Graphic designer and writer, design journalist. Creator of Alphagram Learning Materials, designed to help children learn to read. Author of The Secret Buttons.
Joined January 2009
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BookView Review: The Secret Buttons by Ellen M. Shapiro bookviewreview.com/2026/01/1…
Loved your mom's "Women Holding Things" show at #MaryRyanGallery, @AlexTKalman. Who is the lovely lady is you were with? I need to tell the world in my printmag.com story.
“If you could get the crowds, you would do the same thing.” To Trump, it’s only about the crowds he draws. #debate
TV Commercials in the Time of Covid. Are they up to the top agencies' standards? Or compromised because of impossible schedules and WFH? link.medium.com/rTMb6QITJ7
This Milton Glaser interview reveals both his extraordinary talents and personality. He instinctually knew how to approach a massive design problem and how to interact with clients.
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After years of development, the Online Archive is now open to all. Enjoy unprecedented virtual access to nearly 1,500 objects and 9,000 hi-fi images (and counting!) from our collection. oa.letterformarchive.org
One year later, is this #EarthDay article still relevant?
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"Special education is facing severe challenges as remote becomes the new norm for K–12 learning during the coronavirus pandemic." An educator shares free and low cost apps to help learning at home.
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I just published This Is the First Time I’ve Been Really Scared link.medium.com/PgSvmwuAN4
In less than three skeptical weeks “I Became a Noom Nerd” Why? by @writedesigner
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Do today’s design students have to be spoon-fed? by @writedesigner in @uxdesigncc uxdesign.cc/do-todays-studen…
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COLUMN: Exploring design partnerships, @writedesigner finds that two minds are not always better than one. ow.ly/zU7b50yn3mV
Happy to announce the launch of our new Shopify store, alphagram.com, with a full line of learning materials designed for parents and teachers who want help kids learn to read.
Trump should kiss the feet of the editors of #NYTimes. A four-page section featuring 100 of #TheRealDonaldTrump’s best tweets. Together, they form a manifesto that, though scary to me, will appeal to many people. Priceless #publicity. The Times’s motive: to get him on their side?
For my next article in C.A. magazine: I need a brave graphic designer to honestly describe a business partnership that ended badly. linkedin.com/pulse/i-need-br… via @LinkedIn
@LouiseSandhaus in conversation with @GereKavanaugh at the #CooperHewitt launching her new book on Gere’s life and work.
