January 09, 2013
By now there must be few
people who are unaware of the recent uproar surrounding the University of
California’s rebranding effort. Seldom does
the media take such an active interest in design, so it was disheartening that they got their reporting so very wrong. The outcome
of that misreporting—fueled by an online petition and fanned by our very own
design community—has set back the course of design and cheated the university out of a progressive new identity.
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January 02, 2013
Design methodologies add value to the visual arts curriculum by teaching the practical and purposeful
application of creative thinking—the very definition of innovation. So why has design education been largely absent in conversations about K12 education reform?
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February 10, 2012
Anyone who has performed before an audience
knows the wisdom of the dictum, “Always leave them wanting more.” As Ralph Caplan observes, that
requires the sensitivity to know when is enough and the
discipline to stop there.
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Article by Zara Arshad March 03, 2009
At a time when any form of protest could be seen as a threat, how can designers help people to be heard? Arshad looks at design’s political power.
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Article by Angela Riechers October 30, 2009
Will the thirst for vampires ever be sated? Riechers examines the many incarnations of Nosferatu, Dracula and their ilk in popular culture and what they say about us.
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Article by Phil Patton February 06, 2007
Is there an island of lost logos, a place for bygone corporate symbols in a merger-crazed world? Patton ponders the fate of the Cingular Jack.
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Article by KT Meaney July 10, 2007
In part two, Meaney presents a step-by-step visual critique of
The New Yorker.
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