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New book by Ben Tallon explores what creativity is, and how to embrace it

Creative Boom

Following the release of his debut book Champagne and Wax Crayons: Riding the Madness of the Creative Industries in 2015, he launched the Arrest All Mimics podcast: a formal home for this series of candid long-form interviews. This evolved into The Creative Condition podcast , which now boasts more than 250 episodes.

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Jacob Lindgren Recommends 7 Publications That Take An Expansive Approach To Graphic Design

Eye on Design

The opening took place in August of 2019, and we spent the year prior plotting how it would work and sourcing publications via friends and our connections to existing publishing networks. That arrangement mostly remains the same now, but we also find it important to take things that are decidedly not publications that we’re familiar with too.

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Double Duty: Re-Imagining the Public Value of Infrastructure

Azure Magazine

The street as public space — as site to reclaim for civic possibilities — gained new potency during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. How might one recapture the street as a site for design to help nourish belonging, inclusivity, and spontaneous interaction in our public spaces? New Public Hydrant.

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DATMA Issues National Call for Public Art Commissions Based on Shelter

Colossal

Rael San Fratello, “Star Lounge” (2015), PLA plastic. As part of this initiative, DATMA is issuing a National Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a public outdoor installation on the theme of shelter. Image courtesy of Andrew Kepinski. Applications will be accepted beginning now through November 1, 2022.

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UX vs. profit: The blurred ethical lines between EdTech and public education

UX Collective

How big money affects the online learning experience for our kids Illustration by Randompopsycle As our underfunded K-12 public school system is reimagining the future of education post-pandemic, it is becoming more and more dependent on software like Canvas LMS to help lead the way. In 2015, they went public on the NYSE.

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Urinals for women: Is it time to rethink public toilets?

Design Week

There are many pointed reminders of the UK’s austerity period of the 2010s, but the nations’ public toilets are perhaps one of the lesser known victims. Since 2010 , shrinking council funding has seen the closure of almost a thousand public facilities across the country – a drop of more than a fifth.

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15+ Best Graphic Design Books in 2023

Just Creative

Learn More Latest Price on Amazon: Sale 81 Reviews Design Is a Job Audible Audiobook Mike Monteiro (Author) - Mike Monteiro (Narrator) English (Publication Language) 03/31/2014 (Publication Date) - A Book Apart (Publisher) $12.99 But to improve as an artist, one must receive criticism and comments from peers and the general public.