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Amy Pastre and Courtney Rowson on 13 years of running a studio and where they believe design is heading next

Creative Boom

Since launching SDCO Partners in 2009, founders Amy Pastre and Courtney Rowson have designed hundreds of brands worldwide – including names like LeCreuset and Soludos – but it's their work with industry-disrupting, women-owned businesses that drives their passion. How did the pandemic compare to 2009 for you?

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Women’s History Month–Worldview Purveyors

Thinking Design

She received the Timeless Talent Award in 1999, and in 2009 she was awarded the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in Fashion. * * * * * * * * * It’s been a minute, wanna catch up? In 2003 she transformed the brand by expanding into other markets, introducing shoes, handbags, jewelry, and swimsuits to her collections.

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5 Best UX Books to Elevate Your Design Skills

Inkbot Design

5 Best UX Books to Elevate Your Design Skills Hey there, fellow UX enthusiasts and aspiring design wizards! Are you ready to level up your user experience game and advance your design skills ? In the following pages, we'll unveil the hidden gems that can shape you into the UX designer everyone admires.

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Future London Academy's ‘Design The Future’ Global Collaboration

Abduzeedo

The digital piece will be announced in conjunction with Future London Academy’s Executive Programme for Design Leaders , inspired by Bauhaus founded 100 years ago. She creates joyful character-based work for print and digital mediums, including her own Shutterstock collections. . David Brodeur - Instagram @lockedandloading .

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Gretel's Dylan Mulvaney on city life, serendipity, and why graphic designers never get famous

Creative Boom

We have thirty-five very talented people from around the world working together across design, strategy, operations, and IT. There were four full-time people when I started in 2009. They teach and inspire me every day. Have you been through a lot of changes over that time? Yeah, Gretel began as a motion studio.

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The many deaths of UX design

UX Collective

It’s widely believed that designers are busy asking people what they prefer, but haven’t we all heard the fake Henry Ford’s quote about faster horses? In 2009, Walmart lost a tremendous amount of money after having launched “an uncluttering project” and asking their customers whether they’d like “Walmart aisles to be less cluttered?”.

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How to navigate the insanity of behavioral science

UX Collective

It is comprehensive, with an intuitive, theory-based structure that is easy to learn and grounded in the science of building digital products. But best of all, it’s an excellent choice for AI-infused behavioral product design. With this list, I could audit digital products and reverse engineer their psychological design patterns.