Some Ideas are Too Big
We all have ideas. Some have great ideas. What is the difference between an idea and a big idea?
All about Education
Find the best thoughts, case studies, book references, debates and tips relevant to the area of education
Typeface is Now Considered as Intelectual Property
For the very first time, after 10 years of a long legal process, an originally created alphabet is considered «protectable artistic work» by the Intelectual Property Law in Spain
The Citizen Designer
In the dark days that live Mexico, emerges a discussion about how designers get involved with social conflicts.
And Where are the Opportunities?
Somebody has a problem and somebody has the answer to that problem, but... ¿How can we do to meet this couple?
Invisible Design
After the “premium” stage where design acts as quality mark, good design should become a “commodity”, a component of the welfare society we take for granted.
Realities and Conventions
Even though we refuse to accept it, there is indeed life in other brains: the culture of scorn harms us designers.
The Challenge of Communicating Value
A question to which creative entrepreneurs have no answer to: the value of their proposal.
Instagram: Rage for Ubiquitous Image
The most succesful image social network, beyond predjudices about it triviality, is also a tool that can be used in marketing, visual education and ethnograpic research.
The Image as Idea, Graphic, and Message
What is an image? How is it conceived? How is it part of a message?
Are We Destined to Fail as Entrepreneurs?
The growing number of creative professionals that venture into entrepreneurship raises doubts and concern.
Views and Reflections on Design Education: Local Voices from Puerto Rico
Limited inquiry that explored ways of knowing, experiences, and procedures in teaching design in Puerto Rico using a critical reflective practice approach.
Social Design Cases
Social design as a part of graphic design is not only a matter of concepts; it is fundamentally awareness on what is designed and what is done.
A Passion for Design
Who doesn't want to feel passion for what he or she likes, and loves?
When Conviction Gets in the Way
Not all pathways lead us to the same design, nor we all have to design through the same pathway.
Design and Intelligence Development
Human beings are born with several potentialities marked by genetics; nevertheless, today we know that we can develop some others through certain stimulus, like design.
Kusi Kusi: Identity as a (regrettable) ‘State affair’
A recognized puppet theater from Lima, multi-award winning internationally, active for half a century, is claiming against Channel 7 TV Perust for usurping their brand.
Management vs. Leadership
We don't need to manage the present but we should lead the future.
Forum, “Fuero” and “Foras”!
On the shared construction of a design without geographical, academic or professional boundaries.
I Am a Designer Anthropologist
My job, designing brands for clients with global reach, involves a different approach from that of a traditional designer.
The Roots of Industrial Design Colleges in Colombia
Looking back from two theories about its origin.
Green Models in Classroom
Design teachers must spread pedagogical processes for a green world to reduce the impact of our academic exercises on the local environment.
Being a New Rockstar of Design
Can future designers create a sustainable personal image on any scenario that the market might present?
Planned Obsolescence
Design should no longer respond to market interests anymore, but to the human needs that as a global community we have created as time goes by.
Brief Introduction to Typography Study in the Antique Book
A review about Marina Garone's book, that allows to understand a great part of the vocabulary currently used in editorial and typographic design.
Paul Ricoeur and creative search
The origin of the creative act from a philosopher's perspective.
A Digital Ecosystem for the New Generations
Our current ecosystem is Web 2.0, interactive publicity and online marketing.
Malacca Beach: Social and Environmental Implications of Design
A call to designers and engineers to take up social and environmental impact in their designs - especially when it comes to off-shore resource extraction.
Graphic Design's Carbon Footprint
Carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse effect gases, bound to a product or service.
