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Choosing color combinations for logos is an important job as color can affect emotions and behaviors. We’ve all felt uncertain at times when designing a brand and not being able to decide what to choose. This article helps you understand how to effectively use color for a logo.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Color in design Signs symbols -- Design Icons (Computer graphics) Logos (Symbols) -- Design
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- Others
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Others
Typography has so many variable options. Our jobs as designers don’t end at choosing a single font. We also have to decide all the smaller details that can cause a big impact on our design project. In this article, learn more about how to avoid bad web typography.
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- Typography and Design Elements
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- Type type-founding Web sites -- Design Graphic design (Typography)
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- Others
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The creation of mobile applications grows daily. To design a good application, there are several rules to take into consideration that are different from desktop applications. Follow these rules before you get started on your next project.
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- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- Mobile computing User interfaces (Computer systems)
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- Others
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Color theory for web design is just as important as for print design. We all get very excited about color palettes and tend to use one too many color combinations. This article outlines a few tips on how to successfully use color in web design.
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Layout (Printing) Graphic design (Typography)
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- Others
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Others
We put together a glossary of terms that every designer should know. No matter what stage of your career you are in, this article is important to refresh your memory.
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- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Design Terminology
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- Others
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Others
If you’re struggling with usability issues in your design process, this article can help you move in the right direction. This article outlines eight design principles that are applicable to most user interfaces.
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- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- Human-computer interaction Web-based user interfaces User interfaces (Computer systems)
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- Others
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Others
Display fonts are essential if you're looking to create a certain atmosphere and feeling in your design. In this article, get familiar with the history of display fonts and how they came to be so popular.
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- Typography and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Type type-founding History Graphic design (Typography)
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- Others
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Others
Typography has a fascinating history and it’s come a long way to become what it is today. Learn the history of type starting from the earliest engravings, the printing press revolution, its impact in the Midcentury Modernism, and all through to today.
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- Typography and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Type type-founding History
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- Others
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Others
That’s right, grids aren’t only for print design. Web design is completely based on grids. In this article, you’ll learn everything from basic lingo to theory and examples of how websites are using grids.
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- Typography
- Keywords:
- Web sites -- Design Grids (Typographic design)
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- Others
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Others
Learn the fundamental principles of web design with real examples. Whether you’re an experienced designer or beginner, this article is a solid ground for you to build your practice.
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- Visual communication Design Graphic arts -- Techniques
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- Others
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Jim Bull, Co-founder and chief creative officer of Moving Brands, discusses his own professional path. He was instrumental in developing an innovative approach to branding, storytelling and experience design. His deep understanding of how to create successful brands has enabled Moving Brands to help define internationally known brands such as Apple, Google, Nokia, Microsoft and Stella McCartney. In this dynamic lecture, he speaks about his 16 years of running a creative, global business—when to take risks, how to win work and why you need to pick a leader.
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- Advertising Design and Storytelling
- Keywords:
- Storytelling Bring (Marketing)
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- Video
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e-book
This is a guidebook where we discuss art and music in the context of popular culture, so chances are you will see relationships between art and music and what you are learning and the way you live, to connect them to your own experience.
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- Performing Arts and Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- Popular culture Art Modern Music History
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- e-book
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Others
About 9% of the global population experiences a kind of visual impairment, so can we do anything to improve their online experience? In this useful article, you’ll learn more about how website design affects visually impaired individuals and what we can do to make it better.
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- Technology
- Keywords:
- Computer drawing Adobe Illustrator (Computer file)
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- Others
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Others
Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.
- Subjects:
- Advertising Design
- Keywords:
- Canada Databases Advertising United States
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- Others
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Others
We use Artificial Intelligence, Digital Finger Printing and Profiling to track your competitors' every move across all platforms including TV, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Digital, Mobile and Social Media. Be it a corporate campaign, new product launch, promotional messages, event announcement, to just a casual greeting, we alert you the minute it's out there so you can respond immediately.
- Subjects:
- Advertising Design and Marketing
- Keywords:
- Advertising campaigns Commercial art Advertising
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- Others
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MOOC
Learn Adobe Illustrator from scratch, including typography, infographics, logo design and more. In this course, you will learn about (1) How to use layers (2) When and why to use a specific tool (3) Best practices when designing infographics (4) Creative techniques to fully develop your understanding of the Adobe Illustrator tools and their possibilities
- Course related:
- ITC3076E Fashion Shoe Design and ITC3081D Advanced Apparel Techniques and Practice
- Subjects:
- Technology
- Keywords:
- Adobe Illustrator (Computer file) Computer drawing -- Computer programs Computer graphics -- Software
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- MOOC
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Others
Ads of the World is one of the world's largest advertising archive and community. The front page features fresh creative tv, print, outdoor, online, dm and ambient advertisements from around the world.
