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Main illustration of the article Graphic design's carbon footprint
Fernando Navia Meyer 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.
Main illustration of the article A passion for design
Fernando Del Vecchio A passion for design
Who doesn't want to feel passion for what he or she likes, and loves?
Main illustration of the article A “graphic Houdini”
Norberto Chaves A “graphic Houdini”
The combined role of programmatic restrictions and creativity in the accomplishment of message effectiveness.
Main illustration of the article Why Does the Client Think Different?
Lorena Garcia Hidalgo Why Does the Client Think Different?
When a client rejects our work is usually because we do not take their opinion into account. We think that it is only us, the designers, who have the knowlegde.
Main illustration of the article When Conviction Gets in the Way
Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero 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.
Main illustration of the article Creation as the Human Essence
Ricardo Rangel Creation as the Human Essence
In a world surrounding us with material, creation has become part of our essence, a key piece in the evolution of mankind.
Main illustration of the article Planned Obsolescence
David Gallo 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.
Main illustration of the article Keep the User in Mind to Overcome the Crisis
Ana Yago Keep the User in Mind to Overcome the Crisis
The user – buyer – needs new incentives to purchase a product. It is not enough for it to be functional, it needs to fulfil the values and the lifestyle of the user
Main illustration of the article Sundays Smell of Roast Chicken
Ana Yago Sundays Smell of Roast Chicken
The least one can ask of a chair is for it to be functional and ergonomic but these qualities no longer suffice Today a chair will have to adjust to the shifting tastes of society
Main illustration of the article Realities and Conventions
Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero Realities and Conventions
Even though we refuse to accept it, there is indeed life in other brains: the culture of scorn harms us designers.
Main illustration of the article Usage and brand
Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero Usage and brand
Can we design to unbrand instead of branding? It'd be convenient to «self-design» ourselves through our own ways of using, without others marking us with their ways of design.
Main illustration of the article Ave, Caesar, Morituri Te Salutant
José Antonio Giménez Ave, Caesar, Morituri Te Salutant
The values and sensations that used to be conveyed through the physical characteristics of the medium should not be replaced by a void now.

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