“Through more than forty case studies, nearly twenty interviews with experienced professionals, and a series of (nonscientific) surveys, Flaunt is a resource for design students as well as young, experienced, freelance, and independent designers. It explains how one can find a way to cohesively, succinctly and creatively showcase their work through an accessible, effective, and creative portfolio. Flaunt showcases a variety of alternatives through a selection of portfolios that represent both the most common approaches as well as some offbeat executions. Hopefully, this book will help ease the anxiety and burden of creating a portfolio—and, perhaps, even help demystify the process of putting it together, along with the expectations of presenting it.”
The Guardian collects notable writers talking about their 10 rules for writing. Usually I hate this sort of thing. But some of them are very, very good.
“Created by artists from Africa and Europe, Slum TV’s mission was to develop a television network that was about slum culture and was also produced by its inhabitants. In four years, it has managed to sustain itself and create jobs for 16 to 20 people in Kenya.”
Werner Herzog reads Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and your other favorite children’s stories. Zomg.
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