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Andrew Satake Blauvelt Elevated Graphic Design Far Beyond Notions of “Problem Solving”

Eye on Design

As an undergraduate, he was exposed to a rare-at-the-time design program that wasn’t simply commerce-focused, but also incorporated the history and theory of graphic design. Their program had made a name for itself as the epicenter of progressive graphic design and a hotbed for the intersection of design and critical theory. “He

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The design of API documentation

UX Collective

A really good source of professional knowledge, with a great mentoring program, is The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) (2021) which hosts an annual conference. JS: An API (application programming interface) allows different pieces of software to communicate with each other. Is this correct? Can you clarify?

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The snake that eats its tail

UX Collective

But with that productivity came a new sense of conflict between digital life and real life. The Watch speaks a narrative of control as one uses it to curate a digital lifestyle aggregation of online consumption delivered by an endless array of potential new apps. I was becoming a more adept person, but also a more horrible one.