March 18, 20197 Comments

Romanian diacritic marks

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.

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March 4, 2019Comments are off for this post.

Five thoughts for young designers

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.

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February 18, 2019Comments are off for this post.

Torn

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

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February 11, 2019Comments are off for this post.

The design tool they never told you about

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.

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