- Subjects:
- Advertising Design
- Keywords:
- Commercial art Advertising Advertising campaigns
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- Others
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Others
Know everything about RGB and CMYK but want to learn more? This article helps you understand other color models available to designers. You’ll learn how to and when to use them, how to manage colors, and what happens when you convert color spaces.
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Color in design People with visual disabilities Barrier-free design
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- Others
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Others
If you dabble in web design, you need to read this essential introduction to color theory. This practical article explains many design principles you can use to choose a color scheme.
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Color in design Web sites -- Design
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- Others
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Others
If you ever wondered about remote usability testing, this article is for you. It contains valuable information that can help you with the decision-making process if your product is ready for the masses.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- User interfaces (Computer systems) -- Testing Human-computer interaction Web-based user interfaces
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- Others
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The New Yorker receives around 1,000 cartoons each week; it only publishes about 17 of them. In this hilarious, fast-paced, and insightful talk, the magazine's longstanding cartoon editor and self-proclaimed "humor analyst" Bob Mankoff dissects the comedy within just some of the "idea drawings" featured in the magazine, explaining what works, what doesn't, and why.
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- Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- New Yorker (New York N.Y. : 1925) Wit humor Caricatures cartoons
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- Video
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Courseware
ArchiStar Academy has world class software and training for architects, engineers and universities students.
- Subjects:
- Computing
- Keywords:
- Design Technology
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- Courseware
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e-book
Architecture in Dialogue with an Activated Ground sets out to validate the role of the unreasonable in the design process. Using case study projects, architect Urs Bette gives an insight into the epistemological processes of his creative practice, and unveils the strategies he deploys in order to facilitate the poetic aspects of architecture within a discourse whose evaluation parameters predominantly involve reason. Themes discussed include the emergence of space from the staged opposition between the architectural object and the site, and the relationship between emotive cognition and analytic synthesis in the design act. In both cases, there is a necessary engagement with forms of ‘unreasonable’ thought, action or behaviours. By arguing for the usefulness and validity of the unreasonable in architecture, and by investigating the performative relationship between object and ground, Bette contributes to the discourse on extensions, growth and urban densification that tap into local histories and voices, including those of the seemingly inanimate – the architecture itself and the ground it sits upon – to inform the site-related production of architectural character and space. In doing so, he raises debates about the values pursued in design approval processes, and the ways in which site-relatedness is both produced and judged.
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- Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Architectural design Architectural practice
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- e-book
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Courseware
Art Appreciation thoroughly investigates how quality is determined and created by artists in order to evaluate and appreciate art on a deeper level. This course emphasizes why each topic contributes to valuing a piece of art and provides the necessary knowledge to do so. Students are first introduced to the elements and principles of art and the importance of artists’ context and perspective. The course then covers different periods in art history, different techniques in art, and how to research and evaluate art.
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- Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- Art appreciation Art criticism Art -- Study teaching
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- Courseware
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Others
Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR) is a peer-populated platform for art history teachers. AHTR is home to a constantly evolving and collectively authored online repository of art history teaching content including, but not limited to, lesson plans, video introductions to museums, book reviews, image clusters, and classroom and museum activities. The site promotes discussion and reflection around new ways of teaching and learning in the art history classroom through a peer-populated blog, and fosters a collaborative virtual community for art history instructors at all career stages.
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- Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- Arts History Art -- Study teaching
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- Others
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Others
These comprehensive and fully illustrated guides provide useful background information and ideas for ancient art from around the world.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- Arts History
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Video
In a talk that could change how you see things, designer and artist Jiabao Li introduces her conceptual projects that expose the inherent bias of digital media. From a helmet that makes you "allergic" to the color red to a browser plug-in that filters the internet in an unexpected way, Li's creations uncover how technology mediates the way we perceive reality.
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- Interactive and Digital Media, Communication design, and Technology
- Keywords:
- Visual perception in art Digital media Pattern perception
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- Video
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Video
An online lecture on the topic of "Art Therapy". The Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles (FAST) and the Institute of Textiles & Clothing (ITC) organized the mini-lecture series for more than three years. The lectures aim to enrich students' knowledge in creative perspectives and arouse their interest in Sciences, Fashion and Textiles. In view of the unpredictable development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming mini-lecture Series will be switched from face-to-face mode to online mode.
