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Ellen Lupton on the important role of design in everyday life

Ellen Lupton, author, educator, curator, and graphic designer speaks about the important role of design in everyday life […]

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Design Readings Software

[EVENT] IxDA Shanghai presents “Four Mobile Machines” with Aaron Marcus: SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2012, 7:30PM

Mr. Marcus reviews briskly four projects that are conceptual designs for new kinds of mobile applications (smartphone and tablet with associated Web portals) that combine the theories of information design and persuasion design to change people’s behavior […]

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China Design Readings Trend Watching

Design in China: 2012 China International Design Competition

This competition aims to promote communication, exchange and interaction between China and the world by bring together designers to create creative, innovative designs based around the theme of the Chinese dragon. In a quickly developing and changing world, China is excited to promote design by designers and artists from multicultural backgrounds and diverse understandings promoting the concept of “harmony and uniqueness” […]

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Design Innovation

AIGA’s Artist Video Series: Four Ilustrators

Shot around a Brooklyn Kitchen Table on a winter morning, Christoph Niemann, Steve Brodner, Viktor Koen and Robert Grossman discuss craft, politics, and an Art Director named Steven Heller in the video “Four Illustrators” video […]

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Design Inspiration

AIGA’s Artist Video Series: Paula Scher

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 Paula Scher’s video […]

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Design Information Technology Innovation Trend Watching

Watch Christopher Fahey’s “The Human Interface (or:Why Products are People too)” talk at IxDA | Interaction ‘10 Conference

We can no longer ask users to think like machines just to be able to use software. This talk explores diverse areas of non-digital human experience – including language and theater, neurology and sociology – in order to frame and showcase some of the most exciting current and emerging user experience design practices, both on the web and in other media such as video games and the arts. The objective is quite simply to inspire designers to humanize their interfaces […]

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Design Information Technology Innovation

Watch Liz Danzico’s “Notes on Improvisation and Design” talk at IxDA | Interaction ‘10 Conference

Drawing on improvised models from urban planning to jazz, Liz Danzico investigates improvisation at work and illustrate directions interactions designers might take in understanding how frameworks take hold […]

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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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Design Inspiration

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 […]

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AIGA’s Artist Video Series: David Carson

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 David Carson’s video […]