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To Yield or Not to Yield

I have several pet peeves. One of them involves a small triangular sign that appears on roadsides periodically. Some of you may have seen it.       Now, for those that don’t know, that’s called a Yield Sign. According to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a YIELD sign [...]

The Reason People Hate Designers

There are times where it can be embarrassing to be a designer.  People in the industry that think they know something can make the lot of the good designers look really bad.  This is one of those times.  Why?  Well, I came across an article today on Fast Company. It’s about a “designer,” Dustin Curtis [...]

Power/Pop: The Power of Popular Culture on Today’s Values

In his book, Power/Knowledge, Michel Foucault discussed the ever-present nature of power and truth. In everything we do, there is some sort of power dynamic that is revealed in the course of our everyday lives. [1] One of the largest power dynamics that we deal with each day is also ever-present and all around us, [...]

The Art of Negation in the English Language, Vol. 2

What’s wrong with the English language? This. Well said, however very eloquent.