibitions
hello, Bluesky! Rather than contemplating the perfect first post (ha!) let's begin with some recent writing...
#graphicdesign #designwriting #Emigremagazine #designhistory
