John McWade, a true pioneer in desktop publishing and a gifted design educator, passed away on October 8, 2024, from complications following heart surgery. Here’s a small slice of his remarkable journey. In the early 1970s, “art school” could be disappointing for those of us more interested in graphic design than pure artistic expression. So […]
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Have you lost track of QuarkXPress? Me too. Here’s an update…
Jay Nelson, formerly the publisher of Design Tools Monthly (THE graphic design news resource for two decades), sent me a copy of his first book today. Obviously, I haven’t read it yet but if QuarkXPress for Dummies exhibits anywhere near the quality of thinking Jay brought us though all of his other efforts, I can […]