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Tag Archives: Design Inspiration
AIGA’s Artist Video Series: Stefan Sagmeister
Hillman Curtis, in his video series, allows us to experience leading designers through sound and motion, uncovering what it is about them that inspires him. Watch Stefan Sagmeister video [...]
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Watch Stefan Sagmeister’s “Things I’ve learned in my life so far” talk at TED
Rockstar designer Stefan Sagmeister delivers a short, witty talk on life lessons, expressed through surprising modes of design (including ... inflatable monkeys?).
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Watch Stefan Sagmeister’s “Yes, design can make you happy!” talk at TED
Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy -- and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design [...]
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AIGA’s Artist Video Series: Milton Glaser
Reading about designers can be moving. Seeing their work can be inspiring and, at times, provoke us to action. Hillman Curtis, in his video series, allows us to experience leading designers through sound and motion, uncovering what it is about them that inspires him. Watch Milton Glaser's video [...]
Posted in design Also tagged AIGA, artist, Creative Process, designer, France, Graphic Design, Graphic Designer, Hillman Curtis, Logos, Milton Glaser, New York 2 Comments
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-05
Would anybody care to share a quote (shall I call it “citation?) for referencing the interaction design process for a paper I’m writing? # reading “IDEO Method Cards”, different techniques for inspiring design, gaining insights into user’s goals, and generating alternatives … # [Technology] Nokia’s Point # [Graphic Design, Digital Art, Architecture, Data Visualization] Data City: Pixel [...]
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-14
[Design Business] Newspapers and thinking the unthinkable (Clay Shirky post on newspapers in the digital age.) http://tinyurl.com/armlj7 # Don Norman’s “The three ways that good design makes you happy” talk at TED http://tinyurl.com/cdrl27 # [Design, Interaction Design] “The tiny things matter”: a UX story (What a great story about what tips the favor!) http://tinyurl.com/b3wv4y # [Design, Interaction Design] [...]
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Typography, Design & Illustration: “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights”
Animation created for the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
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Measuring “Design Innovation”
People love trying to measure and quantify things, because then the incomprehensible seems like it makes sense. Psychologists try to measure anger; dating websites try to boil ethereal qualities into 'match' numbers; and now Roberto Verganti and Claudio Dell'Era, researchers at Italy's Politecnico di Milano, are trying to measure 'design innovation.' So what did they find?
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Watch Tim Brown’s “Innovation Through Design Thinking” talk at MIT Sloan School of Management