A long long time ago, a potential client knocked on the door. That's how long ago it was; people still came by and knocked. When I opened the door he said, "I need to hire a designer. I'm a friend of...

Inevitably, when I bring up the topic of designers working ethically, someone will reply with some flavor of "that's nice, but I have rent to pay." Feel free to substitute "rent" for student loans, childcare, medical costs and various other very real and very valid concerns.

In the last few months I've had a lot of designers ask me "Where can I do good work?"And they don't mean "good" as in quality. They mean good as in "on the side of the angels." They look at the world...

I hope everyone had a good summer. It's hard to believe it's over, yet here we are. Still feeling the summer breeze of warm ocean wind. Still smelling the sunscreen, the taste of cotton candy, the mind still wandering to that summer crush we'll never see again and sloppy awkward kisses under a summer moon.