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Accessibility Measure or Exclusive Architecture?

Azure Magazine

Also known as hostile, unpleasant or exclusive architecture, defensive design practice uses the built environment to guide or restrict behaviour in urban space as a tool for preventing crime or maintaining order. They can be found in most parks and public spaces in the city, as documented in Mapping DefensiveTO.

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Zaha Hadid Architects: Vertical Urbanism, the Exhibition

Design Milk

The newly opened Zaha Hadid Architects: Vertical Urbanism exhibition showcases the bold, explorative urbanism they’re known for through a variety of design strategies used to create vibrant and sustainable community-orientated spaces within densely populated urban spaces. © Photo Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute.

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5 Visions for a Socially Distanced Future

Azure Magazine

With many countries slowly starting to ease lockdown measures, beginning to grapple with what living alongside the virus could look like, a number of designers and manufactures have joined the chorus of voices shaping what socially distanced cities, restaurants and offices may become. Public Space. PHOTO: Francesco Noferini.

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How can we practice design without harming the Planet?

UX Collective

You are reading Design for a Better World , a publication exploring how design can create the changes needed for humans, businesses, cities, and, of course, the environment and the world. © 2020 AIGA Design Conference How can designers build eco-conscious design practices? I’m Bora , maker of 1984.design.

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How to Create a Great Corporate Identity: A Complete Guide

Inkbot Design

A logo is central to a brand's identity and should be designed consistently with the business's message. A computer manufacturer would use a logo that shows the computer's various functions, such as memory, processor, and disk drive. A logo is the company's first impression, and the designer needs to know the purpose of the design.

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Branding and Graphic Design: Key Differences

Inkbot Design

Both branding and graphic design are essential when it comes to attracting and retaining customers. That's why developing a cohesive branding and graphic design strategy for your business is crucial. To help your brand stand out from your competition, you need to be a leader in the graphic design world.

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“Architects Should Claim the Role to Bring Beauty into People’s Lives”: A Conversation with Alison Brooks

Azure Magazine

AB: Inhabited edges are about celebrating the threshold moments in buildings — spaces between inside and outside, between public and private. I try to amplify and celebrate those in-between moments in the design of those boundary conditions, to make them places to dwell and to gather: balconies, entrance porticoes, and bay windows.