Whew. Art Directors, Graphic Designers and Writers appear to be fairly safe. Will Your Job Be Done By A Machine? www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/21/408234543/will-your-job-be-done-by-a-machine
Category Archives: Design
Roman Mars is obsessed with flags — and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly. But they don’t have to be. In this surprising and hilarious talk about vexillology — the study of flags — Mars reveals the five basic principles of flag design and shows why he believes they can be applied to just about anything.
When they learn the truth, people rediscover their humanity. Support the Fashion Revolution.
“Every day, you affect someone’s life because you get dressed. And what you buy to wear can actually make a difference,” Andrea Paltzer wrote in a blog post for Fashion Revolution. “It can have a huge social impact. Fashion can be an answer to poverty. It should not be the cause of poverty and environmental destruction.”
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To improve his drawing skills, CaptainPeru bought a sketch book and started drawing every day using only a pen (so that he couldn’t make any mistakes).
Shimpei Takahashi speaks at TED Tokyo about using the game of Shiritori to come up with fresh ideas.
How you know you’re working on the right thing.
Self-taught photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson explains on his website that “he doesn’t capture moments, he captures ideas.” And well, some of his ideas are pretty weird. The Berlin-based artist photographs different subjects, and then with the magic of Photoshop, compiles them into creative, often otherworldly scenarios and situations.