- Keywords:
- Art therapy
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- Video
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e-book
'Institutional critique’ is best known through the critical practice that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s by artists who presented radical challenges to the museum and gallery system. Since then it has been pushed in new directions by new generations of artists registering and responding to the global transformations of contemporary life. The essays collected in this volume explore this legacy and develop the models of institutional critique in ways that go well beyond the field of art. Interrogating the shifting relations between ‘institutions’ and ‘critique’, the contributors to this volume analyze the past and present of institutional critique and propose lines of future development. Engaging with the work of philosophers and political theorists such as Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Gilles Deleuze, Antonio Negri, Paolo Virno and others, these essays reflect on the mutual enrichments between critical art practices and social movements and elaborate the conditions for politicized critical practice in the twenty-first century.
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- Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- Institutional Critique (Art movement)
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- e-book
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Courseware
This seminar introduces, through studio projects, the basic principles regarding the use of color in the visual arts. Students explore a range of topics, including the historical uses of color in the arts, the interactions between colors, and the psychology of color.
- Subjects:
- Coloration and finishing and Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- Color in art Colors
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- Courseware
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Courseware
We will explore images that pertain to the emergence of Japan as a modern state. We will focus on images that depict Japan as it comes into contact with the rest of the world after its long and deep isolation during the feudal period. We will also cover city planning of Tokyo that took place after WWII, and such topics as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. A unique feature of this offering is that we will run it concurrently with the edX MOOC and two University of Tokyo MOOCs, Visualizing Postwar Tokyo and Four Faces of Contemporary Japanese Architecture, for much of the remainder of the class.
- Subjects:
- Area Studies, Visual Arts, and Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Arts Japan
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- Courseware
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e-book
"The AutoCAD 2D eBook was written as a tool to guide and teach you to master AutoCAD. No two students learn at the same pace, therefore the eBook was written with competency-based modules. The competency-based modules are bite-size pieces that allows you to work at your own pace. They can be used to learn by distance education, correspondence, online, instructor-lead classes, or by individuals teaching themselves to use AutoCAD in their own home or office. This eBook was designed to be used on AutoCAD software that was designed for the Windows operating system. An editable, Pressbooks version of this textbook is under development"--BCcampus website.
- Subjects:
- Technology and Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- AutoCAD Computer-aided design Computer graphics
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- e-book
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e-book
"The AutoCAD 3D eBook was written as a tool to guide and teach you to master AutoCAD. No two students learn at the same pace, therefore the eBooks were written with competency-based modules. The competency-based modules are bite-size pieces that allows you to work at your own pace. They can be used to learn by distance education, correspondence, online, instructor-lead classes, or by individuals teaching themselves to use AutoCAD in their own home or office. This eBook was designed to be used on AutoCAD software that was designed for the Windows operating system. An editable, Pressbooks version of this textbook is under development."--BCcampus website.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media and Technology
- Keywords:
- Computer graphics Three-dimensional display systems Computer-aided design Three-dimensional modeling AutoCAD
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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Others
Have you wondered what’s considered beautiful around the world? This article touches on the concept of beauty, where it comes from, and how this idea shapes us as designers.
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Design
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Video
With so many new users picking up virtual reality headsets for the 2019 holiday season, it's time for a 2020 beginners guide to virtual reality. Let's dive into PC Specs, recommended headsets, setup, comfort, locomotion, motion sickness, free games and a lot more.
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- Interactive and Digital Media and Computing
- Keywords:
- Computer simulation Virtual reality Human-computer interaction
- Resource Type:
- Video
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Others
Behance, part of the Adobe family, is the leading online platform to showcase & discover creative work. Creative people around the world join Behance, entering a community made with their original work and creative process in mind. Here, users showcase their work in the form of profiles comprised of Projects. A Project is a grouping of images, videos, and other digital content with a related theme or process. Every project has a unique URL that can be shared across the web, as well as a View and Appreciation counter so you can track how many people have seen your project and given you kudos on a job well done. Here is an example of a Project created by the Behance Design Team. Behance members can Follow your profile and you can, in turn, follow other users. When you Follow someone, their updates (projects they’ve uploaded, Appreciated, or Added to a Moodboard) appear in your For You feed.The For You feed is the home screen for signed-in Behance creatives. As you follow more profiles, you'll start to see more projects appear in your feed. To view a Project that appears in your For You feed, simply click the Project Cover and the full contents of the project will open for you to view. In your feed, you may start to notice projects that have a small badge in the corner of the Project Cover. Those projects have been Featured. Our team of curators search for the best creative work on Behance and showcases them using Curated Galleries
- Course related:
- SD1103 Communication Basics for Designers
- Keywords:
- Art design Design Graphic arts
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- Others
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Video
A tutorial on setting up clothing to low poly character.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media and Computing
- Keywords:
- Blender (Computer file) Three-dimensional display systems Computer animation Computer graphics
- Resource Type:
- Video
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e-book
Open access ebooks from Bloomsbury Collections
- Keywords:
- Social sciences Management Design Geography Business Linguistics Humanities Economics
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
Over the years researchers have found the necessity to develop theories of behavior that are specific to family settings. These theories have been developed by people with a variety of areas of emphasis, from family therapists to gerontologists to child development specialists. In this chapter we will briefly discuss six such theories: Bioecological Model, Family Systems, Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, and Psychological Perspectives.
