Parallel
Universe
Every designed thing has a second life running alongside it: the decisions nobody sees. These essays are about that parallel world, the work behind screens, posters and objects, written for people starting out in design and for anyone curious about how it is done.
Essays
- What does a digital designer do? A plain account of the work: research, structure, interface, motion and systems, and how a digital designer spends an ordinary week.
- Graphic art vs graphic design Same tools, different jobs. How graphic art and graphic design differ in purpose, process and how the work is judged, and where the two overlap.
- Graphic design jobs: your path to a creative career The main kinds of graphic design work, the skills employers look for, how to build a portfolio that gets read, and realistic ways into the field.
- Design Stockholm: a journey through aesthetics and Nordic identity How Stockholm came to stand for a particular kind of design: everyday beauty, light, restraint and the ideas, schools and places that keep it going.