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Apple has created many near-magical devices that enrich our lives. Their products exude ultra premium design, with a multitude of useful features, and constructed of refined materials. They get thinner. They get lighter. (But those prices never get smaller.) And we love them for it.

This was first published on my mailing list The Looking Glass . Every week, I answer a reader's question. This has probably been the most common discussion topic among designers over the past decade. Pretty much every designer I know (myself included) has, at one point or another, felt they were working with people who didn't fully appreciate design.

One of my favorite projects to work on is designing book covers. They're always a very rewarding challenge. It's often an opportunity to express my creativity at its full potential which makes it fun. I recently designed two book covers, and for one of the books I also did the entire layout.