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Income Taxes for Freelancers
Jan 01, 2009; Perkins, Shel ... BE PREPARED TO PAY THE MAN: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW If you're new to freelancing, chances are you have some questions about how to calculate and report your income taxes. This article covers basics of income taxes for freelancers-from tracking typical business expenses and making quarterly ...
editor's desk
Jan 01, 2009; Biederbeck, Tom-EDITOR ... Is there an identity crisis in the design profession, specifically the segment that used to call itself graphic design? How relevant is the question, really? Much has been said about how to define graphic design in a multimedia age. These definitions range from the endearingly misguided ...
Stalin, Eat Your Heart Out!
Jan 01, 2009; Saltz, Ina ... ALTERING PHOTOGRAPHIC REALITY HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER FOR PROS AND AMATEURS ALIKE, LEADING MANY TO ADOPT A MALLEABLE APPROACH TOWARD THEIR PERSONAL HISTORIES. Despite the almost-instinctive perception that photographs should represent untouched reality, photography has never been ...
Change.gov - A Site You Can Believe In
Jan 01, 2009; Tooms, Robin ... Among the many historical firsts from this year's presidential election, one worth noting is the first highly successful use of websites and social media in a presidential campaign. Looking back over the past year, it seems obvious why this worked ... but that's with the knowledge of hindsight ....
Mentoring, Hands-On
Jan 01, 2009; Simmons, Christopher ... EVERYONE REMEMBERS THEIR FIRST TIME. Readers of this column will know of my admiration for teachers, mentors and all who dedicate their talents to helping others. As a designer and teacher myself, I'm especially appreciative of those who motivate young people to apply their creative ...
behind the work, the life
Jan 01, 2009; Clark, Sheree ... "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."-Maya Angelou Behind the work. Behind the awards. Behind the face of every creative professional is a career made up of stories. Our stories are what we carry along on life's journey. And whether it's a funny anecdote, a ...
STOP PROPOSITION H8TE
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... Writer Matthew Porter traveled from Atlanta to California to marry his Dartner in August of 2008, but the passage of Proposition 8 in NovemDer may strip him of his marriage rights. At first Porter was stunned the same-sex marriage ban had passed "In California, I never thought it had a chance," ...
STEAL THESE POSTERS
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... Computers and pixels aren't the only path to real interaction. For the Toronto International Film Festival, the creative team at zig captured the magic and motion of the movies with printed posters. How? By turning these inanimate objects into giant tear-off pads much like that notepad sitting ...
MINORITY REPORT
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... Unlike corporate diversity training, Kiss My Black Ads brings a sense of humor to the topics of race and marketing. This new blog features work for, by and of multicultural people, and you'll find wincingly bad vintage ads right along with the latest slick efforts from Nike. "The focus is ...
VITTLES FOR LOG SPLITTERS
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... VITTLES FOR LOG SPLITTERS The typical fundraising cookbook offers up plenty of hearty food for the stomach but doesn't do much for design taste buds. Just in time for the flurry of Lincolniana that will accompany the 16th president's 200th birthday.A Lincoln Cookbook: A Cookbook of Epic ...
CRAFTY FLICK
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... CRAFTY FLICK Before Handmade Nation, the book, there was Handmade Nation, the movie. In 2007 a seven-minute preview of this indie flick, which chronicles the DIY arts and crafts community, hit YouTube, and it was so compelling three publishers wanted to turn it into a book. The latter ...
MAKE DIGITAL HISTORY, AGAIN
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... As the legend goes, SXSW Interactive is where the term biogging first came into existence. And a few years ago it was definitely the place where Twitter tweeted its way into online consciousness. This year's festival runs March 13-17 in Austin, and as thousands of digital shoulders rub together, ...
GIMME SHELTER
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... There's an 8-ft-tall structure in Michael McDaniel's lawn that looks like it was dropped there by aliens. In reality, it's part of a personal project he started after being appalled by the response to Hurricane Katrina. McDaniel-a senior designer in Frog Design's Austin, Texas, ...
SUGGESTIVE TYPOGRAPHY
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... Here's a brief you'll probably never receive from a client: Design a tart card for a typeface or a letter of the alphabet. If you're among the uninitiated, tart cards are paper promos-reputedly first used in London phone booths-where sex workers advertise their services. "They have their own ...
PIRATES WHO SHOP
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... If the selection gets stale at the Pirate Supply Store, someone might end up walking the plank. Luckily, creative studio Office just restocked the shelves with 50 new products, including Scurvy Begone, Peg Leg Oil and an all-purpose Treasure Shining Kit that works on grime, blood and ...
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... Michael Lebowitz says it's still the wild, wild West for interactive agencies. He's the founder and CEO of Big Spaceship in Brooklyn and a board member of a new group known as the Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA). The idea started when a number of firms began infor- mally gathering to share ...
BEHIND THE PICTURES
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... Walker Evans' images of poverty in the South are haunting, but for those who have tried to express themselves through photography, it's almost as moving to see some of the inspiration behind his work. Evans collected thousands of postcards over his life, and these realistic images directly ...
GREEN INSPIRATION
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... There are plenty of design conferences, but few come with this kind of ringing endorsement: "Compostmodern changed my life in 2006," says Gaby Brink, the green design event's lead producer for the second year in a row. "I sat in the audience and thought, 'Holy shit. This is where I need to put ...
UGCX LIGHTS UP
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... If you've looked up from Facebook or your latest Twitter feeds lately, you've probably considered the fact that the social content revolution is fully upon us. Now mediabistro.com is sponsoring UGCX, the User Generated Content Conference and Expo, to bring those working in the exploding user- ...
STUDIO LETTERING FONTS, REDUX
Jan 01, 2009; Taute, Michelle ... STEP often receives requests for more information about products and services featured in articles. Here, applications of House Indus- tries' Studio Lettering Collection fonts demonstrate their versatil- ity in creating "hand-lettered" flavor. (Readers may recall that the Studio Lettering ...