- Subjects:
- Sociology
- Keywords:
- Child rearing Families Socialization Textbooks
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- e-book
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e-book
Cities Made of Boundaries presents the theoretical foundation and concepts for a new social scientific urban morphological mapping method, Boundary Line Type (BLT) Mapping. Its vantage is a plea to establish a frame of reference for radically comparative urban studies positioned between geography and archaeology. Based in multidisciplinary social and spatial theory, a critical realist understanding of the boundaries that compose built space is operationalised by a mapping practice utilising Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Benjamin N. Vis gives a precise account of how BLT Mapping can be applied to detailed historical, reconstructed, contemporary, and archaeological urban plans, exemplified by sixteenth- to twenty-first century Winchester (UK) and Classic Maya Chunchucmil (Mexico). This account demonstrates how the functional and experiential difference between compact western and tropical dispersed cities can be explored. The methodological development of Cities Made of Boundaries will appeal to readers interested in the comparative social analysis of built environments, and those seeking to expand the evidence-base of design options to structure urban life and development.
- Subjects:
- Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Urban geography Sociology Urban City planning -- Methodology
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- e-book
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Others
Coolors is the most loved color palettes app and website that inspires 1M+ creatives every day!Using Coolors, you can: (1) create your color schemes with the super-fast generator. (2) organize them in handy projects and collections. (3) export as image or PDF, or just copy and share the link (4) pick colors from your best photos with ease (5) choose by several layouts and create beautiful collages with photos and palettes (6) explore thousands of ready-made palettes to inspire your work
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Others
Prototyping tools have come a long way in recent years. Sketch is one tool that is Mac-based and offers amazing functions through the use of plugins. Learn more about how to use this plugin and take your designs to a higher level.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- Web sites -- Authoring programs Web sites -- Design Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems)
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
A large number of the worldwide population suffers some kind of vision impairment. We, designers, have a great impact on their lives through the work we put out. This article outlines a few solutions we could use to improve their quality of life.
- Subjects:
- Technology and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Color in design Color blindness Barrier-free design
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Datavisualization.ch is a resource for data visualization and infographics. You'll find articles about events, tools, datasets, and showcases.
- Course related:
- LSGI2B01 Map Reading and Interpretation and SD1105 Digital Literacy for Designers
- Subjects:
- Visualisation, Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, and Computing
- Keywords:
- Information visualization
- Resource Type:
- Others
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MOOC
Explore key concepts in the new field of design theory. Gain fundamental knowledge of what design is and its relation to culture, economics, and the arts.
- Keywords:
- Design Design -- Social aspects Design -- Philosophy
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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MOOC
This course provides an introduction to the foundational activities related to design thinking: a flexible, yet systematic process to define and solve problems. A common misconception is that design thinking requires artistry, but it is not centered on artistic principles. Design thinking is a strategy and mindset that can be applied to any industry to solve problems.
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Design -- Methodology Problem solving Industrial design
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- MOOC
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MOOC
When you immerse yourself in the context of the user, you can uncover pain points and find opportunities for improvement or innovation not always evident to your audience. In this course, part of the Design Thinking MicroMasters program, you will learn how to use simple research methodologies including active listening to understand your target audience and uncover their obvious or latent needs. Emphasis will be placed on observation and interviewing as key methods to gain empathy for the user's experience and viewpoint. Equipped with this understanding, you will be prepared to identify and define more accurately the business problem. You will also review case studies and discuss strategies to foster productive client-stakeholder relationships, including user personification, context understanding, and empathy idea mapping (ideas that resonate with your target audience).
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Design -- Methodology Problem solving Industrial design
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- MOOC
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MOOC
Creating prototypes puts a proposed solution into action. In this course, you will learn the value of prototypes and user testing as critical components of the design thinking process. You will examine case studies to understand the iterative process of prototyping and discover how new products and ideas can emerge as a result. As part of the Design Thinking MicroMasters program, you will study how to analyze and implement the results of user testing to ensure your solution can fully benefit from this inclusive and innovative process. Best practices for evaluating solutions will also be covered, including surveys, user evaluations, focus groups and interviews.
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Design -- Methodology Industrial design
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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MOOC
Design thinking has become very popular recently. It is because many people believe that design thinking can help generate innovative solutions. Many business and non-business organizations are adopting it to resolving their problems. Even business schools and other disciplines include design thinking in their curriculum. Then, what is design thinking, really? And how can it benefit us?
