Articles by Joshua Blankenship from February 2019

Pick an industry where you can play long term games with long term people. Naval Ravikant...

Show me your friends, and Ill show you your future. Bill Cosby Considering hes is currently serving three to ten in a state prison, it makes you wonder who Cosbys friends were....

If you want to learn more about the intersection of brand, commerce, media, and data, 2PMs free newsletter is your first stop. Cant say enough good things about Web Smiths work on this....

This is what graphic design is now. Bobby doing the Lords work collecting some of the recent trend blobby flora colorfully nuzzling tasteful serifs. Theres no reason trends like this cant be 100% AI-...

My design crush on Barbara Stauffacher Solomon is super-sized....

Thwart institutional cowardice. Werner Herzog...

Ive been running my design studio full-time for more than two years now, but about once a year I get an itch to see whats out there. Is there some opportunity worth trading away the freedom and i...

If youve ever thought, Id love to have more diversity on our team, but I just dont know any women designers you should bookmark the excellent womenwho.design and fix that problem....

A song is a container for empathy. Abigail Washburn...

I was caught off guard by the magical cinematography in Alfonso Cuarns Roma....

Theres this wonderful little verse tucked in the middle of the Apostle Pauls letter to the churches in Thessalonica: [A]spire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your&...

Just be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde If you can be yourself on stage, nobody else can be you and you have the law of supply and demand covered. Bill Hicks...

I quit my long term gig In late 2016, I stepped away from the in-house team I spent 11+ years helping to grow. It was time. I hung out my shingle At the beginning of 2017, my design studio Blankenship...

I started a blog in February 2004, and for the next 5ish years I posted something to the web so often I called it the Very Daily Weblog. This was B.S.M. Before Social Media. Pre-Dont Read the Comment...

Rob Weychert made Tinnitus Tracker, a live music diary with info about nearly every live show hes attended since 1992....

The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency. Jim Collins Leaders are repeaters. Repetition of values, vision, and results builds trust. Luke Wroblewski There are always opportunitie...

Endless Jeopardy is the single best thing on Twitter right now....

We, today, have a language to celebrate waywardness, but we do not have a language, a cultural language, to bring people back home. Makoto Fujimura...

I started a blog in February 2004, and for the next 5ish years I posted something to the web so often I called it the Very Daily Weblog. This was B.S.M. Before Social Media. Pre-Dont Read the Comment...

You cant spit in Charleston without hitting a restaurant identity Jay Fletcher designed, and hes got a new site to show off that work, and more. Im particularly partial to the Art of Magic USPS p...

Theres no such thing as boring design projects, just boring designers. Lou Dorfsman...

There are very few working designers I respect more than Bethany Heck. Just look at this case study of her tenure leading design at Medium. Shes got a new portfolio, and is looking for her next job
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I didnt think it was possible, but this is 14 minutes of Vulfpecks absolute banger It Gets Funkier, but every time it gets funkier, it gets funkier....

I never knew I needed to see Karl Lagerfeld in his home library but here we are. R.I.P. Karl....

John Mayer correctly addressing dressing pants out, not shirt down....

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. Plato...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. Plato...

Judson Collier, a Nashville graphic/visual artist and all-around quality human, has a brand new website....

Judson Collier, a Nashville graphic/visual artist and all-around quality human, has a brand new website....

Judson Collier, a Nashville graphic/visual artist and all-around quality human, has a brand new website....

This Karl Lagerfeld story from Svenja ODonnells childhood is delightful....

This Karl Lagerfeld story from Svenja ODonnells childhood is delightful....

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. Plato...

Qualifier: I am not technically a professional Content Strategist. I am not technically a professional Content Marketer. I do not technically know what I am doing. But Ive experimented almost-daily wi...

Magic: The Gathering is a collectible trading card game thats been around since the early 90’s. Its a combination of sword and sorcery storytelling, the card draw and variance of poker, the comp...

Its about How much can we get away with? Aaron Draplin...

A note from the management: This article is intended as a reference for business owners as they consider how to measure the value of design services (and justify their expense). Business People a...

Greenville Grok is a roundtable un-conference for independent thinkers who make our digital world better. Its also a great excuse for some of my favorite people to come to town. Get tickets!...

Greenville Grok is a roundtable un-conference for independent thinkers who make our digital world better. Its also a great excuse for some of my favorite people to come to town. Get tickets!...