From Around the Design-o-Sphere XVII
Wall Street Journal article about more and more professionals who are willing to pay a premium (as much as $5.00 a card) for high-end, eccentric business cards to help them stand out in the crowd. Materials include everything from silk to rubber to metal to real wood with sizes as large as license plates.
BusinessWeek's Reena Jana interviews Phaidon editorial director Emilia Terragni about what makes a design classic. Phaidon recently published Phaidon Design Classics, a three-volume book that features 999 classic designs from the 1600s to the present.
When you perform freelance services for a design firm, you should negotiate and sign an independent contractor agreement. Shel Perkins offers a glimpse at what to expect when faced with one of these documents.
"Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him." - Art School Confidential (2006), IMDB
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