Meet Anna Debenham, a 20-year-old self-taught web developer from the U.K., who never went to college. She recently delivered a keynote address at Mozilla’s Drumbeat Festival on the Future of Learning, Freedom and the Web that inspired a standing ovation. Her treatise, on the pathetic state of web education (both at the high school and college level) details how dated material is not only creating a disinterested generation of web designers and developers, but negatively impacting the future economic viability of whole countries.
Artists and Their Ephemera
Have you ever wondered why it’s so intriguing to explore an artist’s studio? Aside from their work, we get a glimpse into not only their artistic process but their valued possessions, inspirations and snippets of their lives.
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This article is great for anyone trying to set up an online store or your brand through your website.
Learn about the correct way to use the apostrophe, including in design! It’s an interesting read with lots of helpful visuals, not to mention an intriguing history of its misuse. Let us know what you learned!
So, we’ve all been there - it’s time to choose a typeface and we either search for something that’s really strange and unique online that maybe somehow relates to the subject matter of our design OR we just stick to an old standby. This infographic attempts to break it down a bit more to help make the most appropriate decisions for the task at hand. At the very least, it’s a starting point (But mostly funny) ;)
If you guys aren’t aware of UMBC’s IMDA program (the visual arts department’s MFA program), then you should be! It’s chock full of great artists, like Gary Kachadourian. Here’s a sneak peak at his current project highlighted on printeresting.com.
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Check out this article! It’s definitely useful for all of the designers out there or for those who are searching to achieve a certain feel for their document or design.
