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This Experimental Publisher Is Rethinking How Design Books Get Made

Eye on Design

One of the more well-known examples is from 2015 when two graphic designers raised nearly $1 million ($941,966, to be exact, against a now-modest $158,000 goal) in just 34 days for a reissue of NASA Graphics Standard Manual , a spiral-bound guide to the government agency’s graphic identity program from 1975.

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The History Books Often Overlook Women in Design. A New One Seeks to Finally Give Them Their Due

Eye on Design

In the field of graphic design, the victors were the people who were allowed to go to school, own businesses, join professional organizations where networking and mentoring happen, and enter competitions at will. Not surprisingly, those people were overwhelmingly White men. .

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Can technology generate serendipity?

UX Collective

In a digital world every occurrence is planned to keep users in “flow”, to optimise funnels, user behaviour is engineered and there is no serendipity in it — everything is pre-programmed and decided upfront. Fortunately, one of the first things that I learned in programming is that computers can throw random numbers at us!

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Design 4.0: leading design in the new industry

UX Collective

It was done with a line of text through an artificial intelligence program called Midjourney. There are enough examples across history, ranging from automotive to smartphones, which show the incredible network effect of innovative solutions. Design in Tech Report 2017. New York: Penguin Publishing Group,2021. Maeda, John.

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Houston Accelerators that Every Startup Needs to Know About

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For any startup looking to make an impact, there’s no better way to accelerate your growth than by joining an accelerator program. Assuming you have a viable product or service, with evidence that customers have a need for it, then these programs can be very beneficial. Find out more about this Houston Accelerator program here.

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50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget

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Sale Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter Hardcover Book Phaidon Editors, Phaidon (Author) English (Publication Language) 708 Pages – 03/13/2017 (Publication Date) – Phaidon Press (Publisher) −$15.96 $8.99 National Geographic's Greatest Landscapes captures unique terrains across seven continents.

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The mechanics of non-human personas

UX Collective

Almost 50 years later, in March 2017, the Whanganui River in New Zealand was the first river to be granted personhood [2]. For example, the impact ripple canvas can be used to identify a network of secondary and tertiary actions and to map out intended and unintended consequences of a design intervention [10]. Sams Publishing.