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May 17, 2007
MY WIDGETS ARE ON FIRE
The investigator supposes a vagrant started a fire behind the dumpster to stay warm and caught the tires (waiting to be picked up for recycling) on fire. 3:40 am the fire dept was there... It burned the Cowart St side of the bldg... Roof, window, and little press damage, but no where near as bad as it could be... The fabulous firemen even put tarps over our equipment before hosing the fire down! Awesome!
Inside is mostly undamaged by fire, but a whole lot of smoke damage and dirt and soot to be cleaned up - probably a long process... Please bear with us as we will be preoccupied and in and out of the studio over the next few weeks...
No one was hurt - save our tomato plants *sob*... may they enjoy the big mulchy garden in the sky!
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May 10, 2007
DESIGNER BOY’S CLUB
I have had passing thoughts about this over the years, especially when most of AIGA or design get-togethers consisted of almost all guys between the ages of 22 and 35... But it was the comments of two women alumni from our local university's design program that crystallized it for me: They left Chattanooga for design jobs mainly because they perceived our city's design community as an exclusive "boy's club."
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May 8, 2007
RECOMMENDED READING
As if you don't have enough to do...
I know, I know, I get as annoyed as you do every time someone tells me "You should read this book!" So please take this as recommendation only — not a mandate. I'll list some of my all-time favorites with a short explanation as to why and when possible a link... Read our list only if you want to.
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