Design thinking is commonly recognized as a problem-solving process that includes five stages - Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test. However, when we compare the design thinking process with the conventional problem-solving process, there are no major differences, except the implementation part. Design thinking looks at problems with a holistic and human-centric perspective. It also tackles complex problems by using a non-linear approach. However, some people claim that considering design thinking as a problem-solving process is too simplistic.
Actually, design thinking should be considered as behaviors and attitudes when dealing with problems. Design thinkers use different thinking styles and attitudes when approaching problems. Design thinkers possess certain personal traits like human-centeredness, having a flexible and creative thinking style, being comfortable with subjective and intuitive judgement, and high self-efficacy. These thinking styles and attitudes help not only in problem-solving but also in finding opportunities. In order to be proficient in design thinking, we should not only understand the design Thinking process, but also have to make ourselves become a design thinker.
This MOOC provides you with core knowledge about design thinking and demystifies design thinking as a process for solving complex and wicked problems.
- Keywords:
- Creative ability Product design Critical thinking
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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e-book
Design Transactions presents the outcome of new research to emerge from ‘Innochain’, a consortium of six leading European architectural and engineering-focused institutions and their industry partners. The book presents new advances in digital design tooling that challenge established building cultures and systems. It offers new sustainable and materially smart design solutions with a strong focus on changing the way the industry thinks, designs, and builds our physical environment. Divided into sections exploring communication, simulation and materialisation, Design Transactions explores digital and physical prototyping and testing that challenges the traditional linear construction methods of incremental refinement. This novel research investigates ‘the digital chain’ between phases as an opportunity for extended interdisciplinary design collaboration. The highly illustrated book features work from 15 early-stage researchers alongside chapters from world-leading industry collaborators and academics.
- Subjects:
- Product Design and Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Architecture -- Computer-aided design Architectural design
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- e-book
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e-book
This book was written by two artist educators who teach digital art and design studio foundation classes. While teaching classes that take place in software laboratories, we noticed that many of our students expected to learn to use software, but gave little consideration to aesthetics or art and design history. A typical first day question is, "Are we going to learn Photoshop in this class?" At first we were tempted to oblige our students' thirst for so-called practical knowledge, but we recognize that in the absence of the visual, theoretical, and historical frameworks, practical knowledge is practically useless. To teach our classes, we used the very best of the software training manuals, and supplemented them with all the visual and historical material that was missing. After settling for years on books that don't really encapsulate a class, we finally decided to write the book that we think all introductory media design students should be using. For us, a student is anyone actively engaged in learning. A student can be working towards a degree in art, communication, graphic design, illustration, and so on in a traditional classroom setting, or a self-taught found-it-on-the-bookstore-shelf learner. In the twenty chapters that follow, we have shared small bites of history, followed by visual references, and then digital exercises that explore creative software in a manner that brings design principles into the software demo. Originally, this book was printed as a manual to the Adobe Creative Suite, the software found in classrooms and labs around the country. Just a month after the book was published, we teamed up with Floss Manuals to convert our manuscript into one that teaches the same design principles using open source software.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- Open source software Computer art
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- e-book
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e-book
Digital Foundations uses formal exercises of the Bauhaus to teach the Adobe Creative Suite. All students of digital design and production—whether learning in a classroom or on their own—need to understand the basic principles of design in order to implement them using current software. Far too often design is left out of books that teach software for the trade and academic markets. Consequently, the design software training exercise is often a lost opportunity for visual learning. This revised edition updates the original text for use with Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 software.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- Computer graphics -- Computer programs Adobe Creative Suite Textbooks Design
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- e-book
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e-book
"This book was written by two artist educators who teach digital art and design studio foundation classes. While teaching classes that take place in software laboratories, we noticed that many of our students expected to learn to use software, but gave little consideration to aesthetics or art and design history. A typical first day question is, "Are we going to learn Photoshop in this class?" This book is a mash-up of the Bauhaus Basic Course and open source software such as Inkscape, Gimp, Firefox, and Processing. We have taken some of the visual principles and exercises from the Bauhaus Basic Course and adapted them into exercises for these applications."--BCcampus website.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- Textbooks Computer art Open source software
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository.
- Keywords:
- Arts Architecture Music Performing arts
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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Courseware
In this course, you will be exposed to the work of many great documentary photographers and photojournalists, as well as to writing about the documentary tradition. Further, throughout the term, you will hone your photographic skills and 'eye,' and you will work on a photo documentary project of your own, attempting to reduce a tiny area of the moving world to a set of still images that convey what the viewer needs to know about what you saw—without hearing the sounds, smelling the odors, experiencing what was happening outside the viewfinder, and without seeing the motion.
