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A Tight Knit Group
THIS WOULDN’T HAVE WORKED WITHOUT REAL BONDS IN THE DEPARTMENT
I was hoping Issue 100 would be the end of a “where are they now” series, but it hasn’t been a good year for meeting up. Picture it—like a conventions issue but for the original Dubbs crew. Career changes, parenthood, artistic ventures... Some of the original contributors and readers took a survey to see what they remember and how they’re doing now. Those answers appear throughout the section. A few wrote and sent us pictures. Look for what they shared farther into the issue! Mostly we’re celebrating how we got to be 100. —MV
The time everyone happened to wear argyle and we put it on the cover. More examples of coworkers dressing alike in the desktop version.
The sheep skin rug that sat under Olga’s desk. She stepped up the game in cubicle accessories. It was like a bridal bouquet: If this was under your desk, you were next to receive a job offer.
Ogla's painting we put on the first cover
(c) Olga
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Luis joked he was going to publish a haiku he wrote in the next issue of Art Department Weekly. Then he needed to follow through on the joke with an actual newsletter. The first cover is a painting by Olga. It’s the type of piece where you sit down and have no idea what you want to create. You simply let the art come to you naturally, according to Issue 1.
AN ART DEPT. NEWSLETTER
The initial issues consistently included updates on how designers did their jobs—the number of revisions, sketches, favorite fonts, best music to listen to while working... “When you are trying to design with write arounds and supplied art, it gave you the opportunity to become more graphic with type treatments,” Luis says. Continuously coming up with new ideas is easier when everyone is sharing their inspirations.
