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Put In A Different Context, Something Becomes Extraordinary

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1rZqw5bXb4] I first saw this clip by EepyBird in a post over on The Digital Sanctuary followed it to its source. I enjoyed it enough to want to share it here.  And I wanted to add the thought that everything we consider ordinary, such as a pad of sticky notes, had a unique origin. Whether [...]

For What It’s Worth: A Designer’s Value

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Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance, form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form.   -Paul Rand  There are those who know how to write code for a web site, but not how to design one. Technical know-how does not make one a designer, just as [...]

Making the Invisible Visible

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There is a phrase:ex nihilo nihil fit. It roughly translates from the Latin as “from nothing, nothing comes”. Generally, this is a true statement; you can’t create something from nothing. Unless you happen to be a designer.       We designers are in the business of creating something from nothing. A client has the need [...]

Being Remarkable

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My friend, Mary, was recently in a community theatre production of The Mikado. She was asked to write a bio for the printed program. This being her first role ever, she had little to say about herself that related. So in the 250-word blurb, she “humorized” on the concept of a bio, sidestepping the usual [...]

10 Tips for Design Students (Especially Mine)

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Having mentored so many students over the past 20 years (wow, has it been that long?), I’ve learned that their success as students and ultimately as designers depends as much on them as it does on me. Here are some tips gleaned from both observation and experience for making the grade: The teacher is there [...]

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