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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Sale Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field Armstrong, Helen (Author) English (Publication Language) 151 Pages – 03/11/2009 (Publication Date) – Princeton Architectural Press (Publisher) −$22.95 $2.00 The Design of Everyday Things remains a must-read for new designers.

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(Almost) Never Demolish: Reviving Social Housing Through Preservation

Azure Magazine

Combining condo blocks with ample public amenities, the ongoing development — initiated in 2002 — is knitting a once-isolated neighbourhood back into the city. And in an era of limited public investment, the partnership with private developers meant that all those new condominiums helped pay for improved social housing.

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Bridging the Gap: Design Competitions and Public Preference in Architecture

Azure Magazine

Consider, for example, a competition for a public monument with a construction value of $3 million, and a standard seven per cent fee of $210,000, leaving very little to finish the design details and construction administration. So, even if you are fortunate enough to be selected as the winner, you are likely to lose money in its execution.

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Architecture Lobby Toronto Inaugurates a New Kind of Book Club

Azure Magazine

As a self-regulating profession in Canada , architecture is framed through its mandate to protect the “public interest.” The notion that public interest and public safety are synonymous terms undermines architecture’s political role. Links to Resources for C-A-L-L 1: Architecture and the Public Interest. Register here !

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12 universal design principles

UX Collective

After all, the role of the designer today is to be on the continual lookout, to detect all the intangible vibes of emerging needs, trends, and desires, to play with them, and eventually to re-interpret them as products for public use.” ICON Magazine. Antonio Scarponi: Design agency: Conceptual devices: Zürich. 2007, August 23).

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How to Enhance Your Website User Experience

Inkbot Design

Norman (Author) English (Publication Language) 288 Pages – 09/19/2002 (Publication Date) – Basic Books (Publisher) $19.99 Nonetheless, salaries can range from $60K-$130K+ based on location, experience level and whether you work in-house or at an agency. Advertising agencies have them as well.

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The 25 Most Famous Graphic Designers of All Time

Inkbot Design

1 Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design Hardcover Book Jennifer Bass (Author) English (Publication Language) 428 Pages – 11/09/2011 (Publication Date) – Laurence King Publishing (Publisher) −$37.49 $47.51 Sale Bestseller No. Hey, we all have to start somewhere, right? Sale Bestseller No. Bestseller No.