Writing More with Less: Time-Saving Subject Lines
If good subject lines came naturally to us, we’d all write them, e-mail would be more effective, and the world would be a better place.
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Technology
May 27, 2009
What's Up
May 22, 2009
Gilbert Rohde: Back in the Pantheon of Modern Design Celebrities
Before Design Within Reach, Ikea, and Michael Graves at Target, there was Gilbert Rohde.
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Well-Being
May 20, 2009
Binge Computing: A Growing Hazard of Campus Life
Photo credit: ColorBlind Images/Iconica/Getty Images
Not many college students make it to graduation without pulling at least one all-nighter. The fact that burning the midnight oil these days means long hours on the computer poses a growing health risk on campus.
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Design
May 15, 2009
Progressive Creativity: Significant and Responsible
Progressive Creativity: Significant and Responsible
Change in Industrial Design
John F. Kennedy once said, “When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”
Crisis as opportunity is a red thread that ran through a presentation designer Jerome Caruso gave to faculty and design students at a national conference at Northwestern University in April of this year. The theme for the conference was the role of design in a disruptive economy. It’s a timely topic in an era of new frugality, environmental consciousness, and an emphasis on getting more value from material things.
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Better World
May 13, 2009
From the Heart of the People
How could such a nice group of people irk the CEO? The short answer is, get feisty with him about the company’s stance on the environment.
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Herman Miller Journal
May 8, 2009
When You Promote Stuff, Promote the Stuff You Believe In
Earlier this year, Herman Miller’s Creative Director and VP Steve Frykholm was honored with the West Michigan advertising community’s Silver Medal Award, a career-achievement honor for those who have made outstanding contributions to the advertising and marketing industry.
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Technology
May 4, 2009
Lost in Cyberspace
Illustration credit: Marina Sagona
What do I know about the Web? Does it connect me and my office at home to anything meaningful? Does it weigh a package so that I don’t have to schlep down to the post office for the right postage? Does it ask me how I’m feeling and wish me a good day? Does it explain a sunrise or keep me in touch with my brothers hundreds of miles away? Well, yes and no.
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Well-Being
May 1, 2009
This is the Life
Illustration credit: Nigel Buchanan
Couples are getting more creative in structuring their lives to support their careers, their families, and their personal needs. Although challenging, it is possible to find fulfillment with a little bit of creativity. And maybe some compromise.
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