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Design Feast’s Makers Series—117th Interview: Design Leader Adam Kallish Ruminates by John Christopher Jones’ “Design Methods”—a Seminal Book that Remains Timely but Stuck in Obscurity

Penned by John Christopher Jones, an Industrial Designer and Educator, “Design Methods” is a design-related book that I remain enamored of—especially curious about its never rising in awareness throughout the community of designers. Here, one of its top admirers, Adam Kallish, reasons how this proved to be the result.

When, how, where did you discover the book “Design Methods” (1970) by John Christopher Jones?

It was in 1986. I was a Bauhaus-trained designer and in graduate school at Rhode Island ...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—117th Interview: Design Leader Adam Kallish Ruminates about a Seminal Book that Remains Timely but Stuck in Obscurity—“Design Methods” by John Christopher Jones

Penned by John Christopher Jones, an Industrial Designer and Educator, “Design Methods” is a design-related book that I remain enamored of—especially curious about its never rising in awareness throughout the community of designers. Here, one of its top admirers, Adam Kallish, reasons how this proved to be the result.

When, how, where did you discover the book “Design Methods” (1970) by John Christopher Jones?

It was in 1986. I was a Bauhaus-trained designer and in graduate school at Rhode Island ...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—116th Interview: Louise Sandhaus founded The People’s Graphic Design Archive that Defies the Status Quo of Graphic Design History

In the history of communication, graphic design is a cross section—a multilayered one! To help ensure that the history of graphic design is wide-ranging for the long-term, educator and author Louise Sandhaus founded The People’s Graphic Design Archive. Here, she gives context of this grassroots-project: virtual, archival and 100% crowdsourced.

How did you become interested and immersed in graphic design? Was there a particular experience that influenced you toward learning about graphic design—re...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—115th Interview: Director Alysa Nahmias’ Documentary “The New Bauhaus” Puts an Observant and Journey-Packed Spotlight on Creative Visionary László Moholy-Nagy

LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) had a public, virtual screening of “The New Bauhaus”—directed by Alysa Nahmias. Awestruck by its history, imagery, storytelling, design and direction! On repeat viewing since then. Here, Alysa dives into the creation and substance of her documentary, furthermore, makes striking connections to the present—through the life and lens of creative innovator László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946). “The New Bauhaus” is a telling sign of the times and keeps up with it in ...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—114th Interview: Digital Product Designer Michela Graziani Relentlessly Pursues the Iconic

Particularly in the world of computing, icons are common elements. An on/off-screen icon blends aesthetics, symbolism, accessibility—all elegantly confined within a small-to-tiny finite piece of visible real estate. The challenges here are twofold: facilitating the ability to comprehend and enabling efficiency to accomplish this intuitive experience. Here, Product Designer Michela Graziani shares both her passion and process in making pictographic collections which are prolific, comprehensive … ...

Typeface Designer Chantra Malee Pays it Forward through the Malee Scholarship for Empowering Women of Color as They Pursue a Career in Type Design

What are you working on—on the side?

The Malee Scholarship is a not-for-profit organization that I started with Sharp Type, a boutique NYC type foundry that I co-founded with my business partner and husband, Lucas Sharp. Each year, the Malee Scholarship grants a $6,000 USD scholarship to a woman from an underrepresented ethnic group in the type industry, who is passionate about type design. Our goal is to empower these women, give them a platform to show their work, and through our mentorship pro...

Freelance Designer Daniela Covarrubias Adores and Advocates Plants for the Home

What are you working on—on the side?

“How Many Plants” is a plant-care resource for anyone interested in houseplants, whether you’re a seasoned enthusiast or just getting started. I found a lot of the plant-care information online to be all over the place and often contradictory, so I wanted to build a robust resource that would be fun to engage with and genuinely useful!
I mean, why waste time googling in circles and opening tab after tab only to be more confused than when you started? For this r...

Data Leader Kerstin Frailey Emphasizes the Need for Quality Data

Kerstin Frailey, who leads data science at market research company Numerator, recently participated in data analytics school Promotable’s webinar series. While presenting concepts such as Machine Learning and the overly propagandized “Big Data,” there was this sign-of-the-times statement from her:

“It’s hard not to care about data quality when you see what happens with data. Because data underlies every algorithm that is automatically approving or denying you a mortgage, that is automatically dis...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—113th Interview: Mabel Ney’s Sensibilities as a Designer, Her Springboard to Further Grow as an Artist

It was on a poster for Munich’s Die Neue Sammlung (considered to be the world’s oldest design museum) that I discovered this memorable quote: “Design is art that makes itself useful.” Mabel Ney embodies the substance and spirit of this statement, for she’s both a UX Designer and Painter. The former naturally feeds the latter and vice versa. Here, Mabel tells more about her evolution—in design and art:

1. You’re a User Experience Designer turned Artist. What were top convincers here?

Drawing has be...

Type Crit Crew Founder, Juan Villanueva, Harnesses the Appreciation, Education and Diversity of Typography

What are you working on—on the side?

In April of last year, I founded Type Crit Crew, which is a free resource for type design students to meet 1–1 with experienced type designers for virtual critiques. Our goals are:To make type design and type designers more accessible and approachable to students of all levels from anywhere in the world who are serious about honing their skillsTo do our part in making our field more inclusive and diverseTo spread our love and passion for typeThis initiative st...