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Romanian diacritic marks

March 18, 2019March 20, 2019 KitLeave a comment

Lack of standards, wrong standards and then slow adoption of good standards — no wonder the diacritics (ăĂ, âÂ, îÎ, șȘ, țȚ) turned into an endangered species. Magazine headlines, television supers and advertisements obliviously disseminate incorrect Romanian spelling, or non-Romanian letters.

Five thoughts for young designers

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Kit

I left the Academy of Arts 25 years ago and I mostly practiced design since — with a short (by comparison) intermezzo in advertising. I spent a lot of time in 17 out of those 27 for hiring designers so I think I qualify to give some advice.

Torn

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Kit

I love design, yet I'm filtering it, I'm opting out of it, I'm killing it. I confess: I'm torn.

The design tool they never told you about

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Kit

Talking to one of my colleagues a few days ago I had an epiphany regarding one of the most important — yet underestimated — designer skills: order. Meaningful order.

How to travel ✈︎ like a pro

February 4, 2019February 10, 2019 Kit1 Comment

In 2018 alone I boarded 50 flights and spent more than 200 hours in the air, enough to circle the globe 3.4 times. So my friends started asking me — do I have any travel advice? Well, here is what I learned.

The last one standing, wins

January 28, 2019February 10, 2019 Kit

A few days ago Aneta published — in her article Colaj 2018 (in Romanian, available on Facebook, Medium, Blog) — her thoughts on the year that has passed, a small year, even though it was, paradoxically, a full year. I would argue that 2018 epitomizes a whole decade of busy irrelevance.