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All graphic designers will tell you the same thing—there’s no miracle solution, no simple way of creating graphs. Either you use Excel—and tear your hair out—or you use the Graph function in Illustrator that hasn’t changed since version 3.0 (and I don’t mean CS 3.0!) But those days are over. Now all you need to design a basic graph is character—make that the right character. |
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Architecture is a discipline very much defined by its permanence. A building’s foundation defines its footprint, which defines its frame, which shapes its facade. Each phase of the architectural process is more immutable, more unchanging than the last. |
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Ads, ads, and more ads! We’re bombarded with close to 600 ads every day, from all kinds of media outlets. For some people, it’s trash; for others, it’s something to be salvaged. Maude Léonard, founder of Atelier Entre-Peaux, counts herself among the salvage camp. |
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Everyone in NYC has been talking about it—Fashion Week started last Thursday! Season after season, the online component of Fashion Week has been growing. |
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There’s astrology, numerology, and a bunch of other pop psychology quizzes, and now colorstrology—the latest trend in determining your personality type. |
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Every season for the past 17 years, the colour experts at Pantone have monitored emerging trends from New York Fashion Week and compiled the ten most popular colours in their “Pantone Fashion Color Report.” This year was no exception. |
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The most ambitious showcase of Quebec design ever to hit New York City will take place September 29 to October 22, 2010 at Bond Street’s Relative Space. This exciting three-week event is presented by the Quebec Government Office in New York with Josée Lepage acting as Creative Director. |
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Information design—a practice dating back to the ‘70s—is defined as the visual representation of information or data so that it can be processed quickly and easily. It’s the process of organizing and sorting information to give it meaning and provide context for the user. |
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A company's logo is a graphic representation of its identity. It's in a company's best interest to have an effective and disarmingly simple logo. This is basic knowledge; it’s not news to anyone.
But simple doesn't necessarily mean done in a hurry and given that the logo is the cornerstone of any visual identity, it sometimes takes a lot of work to come up with a really good one. |
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A childhood classic! Paper covers rock, rock breaks scissors . . . But the rules have recently been changed! Now, scissors trump rock because there's a type of paper made of rocks. And if rock become paper, then it can be cut by scissors and scissors win . . . right? |
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While looking for images is a piece of cake for some, the truth of the matter is that it can be a real nightmare for others. In any event, despite the good intentions of image providers, obtaining image rights is an ordeal for the best of us. We're often left guessing. |
