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Remembering Richard McConnell 1942-2020: the inimitable exhibition designer

Design Week

Exhibition design is the ultimate in multi-disciplinary design. There is nothing money can buy that you can’t put in an exhibition. “There is only one crime that an exhibition designer can commit – and that is to be boring! .

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Meet the Jury of the AZ Awards 2024

Azure Magazine

She has designed affordable housing projects for Toronto Community Housing Corporation, affordable student housing at UBC, and prototypical housing for the northern Indigenous community of Fort Severn. He has also designed products and exhibition stands for companies such as Alessi, B&B Italia, Cassina, Fantini, Kartell and Knoll.

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21 Famous Graphic Designers That Anyone in the Design Industry Needs to Know in 2023

Shillington

So, if you’re after some inspiration or just want to be amazed, then keep reading! Gail Anderson Gail Anderson’s career is super impressive—with stints at Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, Random House and currently partner at Anderson Newton Design. Scher’s work has shaped the graphic design of New York City since the ‘90s.

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Remembering Terence Conran: “No one has done more to create modern Britain”

Design Week

Peter Mandelson, chairman of the museum’s board of trustees, calls Conran “one of the most iconic figures of post-war Britain”: “He leaves a treasure trove of household and industrial design that will stay with us forever.” In 2003, Conran became provost of the Royal College of Art.

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Don Norman and the Emotional Side of Design

Inkbot Design

Emotional design considers how a product makes users feel on a gut, instinctual level. The next frontier will involve elevating them as relatable companions through emotional design. How might they appropriately exhibit empathy, humour, concern, and other emotions based on context and culture?

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Women You Should Know in Graphic Design History

Tuts Plus

Marian Bantjes is a Canadian designer who uses intricate patterns and typography. Her work is detailed and inspired by ornamentation seen in old manuscripts. Marian started out as a book typesetter and later joined the Canadian design studio Digitopolis. One of them was the Swoosh inspired by Nike, the Greek Goddess of victory.

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35 Famous Graphic Designers You Need To Know

Shillington

So, if you’re after some inspiration or just want to be amazed, then get reading! Gail Anderson’s career is super impressive—with stints at Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, Random House and currently partner at Anderson Newton Design. Gail Anderson. Marian Bantjes. Michael Beirut.