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kenyatta: Participate: Designing with User Generated Content Nowadays, many of the tools of production and distribution used by graphic designers are available to the broader public. And not only are members of the public turning into amateur designers, they are also invited by professionals to contribute to their creative process. The book addresses the curiosity…
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visual-poetry: “estrangement” by václav havel
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newyorker: Postscript: Vaclav Havel, 1936-2011 In a parallel universe, in a luckier realm, Havel would have lived out his life as a Czech epigone of Ionesco and Beckett, a carefree son of privilege, free to write, to pursue his pleasures, to listen to the rock ‘n roll he loved. Instead, like a living figure from…
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Raph Koster: Good Design, Bad Design, Great Design
humanegames: Good design is familiar. Bad design is boring. Great design is exciting. Good design embraces human nature. Bad design exploits human nature. Great design is humane and humanistic. Good design guides. Bad design controls. Great design invites. Good design drives habit. Bad design drives frustration. Great design drives passion. Good design teaches. Bad design…
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Teachers Don’t Like Creative Students
by Alex Tabarrok on December 12, 2011 at 7:33 am in Economics, Education One of the most consistent findings in educational studies of creativity has been that teachers dislike personality traits associated with creativity. Research has indicated that teachers prefer traits that seem to run counter to creativity, such as conformity and unquestioning acceptance of…
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it8bit: Pixel Art Brush Set created by Jurģis Narvils Artist note: A brush set for pixel artists, who work on Photoshop. Includes 40 brushes. Download Here
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Alex Kehayias’s Blog: Learning to Code – I did it this year. Your turn.
Alex Kehayias’s Blog: Learning to Code – I did it this year. Your turn. alexkehayias: Next week marks the one year anniversary since I started to learn to code with no previous experience (I have a bullshit degree in marketing). I still worked full time on my startup while learning at night and on weekends.…
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The Bill of rights was ratified 220 years ago, on December 15, 1791. It is shameful that today, in the United States, we are forced to come together in defense of the Bill of Rights and our civil liberties, as the representatives of the 1% who rule this country continue to take our rights away.…
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Art is difficult,” says the 66-year-old firmly. “It’s not entertainment. There are only a few people who can say something about art – it’s very restricted. When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it’s art or not. Buying art is not understanding art. Anselm…
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Arguably nothing he’s done has meant more to Lego than sponsoring the research teams that embedded with families to understand how Lego kids live and play. “If I’m honest, I didn’t know what the strategy was,” Knudstorp confesses of his first couple years as CEO. “Lego had done what so many companies had done, which…