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Hobo Symbols From The Great Depression : The Secret Language Of America’s Itinerant Workers

Design You Trust

In 1972 American industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss (March 2, 1904 – October 5, 1972) published The Symbol Sourcebook, A Comprehensive Guide to International Graphic Symbols. “A ready reference aid and an inspiration to designers. All in all the best book now available on symbols.”

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How the first version of Mailchimp was designed

UX Collective

In the early days of starting Mailchimp, Ben spent most of his time on design and brand. Ben comes from a design background having studied industrial design. Coming out of school, he wanted to become a web designer although ended up getting a job doing banner ad design. Ben Chestnut Mailchimp version 1.0

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Product design is going down a weird path, but we can still save it

UX Collective

Iconic scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The golden age of software design I started my design career in quite an unexpected way. As a teenager I'd frequently find myself designing cool templates for my old Blogspot page for absolutely no reason— yeah Blogspot was a thing in Brasil back in the day.

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The Provocative and Prescient Work of Archie Boston Jr.

Eye on Design

Every one of those designers should have a Lifetime Achievement Award, according to him. The proceeds from the resulting documentary, 20 Outstanding Los Angeles Designers, funded a scholarship for design students in need. .

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Web Quality Assurance: From User Requirements To Web Risk Management

Smashing Magazine Graphics

When delving into the concept of website quality assurance back in 2001, we started with a simple question: “What does quality mean for the users?”. VPTCS model © Élie Sloïm — Éric Gateau — 2001 — www.opquast.com. VPTCS model © Élie Sloïm — Éric Gateau — 2001 — www.opquast.com.

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Remembering Richard McConnell 1942-2020: the inimitable exhibition designer

Design Week

On graduation he established his early career as an exhibition designer for initially The Council of Industrial Design and subsequently The Central Office of Information in the capital. It would be fair to say that Dick did not approve of architects undertaking interpretive design in museums. A tireless campaigner.

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F5: Michael DiTullo Favors Local Coffee Shops, Good Playlists + More

Design Milk

Prior to starting his eponymous design studio, Michael was Chief Design Officer for Sound United, the parent company of Denon, where he oversaw the industrial design, UX, packaging, product management, and marketing creative. My 2001 Audi TT. Photo: Michael DiTullo.