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• New Launches, Shameless self-promotion, Teaching

  emDash

  08.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve had a lot of job titles at magazines and newspapers over the years, but “faculty adviser” is a new one. The premiere issue of emDash is a collaboration between students in my design writing and editorial design classes at George Mason University. Though aimed primarily at the GMU community, those curious about what’s engaging [...]

• Off the racks, Teaching

  Academic Report

  04.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Akademische Mitteilungen (issue 12) would be a remarkable magazine by any standards, but considering that it’s a student publication, it is nothing short of phenomenal. The glossy is the work of communications and design students at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart under the capable tutelage of Prof. Hans-Georg Pospischil (and, I [...]

• Teaching

  Pedagogy Redux

  02.28.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I’ve added a few more links to the education page, though this batch may be of interest to a general reader too. Included are articles on magazines and magazine design by Greg Lindsay, David Carr, yours truly, and various AIGA Voice contributors.

• In the Ether, Teaching

  Interview Magazine

  02.12.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I was reminded recently of an old Peter Cook and Dudley Moore routine (which would be judged hopelessly P.I. today) in which a one-legged man interviews to play the part of Tarzan in an upcoming movie. The casting director is uh, “sympathetic”: “Now your left leg, I like. I’ve got nothing against your left leg….the [...]

• Teaching

  Syllabi

  01.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I now have 12- and 16-week syllabi in both PDF and Word format on the Designing Magazines teaching page, along with a few more resources for those adopting the book for classroom use.

• Teaching

  Anatomy of a Page

  01.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  For those teaching with Designing Magazines I’ve put up a couple of resources designed to help bridge the gap between the book’s professionally oriented content and the need for introductory material in an undergraduate course. The first is a guide to magazine page anatomy and terminology, and the second is my recent page on tables [...]

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