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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Notes, screenshots, happy accidents, and other ephemera — all generated or found on the path to my MFA in graphic design.

See also:

Feedback Loops in Graphic DesignPrimary thesis site

ObjectsInSpaceAndTime.comMy central web presence, with links to a variety of related stuff.

Salud and enjoy,

Alexander</description><title>circular logic</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @emspace)</generator><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/</link><item><title>been writing some good code lately, which is nice — when...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozhn8sot85iGHWs66o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;been writing some good code lately, which is nice — when I’m not doing that I am doing this.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/65581976</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/65581976</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:39:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I am so sorry I haven’t been able to talk to any of you in...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozhn8n1fe8bgtj9PQo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I am so sorry I haven’t been able to talk to any of you in a reasonable way, lately. I can’t wait to be your friend again.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/65581277</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/65581277</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:35:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the..."</title><description>“The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for it by the insensitive. In a time that hungers for tangible novelties, dull perfection holds no advertising value at all. A really well-designed book is therefore recognizable as such only by a select few. The large majority of readers will have only a vague sense of its exceptional qualities. Even from the outside, a truly beautiful book cannot be a novelty. It must settle for mere perfection instead.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Jan Tschichold (via &lt;a href="http://danielpagan.tumblr.com/"&gt;danielpagan&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/40625134</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/40625134</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:39:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I owe Breanne five hundo for it. Also, paintings are huge.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozaos6rmvIui1JAYK_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I owe &lt;a href="http://breannetrammell.com/"&gt;Breanne&lt;/a&gt; five hundo for it. Also, paintings are huge.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39905682</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39905682</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:47:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I have close to 20 thesis-book mockups like this.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozahtw4ooZ5UBUOhC_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have close to 20 thesis-book mockups like this.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39283421</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39283421</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:01:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>This is another play on the poster cliché that I quite like...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozah9fj2ePgExSRUO_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This is another &lt;a href="http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39238452/while-dunno-about-lethality-qua-designers-and-low"&gt;play on the poster cliché&lt;/a&gt; that I quite like (by &lt;a href="http://www.nikelleorellana.com/"&gt;Nikelle Orellana&lt;/a&gt;)</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39239534</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39239534</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:28:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Eric Collet’s twist on the poster photograph cliché. </title><description>&lt;img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozah8wgspo96tjDCT_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ericcollet.com/"&gt;Eric Collet’s&lt;/a&gt; twist on the &lt;a href="http://manystuff.org/?p=1635"&gt;poster photograph cliché.&lt;/a&gt; </description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39238452</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/39238452</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:13:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Ibid.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozaejrfql1aWIg1gf_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38987412/one-of-the-last-steps-was-to-print-the-final"&gt;Ibid.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38988543</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38988543</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:54:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>One of the last steps was to print the final presentation slides...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozaejb2t0IoIkUqbU_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;One of the last steps was to print the &lt;a href="http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35469285/my-thesis-presentation-slides-a-mere-35-of-them"&gt;final presentation slides&lt;/a&gt; onto &lt;a href="http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/cat=4&amp;prod=30.htm"&gt;silver inkjet paper&lt;/a&gt; and reshoot.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38987412</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38987412</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:41:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Thank you, Mister Gertman. (see also)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57gozaeiuvfp4L9Xz2lU_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thank you, &lt;a href="http://www.isaacgertman.com/"&gt;Mister Gertman.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/31282444/my-goal-as-a-designer-is-to-rock-i-want-to-rock"&gt;(see also)&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38986162</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38986162</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:29:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>party tonite at christian’s.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goza7rkdtbOJJLTCVk_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;party tonite at christian’s.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38386663</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38386663</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:58:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>all of us, by Chris</title><description>&lt;img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goza7fnzkyoNBaOfvf_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;all of us, by &lt;a href="http://adearfriend.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38361296</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/38361296</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:25:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I got my MFA degree last Saturday</title><description>&lt;img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goz9sl72eyJ2OjwldJ_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I got my MFA degree last Saturday</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/37064852</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/37064852</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:04:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Going through the past four years’ accumulation of images...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goz9hco1yg6Rp4byQ7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Going through the past four years’ accumulation of images — there’s like 10,000,000 gigs of photos, images, screenshots, &amp;c. &lt;a href="http://gregorycarafelli.com/"&gt;GAC&lt;/a&gt; did this.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/36149633</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/36149633</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 21:20:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Remember when the heat could knock you off your feet (see also ...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goz9eakwfxp2MQXLHv_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Remember when the heat could knock you off your feet&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.monoscope.com/2007/09/statistically_improbable_decis.html"&gt;see also &lt;/a&gt; — &lt;a href="http://gregorycarafelli.com/"&gt;photo by GAC&lt;/a&gt;)</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35935478</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35935478</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 17:58:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>When I grow up, I want to be a Pantone swatch.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goz9b07garNFx4fGZu_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;When I grow up, I want to be a Pantone swatch.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35682890</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35682890</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:45:05 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Write in Stickies, edit in Stickies, typeset in Stickies</title><description>&lt;img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goz9aw52856BKa152e_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Write in Stickies, edit in Stickies, typeset in Stickies</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35672006</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35672006</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:51:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"We liked it when you called referred to magenta as ‘mag’ — but how about taking it to..."</title><description>“We liked it when you called referred to magenta as ‘mag’ — but how about taking it to the next level? Call it ‘ma-jayjay.’”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mit.edu/~thinker/"&gt;Marcos&lt;/a&gt; and Heather&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35638742</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35638742</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 01:49:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>following the slideshow, this is what my presentation looked...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goz98h80xwd3Bzb4Pz_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;following the &lt;a href="http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35469285"&gt;slideshow&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rauchdickson/2503598241/"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; is what my presentation looked like (picture thanks to &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rauchdickson/"&gt;Jessie&lt;/a&gt;)</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35470886</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35470886</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:18:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>my thesis presentation slides. all type, no image.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/mFyf57goz98gfihu6cvjts5A_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;my thesis presentation slides. all type, no image.</description><link>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35469285</link><guid>http://circularlogic.graphicdesignonawhitebackground.com/post/35469285</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:56:00 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