- Subjects:
- Photography
- Keywords:
- Photojournalism Documentary photography
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- Courseware
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e-book
Fabricate 2020 is the fourth title in the FABRICATE series on the theme of digital fabrication and published in conjunction with a triennial conference (London, April 2020). The book features cutting-edge built projects and work-in-progress from both academia and practice. It brings together pioneers in design and making from across the fields of architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Fabricate 2020 includes 32 illustrated articles punctuated by four conversations between world-leading experts from design to engineering, discussing themes such as drawing-to-production, behavioural composites, robotic assembly, and digital craft.
- Subjects:
- Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Architecture -- Computer-aided design Architecture -- Data processing Architecture Modern
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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Others
Throughout design history, there have been multiple styles that adopted the grid as their own. One of them is the International Typographic Style. Learn more about the Swiss Style, which used the grid to organize content.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- History Graphic design (Typography)
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Fuzzy Logic Toolbox™ provides MATLAB® functions, apps, and a Simulink® block for analyzing, designing, and simulating systems based on fuzzy logic. The product guides you through the steps of designing fuzzy inference systems. Functions are provided for many common methods, including fuzzy clustering and adaptive neurofuzzy learning. The toolbox lets you model complex system behaviors using simple logic rules, and then implement these rules in a fuzzy inference system. You can use it as a stand-alone fuzzy inference engine. Alternatively, you can use fuzzy inference blocks in Simulink and simulate the fuzzy systems within a comprehensive model of the entire dynamic system.
- Course related:
- SD5804 Design Research Methods
- Subjects:
- Computing and Mathematics and Statistics
- Keywords:
- Fuzzy systems Fuzzy logic
- Resource Type:
- Others
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e-book
This textbook -- written by a group of select experts with a focus on different aspects of the design process, from creation to production -- addresses the many steps of creating and then producing physical, printed, or other imaged products that people interact with on a daily basis. It covers the concept that, while most modern graphic design is created on computers using design software, the ideas and concepts don't stay on the computer. The ideas need to be completed in the computer software, then progress to an imaging (traditionally referred to as printing) process. Keywords are highlighted throughout and summarized in a Glossary at the end of the book, and each chapter includes exercises and suggested readings.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media and Computing
- Keywords:
- Graphic arts Textbooks
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
This textbook -- written by a group of select experts with a focus on different aspects of the design process, from creation to production -- addresses the many steps of creating and then producing physical, printed, or other imaged products that people interact with on a daily basis. It covers the concept that, while most modern graphic design is created on computers using design software, the ideas and concepts don’t stay on the computer. The ideas need to be completed in the computer software, then progress to an imaging (traditionally referred to as printing) process. Keywords are highlighted throughout and summarized in a Glossary at the end of the book, and each chapter includes exercises and suggested readings.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- Graphic arts
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Aegean, including Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean art.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts and History
- Keywords:
- Art Aegean Textbooks Art Ancient
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Egyptian art.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts and History
- Keywords:
- Art Egyptian Textbooks Art Ancient
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Etruscan art.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts and History
- Keywords:
- Art Etruscan Textbooks Art Ancient
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Greek art.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts and History
- Keywords:
- Art Greek Textbooks Art Ancient
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian / Ur III, Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian art.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts and History
- Keywords:
- Middle East Textbooks Art Ancient
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Roman art.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts and History
- Keywords:
- Art Roman Textbooks Art Ancient
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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Others
Have you ever wondered why icon design is so important and how it came to be essential for digital devices? Take a look at this article to learn more about this revolutionary trend which started back in the 70s.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Icons (Computer graphics) Apple Computer Inc.
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Video
John Maeda, former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for demos of Maeda's earliest work -- and even a computer made of people.
- Subjects:
- Technology
- Keywords:
- Design technology Art technology
- Resource Type:
- Video
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Video
How can technology help improve our quality of life? How can we navigate the world without using the sense of vision? Inventor and IBM Fellow Chieko Asakawa, who's been blind since the age of fourteen, is working on answering these questions. In a charming demo, she shows off some new technology that's helping blind people explore the world ever more independently ... because, she suggests, when we design for greater accessibility, everyone benefits.
