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Reviews Gone Bad: Good Design; Deconstructing Form and Function and What Makes Good Design Work, by Terry Marks with Matthew Porter

August 24th, 2009 | by Nate Voss
Posted In: Reviews Gone Bad, Video

That is one long subtitle, Rockport. We’re back, abandoning the problematic green-screen format due to a book that seems have been designed to become transparent under such conditions. Take a look at the review below: 


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Reviews Gone Bad: The Learners; The Book After the Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd

August 5th, 2009 | by Nate Voss
Posted In: Reviews Gone Bad, Video

Welcome back to the as-promised sequel to the last book review,The Learners, once again by Chip Kidd. Not that anyone is going to notice, but please, before you rage-out on us for bestowing this fit and well-groomed celebrity designer’s book less than a perfect 5-star review, give the video a watch. I’ve been told on good authority that our reviews will play directly in-window now (hooray) so everyone thank Donovan for that before telling him how wrong he is. Word.


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└ Tags: book covers, book design, Cheese Monkeys, Chip Kidd, graphic design, The Learners
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Reviews Gone Bad: Cheese Monkeys; A Novel In Two Semesters by Chip Kidd

July 24th, 2009 | by Nate Voss
Posted In: Reviews Gone Bad, Video

Donovan plunges into some oldie-but-goodie books this week, starting with the you-probably need-to-read-just-because-you’re-a-designer Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd. D wanted to preface this by saying that it’s a work of fiction, and so he felt like he had to hold it to those standards, which, as a category, also includes these works. So, as before, know your bar. We’ll be back soon with Donovan’s take on Kidd’s sequel, The Learners.


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└ Tags: book, book design, Cheese Monkeys, Chip Kidd, graphic design, happy, harper perenial, himillsy, review, The Learners, Video
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Reviews Gone Bad: Sketchbook: Conceptual Drawings from the World’s Most Influential Designers by Timothy O’Donnell

July 7th, 2009 | by Nate Voss
Posted In: Reviews Gone Bad, Video

Our new reviews program stumbles and bumbles onward — the biggest takeaways from this week’s doubly-filmed review are 1.) make sure there’s nothing not green between you and your green-screen before filming, and 2.) light blue is apparently too close to bright green not to make yourself look like an erie ghost upon re-filming. Perhaps we can use that to our advantage come Halloween-time.

Regardless! We bring to you our review of Timothy O’Donnell’s SKETCHBOOK, which we interviewed him about a few weeks ago on the Reflex Blue Show. The book surprised me, and I found that there can actually be something worth reading in a book filled with giant, gorgeous pictures. Click below to watch the review.


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└ Tags: concept, Conceptual Drawings from the World's Most Influential Designers art, conceptual sketching, design, designers, rockport, sketchbook, Timothy O'Donnell
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Reviews Gone Bad: 100 Habits of Successful Freelance Designers

June 23rd, 2009 | by Nate Voss
Posted In: Reviews Gone Bad, Video

Welcome to our brand new feature — more than 30 years in the making — Reviews Gone Bad. Yes, we are aware that we have created a powerful design acronym, and now we seek to create something much greater.

Some people might shrug off launching a new feature as lo-fi as we have here, (and lo-fi afficionados should buckle-up) the content is there, if not the proper tools. This will be corrected with time, I imagine. For now, check out the video by clicking the link below. Eventually this regular feature will be available as a video podcast an in other media, but for now you can get it right here:


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└ Tags: 100 habits of successful freelance designers, graphic design, laurel saville, Reviews Gone Bad, rockport, steve gordon, Video
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Donovan BeeryNate Voss is a designer, illustrator, talkshow host and design journalist. Working in Omaha since 2001, Nate served four years on the Board of Directors for AIGA Nebraska and currently teaches design for Metropolitan Community College in addition to his freelance work. Nate has interviewed design luminaries such as Kit Hinrichs, Debbie Millman, Joe Duffy, Marian Bantjes, Chip Kidd, Ann Willoughby, and many others. Currently, Nate's work can be seen here at 36Point.com, where he maintains the webcomic 1PT.Rule and hosts The Reflex Blue Show, as well as at his home site Vossome.com.

In 2009, Nate became the only person to guest host Design Matters with Debbie Millman, a leading industry talkshow focusing on design and contemporary culture. Nate has also illustrated two children's books, The Legend of Lil' Red and Tiny and His Big Adventures.

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Donovan BeeryDonovan oversees all creative development at Eleven19 Communications, Inc., where he also serves as an owner. He received a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication & Design from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

His background in visual communications, web design, and creative concepts were put to good use when he was the chief web designer at Union Pacific and the corporate identity and web designer at Nexterna. He’s lectured on web design at Creighton University, taught visual communications at Metropolitan Community College and proudly served seven years on the board of directors for AIGA Nebraska. In 2009, Donovan was appointed by Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey to a three-year term on the Omaha Public Art Commission.

Donovan’s work has appeared in Print, STEP Inside Design and Coupe magazines, the books Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers, Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design, 100 Habits of Successful Freelance Designers, A Designer’s Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing Your Clients and What They Really Need, and The Best of Business Card Design 9. His work has been recognized with numerous design awards and is included in the permanent collection of the Chicago Design Archive.

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