Posts Tagged: graphic design principles

A few simple things I’ve learned so far

Soon after the start of my past career as an environmental educator, I learned the following about teaching, and the approach one takes to the practice. Nearly a dozen years later, at the start of my career as a graphic designer, I discovered that a similar principle holds true for graphic design. Around that same… Read more »


Ten commandments of “good design”

From the London-based furniture manufacturer Vitsœ (gotta love a furniture store that values bicycle transportation enough to place bike racks INSIDE their showroom): Back in the early 1980s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him – “an impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises.” Aware that he was… Read more »