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Jul. 20th Pure Design: redesign while you still look good

TAKEAWAY: Make change and innovation a constant part of your work.  In today’s environment, one does not make rethinking a “project” in the traditional definition of the word. Or, perhaps, it is the project that is carried out continuously.  ALSO: Death of an anchorman: Page One and Walter Cronkite  PLUS: A French video about the future of books

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Jul. 17th Sunday update: Dubai’s Gulf News: Sports special celebrates cricket; plus Bild am Sonntag

TAKEAWAY: Cricket fanatics in the UAE today wake up to a very special Saturday morning surprise, as the Gulf News celebrates 100 years of cricket in style for the sport’s many fans.  ALSO: Walter Cronkite’s death on newspaper front pages Pure DesignToday’s installment: Longer isn’t boring PLUS: At the venerable Wall Street Journal a more colorful presentation? AND: Update on Hindustantimes redesign, one week later

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Jul. 17th Photo Captions: Give them your best

TAKEAWAY: Pure Design’s installment today—-those very important captions under photographs. Treat them with care, write them well, and never leave them out.

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Jul. 16th Typography short course: we bring you the highlights today

TAKEAWAY: Reed Reibstein, a rising junior at Yale University, and our Garcia Media summer intern, has just returned from a one-week short course titled TDi (“Type Design intensive”) at the University of Reading, England. Reed shares highlights of what he learned there, especially as it applies to editors and designers. ALSO: Pure Design download: Web design; think books?

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Jul. 15th Nigeria’s Next on Sunday: changing journalism one Sunday at a time

TAKEAWAY: It has been more than six months since Next on Sunday made a colorful splash into the even more colorful streets of Lagos, Nigeria (and nationally).  We review this success story. ALSO: Pure Design is all about “whispers” today.

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Jul. 14th Luxembourg’s L’Essentiel number one with readers

TAKEAWAY: The free, French-language daily L’Essentiel now rates number one with readers between the ages of 15 and 49 PLUS: Pure Design: a brief should be brief

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Jul. 12th New look for India’s Hindustantimes

TAKEAWAY: This week, one of India’s largest circulations dailies, Hindustantimes, of Delhi, launched its new look. We show you pages and give you details of this Garcia Media project.  ALSO: Pure Design installment ready to download

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Jul. 12th TheMarioBlog resumes

TAKEAWAY: It was a great 10 days in beautiful and scenic Longboat Key, Florida with the entire family. Now back to work. COMING TOMORROW: The launch of the Hindustantimes in Delhi, INdia.  ALSO: Pure Design continues

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Jul. 3rd TheMarioBlog will return on July 14th

TAKEAWAY: I am enjoying 10 days of beach and sun with my four children, their spouses and the ten grandchildren. Will return to work, and to TheMarioBlog, on July 14. Happy Fourth of July Holiday to all.

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Jul. 3rd TheMarioBlog takes a week until July 14

TAKEAWAY: I am enjoying 10 days of beach and sun with my four children, their spouses and the ten grandchildren. Will return to work, and to TheMarioBlog, on July 14. Happy Fourth of July Holiday to all.

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Jul. 2nd Pure Design 3: Layering Stories

TAKEAWAY: Pure Design segment 3 today: Layering stories PLUS: More about Newsweek’s redesign ALSO: More Michael Jackson

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Jul. 1st Words: Engines to good design

TAKEAWAY: Pure Design segment 2 today: The importance of words to the visual journalist

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Jun. 30th Today: Pure Design the book starts publishing here

TAKEAWAY: It has been one of my most popular books, perhaps because it follows the storytelling techniques that readers prefer: short, “fable inspired” bits of information about our craft.  So today we begin publishing Pure Design on the blog.  In addition, we will update entries that were originally written in 2002 to add today’s updates and enhancements. ALSO: End of the vertical flag for the venerable Hartford Courant

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Jun. 30th Michael Jackson: the magazine covers

TAKEAWAY: Now the weekly magazines worldwide begin to pay tribute to the king of pop. ALSO: Pure Design appears on the blog starting tomorrow.

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Jun. 29th Behold the bar code, and find a place for it

TAKEAWAY: It is the 35th birthday of that little zebra-inspired element called the bar code. Reason to celebrate? PLUS: Pure Design comes to the blog July 1 AND: Newspaper tributes to the king of pop, Michael Jackson. ALSO: Berlin postcard

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