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White Space

A collection of 150 issues

White Space.

originally uploaded by Neylano. I have decided to periodically write about design under the title "White Space." Here’s my first entry, based on inspiration provided by the New York Times Magazine. I love this spread. I think that formally, it’s beautiful. The contrast and balance are

BMW Isetta 300.

Last night, Will and I went to his company picnic which was at the home of the company’s COO. He collects cars and one of his prize gems is a vintage BMW Isetta 300. I’m not sure what year it is exactly, but it’s older than I

Performance load and my new watch.

This is my new watch. It’s a Nike Triax Mia. It’s a sports watch, but I bought it mainly because of the industrial design. I love the fluid, futuristic look (I can just see a design studio wall plastered with preliminary sketches – yummy!). I also love how it

It's the white space, stupid!

Or, how bad typography made me miss my goddamn flight. So, last week was Thanksgiving and on Thanksgiving Day, I took a flight to Seattle. As you can see from this itinerary (sent by Expedia and viewed in my Mobile Me account), I was scheduled to arrive in Seattle at

Good typography matters.

Lately, in my work at NPR, I have become more aware than ever how important good typography is. My main project right now is as lead designer on NPR.org's redesign, which will go live sometime in 2009. Luckily, I have inherited a beautiful typographic and grid structure

But does a depression love the design?

"The pain of layoffs notwithstanding, the design world could stand to come down a notch or two — and might actually find a new sense of relevance in the process. That was the case duringthe Great Depression, when an early wave of modernism flourished in the United States, partly because

For the laid-off designer.

Luckily, my job has not yet been affected by this nightmare that is our current economy; I count myself very fortunate to be among the still-employed (knock on wood, or fake wood stickers, as the case may be). But for those of you who have been shit-canned, here’s something

If NPR were a typeface....

Today we had another presentation of design iterations for the new NPR.org. Well, it was actually just for the new NPR.org homepage. The rest of the site templates will be worked out later. We're working on getting the homepage nailed down first. And trust me when

Slow Design.

In the course of my design career, I have met many people who simply do not understand what it takes to create good design. They don’t understand that visual solutions cannot be forced. They don’t understand that sometimes, no, I can’t “design faster”. They ask ignorant questions,

Typographic paradigms.

I am becoming increasingly fascinated with the Kindle. While preparing a lecture for my typography class at MICA, I discovered that the device uses Caecilia as its typeface. I really want to get my hands on one; I see at least 3-5 per week on my commute to DC. Could