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Design Guy, Episode 39, Talking About Type: An Introductory Word

May 27th, 2010

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Design Guy, Episode 38, Adopt a Negative Attitude

May 27th, 2009

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Design Guy, Episode 37, All the World's a Stage for Designers

Mar 4th, 2009

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Design Guy, Episode 2, What is Design?

Feb 15th, 2009

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Design Guy, Episode 36, Unity Revisited / Emphasis

Feb 4th, 2009

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Design Guy, Episode 35, Proximity and Alignment

Dec 4th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 34, Visual Momentum (Continuance)

Oct 23rd, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 33, All in the Family (Similarity)

Oct 4th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 32, We're All Seeking Closure

Sep 13th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 31, Figure-Ground

Aug 27th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 30, Seeing Unity (Gestalt)

Aug 1st, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 29, Unity: Out of Many, One

Jul 10th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 28, Balance On Balance

Jun 19th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 27, Asymmetrical or Informal Balance

May 24th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 26, Symmetrical or Formal Balance

May 16th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 25, Balancing Act

May 8th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 24, Elements: Format, The Forgotten Element

Apr 17th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 23, Elements: Smooth Moves with Texture

Apr 7th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 22, Elements: Value-Added Design

Mar 30th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 21, Elements: The Color of Design

Mar 11th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 20, Elements: Things Are Shaping Up Nicely

Mar 4th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 19, Elements: What's the Point of Line?

Feb 15th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 18, The Formal Elements of Design: A Foreword

Jan 30th, 2008

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Design Guy, Episode 17, Embracing Constraints

Dec 28th, 2007

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