Frank Chimero
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I’m Frank Chimero, a multi-disciplinary designer, accidental writer, and lapsed illustrator.
The Web’s Grain
2015
Designing in the Borderlands
2014
Only Openings
2014
What Screens Want
2013
The Inferno of Independence
2013
Hi, I’d Like To Add Myself to The New Yorker
Jan 2016
Other Halves
May 2015
Boring Future, Volume 1
Oct 2014
Jettison the Rest
Oct 2014
Every Step Is Moving Me Up
Oct 2014
The Second Trip-Up
Oct 2014
The Woozy Walk
Oct 2014
New Computer
Oct 2014
The Only Note to Self
Sep 2014
There Go the Grown-Ups
Sep 2014
From the Porch to the Street
Aug 2014
Refragmentation
Aug 2014
I Can’t Read Walden
Aug 2014
For Chloe
Jul 2014
Massimo and Me
May 2014
Madness and Rowing
Apr 2014
No New Tools
Apr 2014
My Tattoo
Apr 2014
This One’s For Me
Mar 2014
Three Things To Say
Mar 2014
Make It Homely
Feb 2014
Concerning the Sandpit Outside My Studio Window
Jan 2014
Some Lessons I Learned in 2013
Jan 2014
Writing Advice
Dec 2013
Homesteading 2014
Dec 2013
Suggestions for Speakers
Nov 2013
Science Fictional Bands
Sep 2013
Formulating the Questions
Aug 2013
Reshape, Reprint
Aug 2013
The Art of Reaching
Jul 2013
Portraits
Jun 2013
Generosity of Perspective
Jun 2013
Web Tableaus
Jun 2013
Two Sentences About Getting Older and Working on the Web
May 2013
The Nature of Problems
Apr 2013
The Cloud is Heavy and Design Isn’t Invisible
Mar 2013
Let’s Talk About Timeless Design
Mar 2013
Waste Need Not Waste
Mar 2013
All Kinds of Awesome
Feb 2013
Digital Jubilee
Dec 2012
The Anthologists
Dec 2012
Saimese Dream
Oct 2012
The Wall
Dec 2011
Louis CK’s Shameful, Dirty Comedy
Dec 2011
The Tree of Life
Oct 2011
The Particle
Oct 2011
The Long, Hard, Stupid Way
Sep 2011
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Sep 2011
On Baseball
Jul 2011
Sorting a Mass
Jun 2011
Collections and Gifts
May 2011
Reading Readiness
May 2011
Designer’s Poison
Apr 2011
Velocity
Feb 2011
Making the Bed You Sleep In
Jan 2011
The Setup
Jan 2011
On Content
Nov 2010
The Humble Pencil, The Mighty Computer
Nov 2010
How to Have an Idea
Oct 2010
Kid A
Oct 2010
What Advice Would You Give a Graphic Design Student?
Aug 2010
Lazy Hammer
Jul 2010
Tin-Eyed
Jun 2010
There Is No Catching Up
Jun 2010
You Are Here
May 2010
Text Playlist
May 2010
Rules of Engagement
Mar 2010
Big Ideas
Mar 2010
Anti-Pre-Pro
Feb 2010
On Iteration
Jan 2010
Why vs. How
Sep 2009
On Avedon, On Vonnegut
Sep 2009
Ten Principles
Feb 2009