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11th December 2006

Illustrators’ Workshop: Airing of Grievances / Feats of Strength

Dan Zettwoch: “Here’s a pile of stuff I generated while working on a recent illustration. It might give you a window into my working process. You could either look at this or come over to my actual window. The drawing was for an annual event put on by Downtown St. Louis shopping association called Festivus.”

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11th December 2006

Things Designers Want For Christmas

Greg Storey: “I’m often asked what books I’m reading, what books I’ve read. Here is a core sample of my larger library. These are the books and subscriptions that I have around me at all times — with a gadget fetish twist at the end…”

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11th December 2006

Why so few women superstar designers?

“At The Art of the Book event last week, the panel was asked why there were so few female superstar designers. Milton Glaser took a shot at answering the question (many women choose family over work during the crucial superstar career development years) but judging by the reaction afterwards online, his comments were not appreciated by some. To be fair, Glaser’s comments were taken out of context, I think, and what he said is a part of the overall answer to the question.”

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