Archive for May, 2010

May 19th, 2010 by William Longhauser

Looks Can Deceive

I received “One Year of White Pages” as a gift for Christmas. Each month is identified by corresponding dots aligned in a vertical row. I appreciated the simple and elegant design solution until the month of June arrived.  It was in this fifth month of the year that the system of counting failed to work. […]

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May 17th, 2010 by William Longhauser

In 1959,  Annie Albers wrote in her book Annie Albers: On Designing, “Though only a few penetrate the screen that habits of thought and conduct form in their time, it is good for all of us to pause sometimes, to think, wonder, and maybe worry; to ask where are we now?” In my opinion, Albers poses […]

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