In a Q&A with CNN’s Manav Tanneeru, Warren Berger explains the premise of his new book, Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life, Your Business, and Maybe Even the World.
Berger, who collaborated on the book with designer Bruce Mau, suggests that design can be applied to any challenge and design principles are accessible to anyone. [...]

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Iconic French intellectual and anthropologist, Claude Levi-Strauss has died in Paris at age 100 years.
“Part philosopher, part sociologist and entirely humanist, he studied tribes in Brazil and North America, concluding that virtually all societies shared powerful commonalities of behavior and thought, often expressing them in myths,” explained Thomas H. Maugh II for the LA Times.
“A [...]

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Idsgn.org is a new design-centered blog with strong opinions about branding, graphic design, typography and whatever catches their eye that day. The site is published is Brooklyn, New York.
In particular, I liked the article about Helvetica man and the history of these pictograms, which were designed by the AIGA in the early 1970s for the [...]

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International furnishing retailer, Ikea, has caused controversy by switching its catalogue font from Futura to Verdana, according to the New York Times.
The company had used Futura for 50 years but now will be using the computer screen-friendly Verdana, ‘because it wanted one that would be effective in many different languages and on the Web, and [...]

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Ilovetypography.com is a fantastic resource who for people who already love typography and for those who are just learning the difference between Times New Roman and Helvetica.
From a ‘rather difficult’ font game to serious interviews and advice, site author John Boardley helps us learn and play with the wild world of fonts.

“The long-term aim of [...]

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The 40th annual convention of Comic Con brought 100,000 attendees to San Diego, Califorina last weekend to celebrate the contribution of comics to arts and culture. Despite the emphasis on comics, the event also encompassed a broad spectrum of arts and entertainment. The attendees included graphic novelist, designers, writers, gaming experts and movie promoters.
One movie [...]

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The iPhone has a new application called Presenter Pro, which was created to provide presentation skills training on the mobile device.
Presenter Pro has six categories of presentation tips including structure, visuals, words, voice, gestures, and practice with a list of ideas for each topic. In addition, the app has a notes section for comments and [...]

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