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Titled “Desire by Design,” a new book out this month by Jean-Pierre Lacroix of Shikatani Lacroix (Toronto) examines how desire shapes decisions and the role that design can have in the process, offering interesting history, insights from scientific research and actionable advice.
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Type creates memorability, entices audiences, commands attention and enlightens the reader. But simply engaging and informing audiences is no longer enough. Type is now being called on to envelop them. This expanded view of typography embraces a wide range of disciplines including graphic, interactive, architectural, interior, landscape and industrial design—sometimes all at the same time. This may mean some changes to the fonts we use.
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Do you want to attend the digital experiential graphic design event of the year, but your boss doesn't understand how attending is a good use of company funds? Maybe they need a little persuading to approve your trip to Brooklyn for Xlab 2018.We've got you covered: Here is a short and sweet letter that can help your boss see the ROI.
Dear [Supervisor’s Name]
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For the second year, the culmination of Xlab will be the Best of Show Award Keynote—this year with Refik Anadol of Refik Anadol Studio,winner of the Best of Show and Honor Award for his project Archive Dreaming.
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In this installment of Design To Go, Diane Burk travels to Spain, visiting the beautiful city of Barcelona. The biggest city on the Mediterranean, Barcelona is a cultural, economic, entertainment, educational and tourism center for Southern Europe. The city is home to famous architectural works of Antoni Gaudí, and boasts both many UNESCO World Heritage sites and museums to visit.
July 2017—August 2017: Spain Part I
Why should you and your Firm be members of SEGD? There are many reasons, but the one most often cited and cherished is the warmth, friendliness and helpfulness of the members. But there is a growing alternative reason: Marketing ROI
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Humans aren’t the only ones looking for a relief area.
Beginning in 2009, the Department of Transportation required all airlines to make sure there are animal relief areas at airports, and escorts to those relief areas, for any passenger traveling with a service animal. As a result, airports everywhere have created and expanded animal relief areas that are open to all pets as well as service animals. Most animal and pet relief areas were located outside the airport terminals.
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Sol Shades recently opened at Orlando International Airport. The api(+) design team are proud to have developed this brand new concept, continuing their relationship with national airport retailer Stellar Partners.
Offering a wide selection of eyewear, this boutique combines function and fashion bringing styles from classic brands like Ray-Ban to high-fashion lines like Prada together in one place.
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Rainier Industries recently welcomed a new Display Business Unit Manager, Stacey Lambarena, to their team.
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Now in its second edition, London Design Biennale is on show at Somerset House, with entries from 40 countries and territories, ranging from Saudi Arabia and Australia, to Leeds and Dundee.
How these curbside canvases came to be, according to the men who make them.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall is set to be transformed through digital art projections by media artist Refik Anadol and Google Arts & Culture. Created for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's centennial, the light show will be made through deep neural network connections projected as light.
