Regular readers of Graphic Diction may have noticed that for a week, the publication has been shut down with a reboot holder live. I’m excited to announce that Graphic Diction has participated in the May 1st Reboot movement and we’ll discuss what inspired the new layout.

As quoted from their authors, “May 1st Reboot offers a chance for convergence within, what continues to be, an increasingly fragmented and segregated medium. The event is a public showcase of collectivity and individuality, of cohesion without uniformity, part of an increasingly pressing drive to demonstrate the significant and potential of digital authorship in a medium becoming more and more saturated by bland conformist methodologies and insipid commercialised aesthetics.” For me, they represent the freedom allowed in design over the Internet and the movements to revolutionize within the medium.

This symposium, in its 3rd year running, brings together local design, technology, architectural and art communities in the North Carolina, USA, Triad region. Presenters from all over the country discussed their work, why they’re doing it and where they expect to go. It was hosted at The University of North Carolina Greensboro.

From the website: “This year’s theme of ‘Between the Lines: Innovation in Art, Architecture, and Design’ promises to bring together communities, industries, and individuals for 3 days of celebration and inspirational exchange. This interdisciplinary event will bring together academics, designers, creative professionals, artists, business entrepreneurs, economic developers, and technology researchers to explore the possibilities of new and innovative approaches to design and technology. Join us and see how creative forces are crossing lines to bring inspiration to the Triad and celebrate the talent and opportunities of the region.”

So I was recently asked to be interviewed in my area by Candy MacDonald for a research paper. I thought the questions and answers were worth sharing with everyone, so here we go:

1. What do you believe is the job outlook for Graphic Designers over the next 10 years? And, do you feel […]

“401 Design Meditations”, by Catherine Fishel, is a lovely coffee table book containing 401 quotes from designers, artists, writers and thinkers from around the globe on one subject: Design. I recommend this book as I found it to inspire me and was great to spark up conversation with others.
You’ll receive exactly, 401 quotes from people […]

“10 Years of Photoshop”, by Jeff Schewe, was an article written for PEI magazine(web site longer up) back in February of 2000. It’s a lovely history lesson full of fun facts about the Adobe Systems company and it’s comprising software and engineering feats. Definitely worth a read if you use Adobe software or have heard […]

“Thinking with Type”, by Ellen Lupton, is a “critical guide for designers, writers, editors & students” about typography. You receive 172 pages full of inspiring page layout and discussion about typography.

What this book teaches you is the anatomy of type, a brief history of typography, page layout, legibility and creative uses in type. The page […]

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“Something to Be Desired: Essays on Design”, by Veronique Vienne, is an interesting collection of random topics spanning 198 pages in design, architecture, branding, commercial industry and cultural differences. I’d recommend the book to designers of all sorts as a good distraction from instructional or reference literature, but not as an essential read.

Vienne is a […]

Interaction Design - Beyond Human-Computer Interaction (1st Ed), by Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp and Jenny Preece, is an interaction design textbook usually aimed at graduate level or professional study. The book is titled after the profession of interaction design itself, defined in text as “designing interactive products to support people in their everyday working lives”. […]

Selling Graphic & Web Design, by Donald Sparkman, is a book and guide to a design business and ethical business practices. You’re getting 218 pages full of content without pictures and filler. Donald Sparkman is the president of Sparkman + Associates, Inc., founded in 1973.

My summary of the book is pretty broad, “a guide to […]