Mark Dudlik

In an effort to squeeze every last drop of productivity from the 18-20 hours I am awake each day, I’ve decided to start a project that is impossible for me to finish.

Maybe I’m starting to feel old. I just turned 28. 30 is looming close. I realize that’s not old by most standards, but it feels like a milestone I’d rather not reach. Either way, I’m realizing I’m not producing enough work. I have lots of initiatives and projects, but often as a result of sacrificing time for the design & writing work I love to do.

So, I am going to try and do 28 things, 28 times, in my 28th year. 28×28. I realize that is 784 possible things. That’s more than 2 things per day. Some may overlap and I’m guessing most won’t even happen. Never-the-less, here is my attempt to do 28 things 28 times. And I have to be happy with all of them, I can’t just phone them in. Which likely means I’ll do all of these 3 times. We’ll see.

28×28

1. Make 28 screen prints
2. Read & review 28 books
3. Design on 28 vinyl toys
4. Make 28 books
5. Make 28 tops
6. Make 28 characters
7. Make 28 toy prototypes
8. 28 pieces of public design
9. Make a 28 page magazine
10. Take 28 photographs & print them
11. Write 28 short stories
12. Write 28 blog or magazine articles
13. Make 28 movies that are 28 seconds long
14. Make 28 wood/cardboard based somethings
15. Make 28 button designs
16. Draw 28 characters of an alphabet
17. Draw 28 new pandas
18. Write 28 design history articles
19. Make 28 life icons/tear sheet
20. Make 28 event posters
21. Make 28 3D Models
22. Make 28 self-logos
23. Make 28 quote posters
24. Paint 28 paintings
25. Make 28 patterns
26. Make 28 t-shirt designs
27. Paint on 28 objects
28. Put all this shit in a book, make 28 copies.

There, now its on the internet, which means I’m accountable to finish these all. 51 weeks til I’m 29.

Here we go…