- Subjects:
- Technology, Communication Design, and Computing
- Keywords:
- Assistive computer technology Self-help devices for people with disabilities
- Resource Type:
- Video
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MOOC
Virtual reality is changing the way we interact with the world. But how does it work, what hardware is involved, and how is software written for it? In this course, part of the Virtual Reality Professional Certificate program, we will explore the foundations of user-friendly virtual reality app development for consumers, as well as enterprise solutions. Both hardware and software aspects will be discussed. You will learn to evaluate devices necessary for virtual reality applications, what their differences are, how you write interactive applications for virtual reality, and we will discuss the most frequent problems you are going to need to solve to write virtual reality software. In this course, you will explore the basics of virtual reality software through copying and modifying JavaScript to explore tradeoffs in VR application design. Extensive programming experience is not required. By the end of this course, you will understand what is important for successful virtual reality software and learn how to write simple virtual reality programs themselves with WebVR. This course is taught by an instructor with almost two decades of experience in virtual reality who leads the Immersive Visualization Laboratory at UC San Diego.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media and Computing
- Keywords:
- Computer simulation Virtual reality Human-computer interaction
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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Others
If you’ve been struggling with limitations in your design role by non-designers, this article is for you. You’ll learn a few pointers on how to better advocate for your role and for the value of good design.
- Keywords:
- Industrial design -- Management Design services -- Management Commercial art -- Management
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Typography is an essential part of graphic design. When I was a beginner designer, I had trouble understanding and combining fonts for a project. In this article, you'll learn how to use this important tool with simple tips and tricks.
- Subjects:
- Typography and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Web typography Type type-founding Graphic design (Typography)
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
This flyer is inspired by the Swiss Typographic Style or modernist design that was popular in the 1960s. The heavy use of grids as an organizational system helps display information in a clean and clear way. Check out more to learn about how to keep your design cohesive and pristine!
- Subjects:
- Typography and Technology
- Keywords:
- Pamphlets -- Design Layout (Printing) Adobe Photoshop
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Curious about how to include grids in your poster design? The Bauhaus school was a German art school that emerged during the pre-war period. Their ideals have come to define what we now know as Modernism. This tribute poster is based on a grid, which was essential to the philosophy of this school.
- Subjects:
- Typography and Technology
- Keywords:
- Adobe InDesign (Electronic resource) Desktop publishing
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
If you are new to grids, this tutorial is perfect for you. You’ll learn how to set up a template by using a basic three-column grid. You’ll be able to see how to populate pages with images and text to keep your design clean and organized.
- Subjects:
- Typography and Technology
- Keywords:
- Adobe InDesign (Electronic resource) Layout (Printing) Desktop publishing
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
This quick introductory tutorial is perfect if you are wondering how to use grids in a magazine layout. You’ll learn the essential techniques for creating templates and print-ready spreads.
- Subjects:
- Typography
- Keywords:
- Magazine design Layout (Printing)
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
If you ever wondered about grids, this article covers everything from their origin to how to design with them. As the foundation of any visual design, grids have become essential for composing layouts. This tool will help you create an organized and cohesive page. Check out this article to learn more.
- Subjects:
- Typography and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Layout (Printing) History Graphic design (Typography) Grids (Typographic design)
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Design for accessibility has been improving year after year. Typography is one of the most essential tools in graphic design and therefore has a huge impact on how text is viewed. Learn how to improve your technique for accessibility with this handy article.
- Subjects:
- Typography and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Type type-founding Web sites -- Design Graphic design (Typography)
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
So you’ve mastered grids, and now you're wondering how you can take it up another notch? This tutorial is perfect if you're looking to create your own icons. This thorough article will show you how to carry out icon research, how to choose the right size, and how to make it pixel perfect.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- Signs symbols -- Design Icons (Computer graphics) Logos (Symbols) -- Design
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Looking to use more than one solid color in your next web design project? This tutorial shows you how to use different colors per glyph, which will give you a fun result.
- Subjects:
- Typography and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Type type-founding -- Digital techniques Web typography Cascading style sheets
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Variable fonts allow you to have an unlimited number of fonts that derive from the same font file. Forget about having any limitations in your design as variable fonts will allow you to be more flexible.
- Subjects:
- Typography and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Web typography Type type-founding Web sites -- Design Graphic design (Typography)
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Understanding how to present and measure user research results is key to the developing process of a product. Learn a few guidelines on how to ease communication between users and project teams.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media
- Keywords:
- User interfaces (Computer systems) -- Testing Human-computer interaction Web-based user interfaces
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Video
In this series we learn how to make an RPG from scratch using the Unity engine.
- Course related:
- COMP4122 Game Design and Development
- Subjects:
- Computing
- Keywords:
- Computer games -- Programming Unity (Electronic resource) Computer games -- Design
- Resource Type:
- Video
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Others
Perspective grids are one of those tools in Adobe Illustrator that not many people know how to use. With this super quick tutorial, you’ll be sure to learn everything about perspectives and how to create designs based on perspective grids.
