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Chuck Green, communications designer, author (Random House, Peachpit, Rockport), and host of https://xitter.cf/t.co/ovyG3cVJkr.

Joined June 2008
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The Designer's Curse: You're just trying to watch a movie and you are accosted by something like this...
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AI: The tools change human nature does not… Frightening, fascinating, profound. I invite you to the discussion... ideabook.com/government-ai/

AI: The tools change. Human nature does not... - Ideabook.com

Imagine living in the 1800s, in a world built around the horse and buggy. Then, one afternoon, a modern electric car speeds silently down the road beside

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Today on Ideabook, I'm pointing you to the maker of one of my all-time favorite typefaces... ideabook.com/from-the-ideabo…

New from Chuck Green’s Ideabook Desk... - Ideabook.com

Updates, notes, and links from Chuck Green at ideabook.com—observations and reflections on design, communication, and creative work.

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White space. Classic typography. Restraint. Confidence. In the early 1970s, Crate & Barrel built a design system that still feels modern. The product was the hero — not the headline, not the gimmick. Few brands maintain that discipline. Which come to mind?
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The design system that refused to age - Ideabook.com

As I heard it, Tom Shortlidge worked at Young & Rubicam in the late ’60s and moonlighted part-time at Crate & Barrel to make ends meet. The owner,

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Deception enters only when appearance is treated as reality—when simulation is mistaken for understanding, fluency for judgment, or form for substance...
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Used with clear limits, the structure can be useful. But once the imitation is allowed to replace the real thing, the error is no longer technical. It is moral.
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This was a breakthrough moment for graphic designers...
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Recently near Pleasantville, New York...
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Wes Andersonish... (1976, Massachusetts Digital Commonwealth)
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Just for fun... The Ancient Artist's Quiz: 30 questions that graphic designers under 55 might find challenging... ideabook.com/the-ancient-art… #graphicdesign #designer #desktoppublishing #GraphicDesigner #GraphicArtist

The Ancient Artist's Quiz: 30 questions that graphic designers under 55 might find challenging... -...

The graphic design world of the 1960s, ’70s, and early ’80s—the years leading up to the advent of digital design and publishing—was a very different

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Would you like to start a small business? Are you interested in freelancing? Do you own a small business? This is required reading... The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don'T Work And What To Do About It By Michael E. Gerber(1995-03-03)
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More about the Norman Rockwell of photographers... ideabook.com/more-on-photogr… #photography #advertising

More on photographer Reid Miles... - Ideabook.com

Based on the response to my earlier post (here), there seems to be lots of interest in the work of photographer Reid Miles. Following is a bit of a Reid

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Celebrating the life of my good friend John McWade... ideabook.com/john-mcwade-a-p…

John McWade: A Pioneer of Desktop Publishing - Ideabook.com

John McWade, a true pioneer in desktop publishing and a gifted design educator, passed away on October 8, 2024, from complications following heart

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The Ultimate Typographic Inspiration: The American Type Founders Company 1923 Specimen Book and Catalogue ideabook.com/american-type-f…

The Ultimate Typographic Inspiration: The American Type Founders Company 1923 Specimen Book and...

I have a copy of this book and have always thought I'd get around to scanning it and putting it online. Thank goodness University of Wisconsin-Madison

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