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Category: Graphic Arts

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Technology—A Passing Threat

Posted on 02/07/2021 by erin

[February 2021] I wrote this short piece in graduate school—my first year—when I thought I would still be a graphic designer when I finished school. I think muc...

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Traveling Down Graphic Design Rabbit Trails

Posted on 01/21/2016 by erin

I am thick in the middle of research for my book and I am having a blast. The rabbit trails that I find myself traversing is reinvigorating my love of the trivi...

General/Graphic Arts

Type History

Posted on 09/16/2015 by erin

As part of the class I am teaching – Visual Interaction Design – we are doing a module on typography and type design. Tangential to that is type his...

Bookbinding/Graphic Arts/Letterpress

Beyond Design

Posted on 06/24/2013 by erin

Back in the days of the Bauhaus, designers were multi-faceted. The designers that many of us studied in school and admired for their modernist thinking about ty...

My New Book Is Out

New Mini Books for Sale on Gumroad

Grid Guide for UX Designers
A Guide to Maps & Models for UX Designers
A Guide to Gestalt Principles for UX Designers
A Guide to Color Theory & Use in Digital Products
A Guide to Maps & Models for UX Designers

Now available on Amazon - in paperback and kindle versions.

MASTODON POSTS

Still reeling from the news that CCA (California College of the Arts) is closing next year. Was not planning on losing my job so soon - was hoping this would be the retirement path. Any leads around UX/IXD education, design education, administration etc are greatly appreciated. https://www.kqed.org/arts/13985413/california-college-of-the-arts-sfai-mills-art-school-closures

16 January 2026 @ 7:29 pm

As I am making my way through West Wing episodes, I realize I never watched it the first time around and it’s sad that many of the issues they cover are still the same issues we are debating now. Too bad we don’t have someone as measured and kind as Bartlet in office.

12 January 2026 @ 3:34 am

I just sent my first email with Buttondown. Pretty easy. I am announcing December art events I am participating in - in San Francisco. If you are interested in original art, then check out my newsletter - https://buttondown.com/erinKmalone/archive/8-paw-press-erin-malone-december-art-events/

28 November 2025 @ 10:30 pm

I'm doing a virtual book talk at the Internet Archive next week with Abby Covert leading the conversation about my book, my process and what's next. The event is also going to end up as a podcast as the IA turn their live events into podcasts. Hope you can make it!
📅 Thu, June 12🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET📍 ONLINE🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-in-through-the-side-door-tickets-1333098526579
@internetarchive

3 June 2025 @ 7:14 pm

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility and I just posted the latest Deep Cuts profile to Women in IXD about Sasha Costanza-Chock and her work around Design Justice. https://womenofixd.com/stories/sasha-costanza-chock
#TransDayOfVisibility

31 March 2025 @ 7:16 pm

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