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Audience Receptivity Gradient
Who are we designing for? People have myriad motivations, dispositions, and abilities…
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Opposites Attract: Motherhood and the Tenure Track
“Having a child was the worst career move I ever made.” That…
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Exploring Interface Possibilities with Marshmallows
We live in an incredibly complex digital world. My new iPhone can…
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Strengthen Your Design Process with Narrative
Designers often play the role of visual storytellers. We arrange visual elements…
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Share Language: Design + Cartography = WOW
When cartographers make maps, they organize content according to relevancy, translate physical…
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Reporting For Duty: Collaboration’s Biggest Fan.
Collaboration doesn’t come naturally to everyone. We all have our weaknesses, but…
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Be Selfish. Make Your Presentations Work For You.
As designers, we are often required to make public presentations, whether as…
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Failure: It’s Not That Bad
Failure can be defined as a lack of success. But, how does…
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Exploring the Typographic Wild West
As graphic designers we have been thoroughly trained to finesse typography. We painstakingly…
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Convey Your Interactive Concepts
Interaction designers are not web developers and should not be expected to…
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