Christopher J. Nuernberger has been documenting his perspective on the people and approaches that have defined the changing discipline of design in series titled Who We Are. He points to the work of Milton Glaser, Joe Duffy, Alan Fletcher and, one of my favorite artists, Andy Warhol. I was surprised and honored to see that our work was included in his review. In Chris’s words:

His name is Randy J. Hunt and he is changing the shape of our profession. No longer is it just OK to be a good designer. Now it takes a thirst to be so much more, to do things not only better but different and on a bigger scale.

Chris, we couldn’t agree more. Thinking big has helped a lot more people than it’s hurt. It is our perspective that we’re responsible not only for moving from A to B through design but also to imagine B to be the most healthy, enjoyable, sustaining enterprise it can be.

A huge thanks to Chris for including Citizen Scholar.

The Designers Accord has just published a progress report which provides an over view on adopter growth and initiatives developing under its umbrella.

Recipients of our newsletter, The Occasional, may recall that Citizen Scholar “took the pledge” so to speak and is operating under recommendations adopted from The Designers Accord for integrating, improving and sharing sustainable responsibility in design practice.

If you didn’t get that update, you can sign up here and never miss a beat.

Our dear client Luke Wolagiewicz will be in New York City this week for the opening of Battlespace: Unrealities of War, an exhibition of photographs from Iraq and Afghanistan. Luke’s images join those of 21 other photographers in what promises to be a powerful collection of images.

We hope to see you at the opening reception.

Opening Reception
February 28, 6-8pm
Gallery FCB
16 West 23rd Street
New York City

On View
February 28 – April 30

Wolagiewicz.com, designed and developed by Citizen Scholar.

I’m honored to be in good company among the judges of the Glad Photo Competition.

We’ll post updates as the competition kicks off.

Wheat Wurtzburger and Anna Kerlin’s “The Way You Make Me Feel” is on view at Pound Gallery in Orlando, FL through February 29th.

Here’s what Orlando Weekly had to say:

Karrie Jacobs appears on American Public Media’s Marketplace commenting the U.S. Passport’s new design.

I love my passport—the classic blue cover, the stamps and stickers from all over the world. It’s the adult version of my childhood stamp album. And now, somehow, it’s become a vehicle for visual propaganda.

Text and audio available here.

We’re officially through one month of 2008. To say that it passed at lightening speed still doesn’t seem to explain the flash of time that’s just passed.

After reviewing our goals for the year, I decided it might be fun (and motivating) to publish some of them. Thus, we’ve created this list:

10 Things Citizen Scholar Will Do In 2008

• Make available to others the custom software we use internally.
• Design and perform a designed performance.
• Design something edible.
• Release and distribute a line of products.
• Re-introduce ourselves.
• Re-visit the art of concert poster design.
• Self-publish a diminutive printed artifact.
• Travel abroad.
• Work with a biologist.

• All be photographed together.