On December 5, 1927, the present King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, was born in the United States. Not known to turn away sanook in any form, the Thais have been celebrating all year, taking this and that day off. As a mark of respect to their beloved King, they sport yellow shirts and tee’s. It’s mostly on Mondays, but some choose to wear yellow during the week. At times it’s a sea of yellow on street corners and public transit.

On December 5, 2005, Robert Wurth joined the blogging ranks with Freshly Squeezed Droplets (edited: looks like it’s now closed). Robert’s calm wisdom has long been known on the about.com graphic design forum, so it became an additional treat to be able to get his views via bloglines.

Although extremely busy with running his own design company, Freshly Squeezed Design, Robert graces us with well thought out posts. I’ve picked out a few of my favourites to share below (now offline):

Spec Work and Mail Order Brides
Answers Against Contests and Spec Work
The LogoWorks Straw Man
Barenaked Exploitation
What The Logo Mills Don’t Want You To Know
Dear Client

If you are reading through those titles for the first time, you might get the impression that Robert is just as passionate about the industry of design as I am. And you’d be right. The difference is that Robert keeps his cool, where I don’t (at times). After the first shot of indignation, Robert channels his anger by sitting down and planning out his thoughts. When he’s penning his clear words, I’m spitting fire and ready to go to war.

Thank you Robert. And a very Happy Birthday to you both. You’ve done a bang up job this past year and I’m proud to know you!

EDITED: This blog seems to be offline …


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