Category Archives: Design Book

Inch or Metric?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by walkerg

Machinists are spinning in their graves at what I’m about to share and I can’t quite believe it myself. It’s hard to explain the attachment one gets to a measuring system when you’ve made a living dodging hot steel chips … Continue reading →

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Proportions add life to a design

Posted on October 18, 2011 by walkerg

Gaining fresh new insights working on the upcoming Lost Art Press book on design. As often happens when teaching or writing, the process forces you to flip over more stones in the creek bottom to see what might scurry out. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Hatching a design book.

Posted on July 23, 2011 by walkerg

I’ve been hinting about something big  in the works for months, now it’s official. A design book tentatively titled “Divide and Conquer” is in the wings co-written by none other than Jim Tolpin and yours truly. It’s an honor to … Continue reading →

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