If you, like me, amass a collection of inspiration outside of your harddrive you may be interested in my method of keeping those magazine pages, photo stories, and drawings more organized.

You’ll Need:

3-ring Binder (I use a 3-inch one for more space and durability)
3-ring Sheet Protectors
Sticker Labels or Index Dividers
Magazines
Metal Ruler
Olfa Knife or Scissors
Cutting Mat (if [...]

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Aaron Heth and Matt McInerney, two design students from SCAD created Read Between The Leading, a podcast on design related issues and practices.
 
Nubby posted some great scans from her favorite book The Brand Gap.
 
10 great designers volunteered to design a resume for a fictional web designer, Steve Stevenson.  Check out a roundup of the 10 [...]

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The Society of Publication Designers is holding a student portfolio review in Manhattan tonight! You must RSVP by 4pm today (by email to: spdrsvp@gmail.com), but if you are interested in working on the design side of magazines (photos, layout, etc) and you’re in school now you should RSVP and go! It completely [...]

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I’m in college now and I would like to transfer to Parsons but I wanted to know… how heavily they will weigh my GPA? Do you think it will have an affect on their decision?
This was one of the biggest questions I had when I applied to Parsons, too. I wasn’t a terrible [...]

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Do you have any advice on what major should I take if I want to work in magazines?

In order to answer your question, I need a few answers first. What type of magazine are you interested in working for; fashion, art, technology? Even still, there are many subgroups to these broad content ideas; [...]

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