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Voice: AIGA Journal of Design

Voice: AIGA Journal of Design is an online publication for the discussion of design matters, featuring insightful interviews, engaging essays and thoughtful criticism. Voice encourages respectful reader feedback and seeks to inspire like contributions to enhance and go beyond the subjects raised in this forum.

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Words of Wool: An Interview with Rüdiger Schlömer
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by Nick Currie
May 13, 2008(0)
European football club scarves are not so fashion-forward, but a clever knitting project remixes their type with style. Currie stitches together the story.

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Design Patois
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by Steven Heller
May 06, 2008(7)
Designers have developed a language for selling their wares, but why is so much of it so unintelligible? Heller critiques the lingua franca of promotional writing.

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A Not-So-Sweet Tale of Digital Type
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by Andrew Twigg
Apr 29, 2008(13)
Does the recipe for designing accessible websites have to skimp on beauty? Twigg wishes web type could look good and be good for you.

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Desire’s Design
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by David Barringer
Apr 22, 2008(15)
What do we want? Even if we don’t know, it doesn’t stop us from acquiring more. Barringer expresses his desire for self-awareness and restraint.

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Devil in the Details: An Interview with Esther K. Smith
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by Steven Heller
Apr 15, 2008(1)
How dangerous is it to make books? Heller finds out from the risk-taking proprietors of Purgatory Pie Press.

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Belief in Yesterdays: An Interview with Rian Hughes
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by Michael Dooley
Apr 08, 2008(8)
Self-proclaimed “commercial artist” Rian Hughes blurs the lines between comics, design and illustration, as well as visual eras. Dooley brings him into focus.