- Subjects:
- Technology
- Keywords:
- Computer drawing Adobe Illustrator (Computer file)
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Learn to code, design, and more—all on your own time
- Subjects:
- Computing
- Keywords:
- Coding theory Mobile apps Computer programming
- Resource Type:
- Others
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MOOC
Population ageing is a global phenomenon profoundly affecting the well-being of communities. Disciplines such as Social Sciences, Design, and Engineering offer unique, insightful innovations for ageing societies. Along with providing solutions catering to their professional niche, these disciplines achieve creative and practical innovations through interdisciplinary collaboration. This course intends to explore and examine the process of incubating innovations in these three disciplines and help the learners to appreciate the synergy created when working toward innovations by adopting an interdisciplinary approach.
- Subjects:
- Social Sciences
- Keywords:
- Older people -- Government policy Older people -- Services for Technology older people Ageing
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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e-book
Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- Arts
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice. Using the book in a class or in your work with communities? Let us know by filling out this brief form!
- Subjects:
- Sociology
- Keywords:
- Social justice in art Design -- Social aspects Equality
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.
- Subjects:
- Sociology
- Keywords:
- Social justice in art Design -- Social aspects Textbooks Equality
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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Courseware
This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of the process of designing games and playful experiences. Students are familiarized with methods, concepts, techniques, and literature used in the design of games. The strategy is process-oriented, focusing on aspects such as: Rapid prototyping, play testing, and design iteration using a player-centered approach.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media and Computing
- Keywords:
- Games
- Resource Type:
- Courseware
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e-journal
Access to thousands of free journal articles and open access book chapters.
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Video
It starts with a sketch. Then it evolves into a larger-than-life visual masterpiece, a celebration of human connection. Follow along as legendary artist and designer Es Devlin takes us on a visual tour of her work -- including iconic stage sculptures she's created for Beyoncé, Adele, Kanye West, U2 and more -- and previews her design for the upcoming World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
- Subjects:
- Visual Arts
- Keywords:
- Sculpture Sculpture Modern Theaters--Stage-setting scenery Multimedia installations (Art)
- Resource Type:
- Video
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Courseware
This course studies how international modernism interacted with the concept of "nation" and how contemporary discourses concerning globalism changes that dynamic. This course also looks at how art uses and critiques globalization on various levels.
- Keywords:
- Art globalization Nationalism art
- Resource Type:
- Courseware
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e-book
The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.
- Keywords:
- Arts Humanities Social sciences
- Resource Type:
- e-book
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e-book
Offers openly licensed college textbooks.
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Others
If you’re a beginner designer, learning color modes is essential to do your job the right way. In this video, you’ll learn the differences between the two most important color modes, RGB and CMYK, what they stand for, and how to convert color modes in Adobe Photoshop.
- Subjects:
- Technology and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Color in design Adobe Photoshop
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Video
PiXimperfect, hosted by Unmesh Dinda, is a free resource for learning Photoshop and Lightroom. We believe in learning the concept, rather than learning the steps so that you can translate "your" imagination visually to the world. This will make you a better decision-maker, rather than letting others make decisions for you. Since every situation is different and the definition of "beauty" is subjective, it is essential that you master the approach, and then the steps will automatically follow. Our motto is "Keep Creating." We always say to our students: "Don't worry so much about the quality, because time will improve it. Don't spend so much time getting things pixel-perfect, so that you end up not finishing it. Just 'Keep Creating,' and your consistency will take care of the rest."
- Course related:
- SD2862 Advertising Photography
- Subjects:
- Photography
- Keywords:
- Photography -- Digital techniques Adobe Photoshop lightroom Adobe Photoshop
- Resource Type:
- Video
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MOOC
This course is an introduction to the Delft Design Approach offering a model and a set of signature methods from Delft to teach you how to get from understanding the user in context to defining a meaningful design challenge and – in the end – deliver a great design! The course challenges you to experience the design process yourself and reflect on your work with the help of students and excellent teaching staff from Delft, and industrial experts. What you'll learn: - How to study users in their own environment; - How to translate user insights into a design challenge that will spark creativity; - How to create a meaningful design to meet your challenge; - How to design and to structure your projects with the support of design thinking, a model and several methods; - How to evaluate and present your design.
- Subjects:
- Product Design
- Keywords:
- Commercial products Industrial design Product design New products
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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Others
Testing your prototype is an essential step in Design Thinking. Not only to see if they work but to see if the user is utilizing the product the same way designers think. Learn about the guidelines and types of prototypes you can use in your process.
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Design Communication in design Prototypes Engineering
- Resource Type:
- Others
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Others
Isometric vectors are an awesome trend of illustration that look hard to create but are in fact super easy. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a rectangular grid to use as a base for your vectors.
- Subjects:
- Technology
- Keywords:
- Computer drawing Adobe Illustrator (Computer file) Adobe Photoshop
- Resource Type:
- Others