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Newsweek’s ‘Diana at 50′ Cover Stirs Up Controversy…

June 30, 2011 | No Comments

How creepy is the newest cover of Newsweek? Newsweek digitally engineered a photo illustration, aka Photoshopped, of an age-projected Princess Diana with with the former Kate Middleton, now Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. The image is an attention-getter.

Featured, Graphic Design, Opinion, Web Design

A Napkin, A Screw, and the Law

February 22, 2011 | No Comments

Design, like other creative endeavors, isn’t a commodity. Whether it’s print, web or interactive, the results are based on talent, work, and years (or decades) of hard-won experience. For those who might have a hard time grasping this, I offer these three parables:

Feb 18th

Facts and the Real McCoy

Today I was surfing the web and came across an article about Diversity, Black History Month, and the contributions of people of color in history. The article was on the web site of a major corporation. Not being a scholar of American History (thanks public school!), I accepted the article as gossip. Except for one part crediting Garrett A. Morgan with the invention of the traffic signal – that part stopped me mid-sentence. It’s Not True Several years [...] Read More

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by Matthew Carson, III
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