by James Yang | Dec 2, 2014 | blog
The Your Money section was a special collaboration between the New York Times and NPR. In addition to the cover series, I was asked to illustrate an essay describing the experience of a couple trying to navigate a relationship thought the trauma of the recession....
by James Yang | Nov 25, 2014 | blog, editorial, projects
Fred Norgaard called with an exciting but scary project: he needed 10 illustrations over the weekend for a special section of the New York Times about your money. He provided a color comp pulling images from my site. I love when designers do this because it does help...
by James Yang | Nov 18, 2014 | blog, news
Received a pleasant call last evening from the Society of Illustrators. Turns out 2 pieces made it into the Advertising and Institutional Show. Having judged this year in the Editorial category, I saw how difficult it was for a piece to be accepted. This is my third...
by James Yang | Nov 11, 2014 | blog
The Chronicle of Higher Education and I have had a long relationship and it’s thrilling to see more of their stories getting attention on a national level. Ellen Winkler called with an interesting essay about how the internet and human interaction has created a...
by James Yang | Nov 4, 2014 | blog
AD SooJin Buzelli called earlier this fall for a story in CIO magazine about asset managers who realized it might actually be a good idea to buy a stake in companies of other asset managers. They realized they would be the best people to analyze asset managers so they...
by James Yang | Oct 28, 2014 | blog
Last week was a strange karma week. More than one friend called and asked for advice about retirement. The main theme was friends were worried they had not saved enough or were not saving early enough in their careers. By chance, Fred Norgaard from the New York Times...
