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Group Critiques & Tweak-a-thons

Tweaking things to death is not evidence of dedication. It’s a sign of insecurity.

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Cathy Davenport Lee
Jun 14, 2025
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The year is 1999. I’m in design school, in one of my “foundation of design” studio classes. Everyone’s brought their latest project, a set of perfectly arranged gradient steps painted with gouache. They’ve mounted them to cardboard and pinned them carefully to the wall.

Sort of like this for visualization purposes. It’s not 100% accurate but gets the ide…

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