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AZURE Talks at IDS: Redefining Modern Design in 2022 — and Beyond

Azure Magazine

Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall is a design anthropologist, public intellectual and design advocate who works at the intersections of critical theory, culture and design. As Dean of Design at Ontario College of Art and Design University , she is the first black and black female dean of a faculty of design.

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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.” Design influences and is influenced by every other discipline. Design Issues , 25 (4), 54–79.

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2021 Year in Review: Where I Work

Design Milk

Founded by designers and architects Leonardo and Marzia Dainelli in 2007, the practice designs interiors for private and public spaces, as well as collaborating with noted home furnishings brands, like Arketipo, Fendi Casa, Fratelli Boffi, Gallotti&Radice, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Londonart, and Mogg, to name a few.

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The Provocative and Prescient Work of Archie Boston Jr.

Eye on Design

Boston lived through the integration of Florida public schools, but settled into an all-Black high school and was inducted into the National Honor Society in the eleventh grade. In 2009, Boston retired from academia, but he hasn’t stopped creating or influencing future generations. He elaborates, “I wanted to make a statement.

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Women You Should Know in Graphic Design History

Tuts Plus

It doesn’t stop there, however: she has served as a board member for Adobe, the Society of Publication Designers, and the Type Directors Club. Gail’s work ranges from publication design to posters and branding. Marian Bantjes, GQ Italy cover, October 2009. Her love for typography started from her passion for words.

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101+ Unique Gift Ideas for Graphic Designers & Creatives 2023

Just Creative

Buy on Amazon Latest Price on Amazon: 129 Reviews Walls Notebook Forlee, Sherwood (Author) English (Publication Language) 160 Pages - 02/01/2009 (Publication Date) - Quirk Books (Publisher) $19.00 Buy on Amazon Designer T-Shirt Designers love unique tees, and you can find a ton on Amazon.

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50 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2020

Shillington

Less well known, but no less fascinating, is the distillation of modernism in graphic design. This unprecedented publication, authored by Jens Müller, brings together approximately 6,000 trademarks, focused on the period 1940–1980, to examine how modernist attitudes and imperatives gave birth to corporate identity. Buy the book.