Tag: design

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Ti Chang: 3 Things to Consider Before I Design Anything

“Figure out the experience you want to provide and let that be the guiding light.”

/ February 7, 2017
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Kjell Reigstad on Typography

At Automattic, designers share their thoughts on different aspects of design with the rest of the company. Recently, Kjell Reigstad shared his thoughts on typography with a quick, six-minute pechakucha.

/ February 3, 2017
CommunityStories

Lauren McCarthy on Building an Inclusive Open Source Community for Creators

What I appreciate most about being an artist is the community. While some might imagine the lone artist toiling in their studio, what I have experienced is artists coming together on the internet and in-person, […]

/ December 1, 2016
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Phillip Tiongson on Design, Filipino Tennessean Style

  My experience being Filipino American Designer right now (and this literally happened to me last night): New Person: “So, where are you from?” Me: “I’m from Tennessee.” New Person: “Oh, really? Huh… (awkward pause) […]

/ November 3, 2016
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The E-lephant in the Room: Jocelyn Glei Examines How Email Took Over Our Lives

Email has quietly taken over our lives. How do we take our lives back?

/ October 20, 2016
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Kevin Bethune on Picking the Locks: Journey to Innovation

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist When I was young, I had a voracious curiosity for the arts and sciences. I loved to […]

/ September 15, 2016
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Sara Berman on the Entrepreneur vs. Artist: A Game of Boundaries

The hardest thing about going back to school to get my MFA was not giving up the respected fashion brand I had founded and built (I was done there). It was not the struggle to […]

/ September 15, 2016
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Lena Groeger on Discrimination By Design

A few weeks ago, Snapchat released a new addition to its face-altering filters that have become a signature of the service. But instead of surrounding your face with flower petals or giving you a funny […]

/ September 15, 2016
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Sarah Burstein on ‘Design’ & Design Patents

This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Samsung v. Apple. The Court hasn’t considered a substantive issue of design patent law for over 100 years, so naturally the case has attracted […]

/ September 8, 2016
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Ti Chang on Manufacturing in China as an American Designer

For better or worse, I was raised in the South; Georgia to be exact… I love my biscuits and gravy with a large helping of grits, and it is that Southern grit that first brought […]

/ September 8, 2016
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