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Well designed scissors

Sherwin Arnott March 7, 2023March 3, 2023

Sometimes things that look simple, just aren’t. It’s fascinating to me that there’s a team of putter togetherers. Learn more about Ernest Wright scissors.

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How to be at home, by Andrea Dorfman

Pink Sheep Design March 3, 2023March 8, 2023

Youtube | How To Be At Home Andrea Dorfman | provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Putting pages into a WordPress RSS feed

Sherwin Arnott February 20, 2023March 3, 2023

Every once in a while I want to put pages into an RSS feed on a self-hosted WordPress site. When I do this, I prefer…

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An ode to obsolescence

Ryan Elizabeth Cope November 22, 2021November 23, 2021

A smartphone rendered obsolete by the advancement of technology; an ode to the modern-day dilemma we all invariably face.

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Looking for a new feed to post aggregator

Sherwin Arnott October 26, 2021February 20, 2023

For the last couple of years, we’ve been aggregating the dispatches from the people in our network. We do this so we can keep up…

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The use of narratives in research and design

Sherwin Arnott August 6, 2021October 7, 2021

These videos by Dr. Stan Ruecker and Dr. Milena Radzikowska are an excellent resource.

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Fearless and fun design with Simone Giertz

Hannah Rhoslyn March 26, 2021September 22, 2021

As a maker of digital (and occasionally tangible) things, I love watching makers who use big, solid materials like wood, metal, and in this case,…

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Communications | Design

Ologies podcast and the art of interviewing

Hannah Rhoslyn March 10, 2021September 22, 2021

Each episode of Alie Ward’s Ologies podcast begins with the premise of a featured “-ology” (a branch of science), but by the end is so much more.

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An argument for anger

Hannah Rhoslyn March 10, 2021September 22, 2021

Aubrey Hirsch’s comic blends simple, clear visuals with research data on women and expressions of anger.

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Working with breadcrumbs tied to menus

Sherwin Arnott January 23, 2021February 20, 2023

Creating breadcrumbs from menus in WordPress can be very handy.

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Big mouth

Sherwin Arnott January 3, 2021September 22, 2021

Sometimes being truthful is not aligned with being nice.

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Fixing some old media library folder problems in WordPress

Pink Sheep Design January 3, 2021February 20, 2023

One of the WordPress websites we manage had a legacy media library problem. There were thousands of files in the uploads folder and they weren’t…

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Acceptance, love, and the power of postcards

Pink Sheep Design December 7, 2020September 22, 2021

This is a beautiful story of two people with different ideas and how they learned to share them and be changed by them.

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Amy Sherald: In the Studio

Sherwin Arnott November 20, 2020September 22, 2021

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Establish a presence for certain kinds of images

Rebecca Cory November 18, 2020September 22, 2021

Every sentence of this is so powerful. There’s profound truth in what he’s saying. “So there’s a difference between making paintings and changing the idea…

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