• handlettering on building

    Cuba Via Typography

    In certain areas of the world, one-of-a-kind hand-lettered signs are still used to communicate goods and services. As noted by Molly Woodward, creator of the digital archive and community-based initiative, Vernacular Typography,…
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    The Lolita Cover Project

    What designer doesn't enjoy the challenge of creating a cover for Nabokov's Lolita? Architect John Bertram contacted me last year to contribute to an anthology that he was editing entitled Lolita: The…
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    Out Of My Hands DC

    For the second night of AIGA DC Design Week 2012, participants joined workshop leaders Helen Armstrong and Zvezdana Stojmirovic to co-create a unique “DC” alphabet. The cool offices of Polygraph, a vibrant design studio…
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  • Out Of My Hands Baltimore

    A Participatory Workshop led by Helen Armstrong and Zvezdana Stojmirovic Monday, Oct 15, 2012, Maryland Institute College of Art To launch AIGA Baltimore's Design Week 2012, Zvezdana Stojmirovic and I led a…
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  • Crowdsourced Design or Cheap Labor?

    One of our students asked me recently about design sites that claim to crowdsource design. Although many fabulous participatory projects are currently happening that use peer production in innovative ways (see participatorydesign.net),…
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