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These Uncanny ’80s Illustrations of Life After Humans Are More Relevant Today Than Ever

Eye on Design

The book was nominated for a Hugo Award and in subsequent years, it inspired exhibitions , movies, comics, animated films, documentary series’, and television shows. In 2003, the Animal Planet TV series The Future is Wild was inspired by the book and Dixon acted as consultant.

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How research builds the designer

UX Collective

Photo by mentatdgt from Pexels The practice of design has been around since 2.5 The central message of the book Design, When Everybody Designs by Ezio Manzini is that nowadays, everyone designs, actively playing a role in devising strategies to make their lives, companies, societies better.

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The Cult of the Complex

A List Apart

This basic idea, and I use the adjective advisedly, along with other equally rudimentary and self-evident concepts, formed the basis of my 2003 book Designing With Web Standards , which the industry treated as a revelation, when it was merely common sense. Don’t use a div when you mean a p. The message messes up the medium.

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Top 10 Best Logo Design Books for Designers

Inkbot Design

“Logo Design Theory” provides both concrete guidance and thought-provoking concepts. By mastering the principles in this book, designers can create logos that aesthetically communicate a brand's identity and ethos.

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The case for using non-human personas in design

UX Collective

Getting started with non-human personas To start building non-human personas for your own design projects, you can download a free PDF template along with examples and other resources from the companion website of our book Design Think Make Break Repeat. About Face 2: The Essentials of Interaction Design. Reimann, R.

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Patterns are good

UX Collective

The popularity of card-based UI design demonstrates its effectiveness in providing an intuitive user experience. 104) or a unique vocabulary that we can share between designers or a design community. Common Ground: a pattern language for human-computer interface design. Pattern languages in interaction design.

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