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F5: Elena Salmistraro Shares Her Favorite Accessory, Art + Album

Design Milk

Elena Salmistraro graduated from the Politecnico in Milan with a degree in Industrial Design in 2008, and the following year opened her own firm. She’s the creator of a unique and highly recognizable aesthetic, and interested in developing work that straddles the lines between illustration, design, and visual arts.

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Back to basics: what did Bruno Munari leave for designers in “Design as art”?

UX Collective

In the “Back to basics” series, I would like to rediscover the content of the textbooks I read at the beginning of my industrial design studies. Bruno Munari was an Italian artist, designer, and inventor who contributed fundamentals to many fields of visual arts and design. Don’t hesitate to leave a comment.

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F5: Jason Bird’s Favorite Chair + the Simple Things He Favors

Design Milk

Jason Bird Photo: Courtesy Luxxbox “When I was in school I always loved art, but was also fascinated by engineering,” he recalled. “I remember going to a career day and discovering industrial design and it seemed to all fall into place. Design seems at the crossroads of art and engineering.”

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50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget

Inkbot Design

50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget Designers are creative professionals who use their artistic talents to communicate ideas visually. Whether in graphic design , industrial design, interior design, or other specialities, designers rely on inspiration, software, tools, and technology to bring their visions to life.

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Bauhaus Graphic Design: Past, Present, and Future

Inkbot Design

Bauhaus Graphic Design : Past, Present, and Future The Bauhaus school revolutionised graphic design by pioneering bold, minimalist styles emphasising function over ornamentation. From 1919 to 1933, the Bauhaus united fine arts and crafts to create practical yet beautiful designs for the machine age.

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How the Occult Shaped Branding’s Obsession With Color

Eye on Design

Art historian Stephen Eskilson made the case for “thought forms” influencing the heady experiments on stage. He writes of designers like Loie Fuller, Thomas Wilfred, and Joseph Urban using rays of 3D colored light to elevate simple stage sets into mystical uptopias that held transcendental associations for its audience.

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The beauty of design

UX Collective

The Art Nouveau letters which are post-signing the entrance of the stations are a bit extravagant; close to an element of decoration, they are a bit difficult to read at first. Art Nouveau design by Hector Guimard. He defined an ideology that is still largely influencing today’s leading design companies.