Results within topic “lifestyle”

Dropping Out as a Disciplined Choice

Do you find yourself un-friending Facebook and opting out of LinkedIn? In his second Salinger–inspired post, Caplan defends the right to remain private.

media  lifestyle 

Motor Home, Know Thyself

Recreational vehicles are too big to ignore, yet why do so few exude personality? Barringer urges RV owners to blaze a trail with their shelters on wheels.

personal essay  graphic design  lifestyle  communication design 

Generation Squeezed

Is it the fate of freelance designers to feel permanently squeezed? Barringer extracts meaning from his own stretched-thin life.

case studies  branding/identity  career  advertising  freelancing issues  graphic design  lifestyle 

Where's the Finish Line? Examining Success in Design

On your mark, get set, get famous! Kropp looks at the pressure on young designers to become overnight sensations.

professional development  lifestyle 

Design That Fits to a Tee

With its focus on user-created and user-approved designs, T-shirt business and online community Threadless is the little design company that could.

strategy  graphic design  lifestyle 

Smoke Screens

Could our fixation with viewing life on screens be obscuring the bigger picture? Riechers examines the dilemma for designers.

experience design  media  criticism  lifestyle 

The New Generation Gap: An Exploratory Conversation with John Carlin

Two tech-savvy baby boomers contemplate one age-old question: are we experiencing a new generation gap?

media  lifestyle 

Fashion iCon: My Brief Interview with Steven Jobs

If you could ask the Apple visionary just one question, what would it be? Probably not what’s on Heller’s mind.

consumerism  lifestyle 

Gone in Sixty Seconds

The Polaroid Corporation shook up fans when it announced the end of its instant film products. Patton looks at the developing picture.

photography  industrial design  lifestyle