Going Galt

Posted by Melinda Kiba in Blog, Literature on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 09:03 pm GMT +00:00

Who Is John Galt?

A repetitious question from Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged’,  the character John Galt himself (not revealed until the last third of the book), is the main subject of the popular question. The answer to said question in it’s regular form, is simply, don’t ask questions that no one knows the answer

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The Tale of Narcissus

Posted by Melinda Kiba in Blog, Literature, Painting on Thursday, March 8th, 2012 08:56 pm GMT +00:00

 

Narcissus so himself forsook, and died to kiss his shadow in the brook. – William Shakespeare

One of my favorite tales which originated from Greek mythology, “Narcissus” can be found in it’s classical form in Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” book 3, which was completed in 8 A.D. This particular story still holds a great impact on

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Celebrating Women’s Day With Cipe Pineles

Posted by Melinda Kiba in Blog, Graphic Design on Thursday, March 8th, 2012 06:17 pm GMT +00:00

Let’s kick start Women’s Day with the first female Graphic Designer, Cipe Pineles!  (pronounced SEE-pee pi-NELL-iss)

Born in Austria in 1908, Cipe’s design career began surrounded by all male designers carving her own name in an era where the profession had previously been dominated by men. Throughout the 30′s and 40′s, Cipe studied

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Oh, The Things You Can Learn

Posted by Melinda Kiba in Blog, Graphic Design on Monday, March 5th, 2012 03:04 am GMT +00:00

Stefan Sagmeister’s book “Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far” is one such work that everyone should experience. To say that it’s simply a “book” isn’t quite accurate either, it’s more of a collection of smaller books, each with their own visual representations of his many design accomplishments mixed with

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A Designers’ Role

Posted by Melinda Kiba in Articles, Blog on Sunday, March 4th, 2012 11:04 pm GMT +00:00
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Meaning

Posted by Melinda Kiba in Articles, Blog on Sunday, March 4th, 2012 09:59 pm GMT +00:00

 

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