Articles on Professional practice
Thoughts, case studies, book reviews, debates and tips on Professional practice, written by prominent authors and carefully edited by FOROALFA.
- Author:
- Erik Spiekermann
- Title:
- The Seventh Commandment
- Synopsis:
- The tribute, robbery and theft of authorship, have blurred boundaries in the design practice.
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- Votes:
- 4
- Followers:
- 376
- Author:
- Fernando Del Vecchio
- Title:
- Innovation on Design Is Not Inside Design
- Synopsis:
- Nowadays, is common to listen in almost every conversation “innovation” term. Everything must be “innovative”. However, innovation is not the same for everyone.
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- Votes:
- 3
- Followers:
- 711
- Author:
- Marco Rinaldi
- Title:
- Management vs. Leadership
- Synopsis:
- We don't need to manage the present but we should lead the future.
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- Votes:
- 1
- Followers:
- 73
- Author:
- Jorge Illich Carpinteyro
- Title:
- Design Contests
- Synopsis:
- Contests aren't the cause of the main structural problems of the design profession, but an excellent reflection of such problems.
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- 3
- Comments:
- 1
- Followers:
- 4
- Author:
- Hector Bruguera
- Title:
- Being a new rockstar of design
- Synopsis:
- Can future designers create a sustainable personal image on any scenario that the market might present?
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- 3
- Comments:
- 2
- Followers:
- 30
- Author:
- Fernando Del Vecchio
- Title:
- And where are the opportunities?
- Synopsis:
- Somebody has a problem and somebody has the answer to that problem, but... ¿How can we do to meet this couple?
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- Votes:
- 3
- Followers:
- 711
- Author:
- Alvaro Magaña
- Title:
- Design: accomplice or ally to consumption?
- Synopsis:
- In response to the article “Sign consumption”, the question arises: which is, or should be, design's relationship with economical culture?
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- 0
- Followers:
- 97
- Author:
- Fernando Del Vecchio
- Title:
- A passion for design
- Synopsis:
- Who doesn't want to feel passion for what he or she likes, and loves?
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- Votes:
- 5
- Followers:
- 711
- Author:
- André Ricard
- Title:
- Craftsmanship and design
- Synopsis:
- Craftsmanship can not be limited to reproduce past tools and essentials. There is a minor market of handmade products that design should attend to.
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- 0
- Followers:
- 443
- Author:
- Fernando Del Vecchio
- Title:
- About Effectiveness
- Synopsis:
- Being efficacious entails doing the right things; being efficient, doing them correctly. Being effective means being efficacious and efficient.
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- 1
- Followers:
- 711
- Author:
- Adrián Pierini
- Title:
- My Debut as a Design Student
- Synopsis:
- Experience and career are based in dedication and hard work.
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- Votes:
- 4
- Comments:
- 1
- Followers:
- 451
- Author:
- Milton Glaser
- Title:
- Ten Things I Have Learned
- Synopsis:
- I'm sharing some things I've learned over the years, which have much to do with what we, the designers, do.
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- Votes:
- 24
- Comments:
- 3
- Followers:
- 546
- Author:
- Guillermo Dufranc
- Title:
- Argentine Wine Needs Concept
- Synopsis:
- In the competitive wine market the need to communicate concepts through label design is essential. Labels must capture the consumers’ attention and seduce them.
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- Votes:
- 2
- Followers:
- 421
- Author:
- Erik Spiekermann
- Title:
- From the C-Word to the D-Word
- Synopsis:
- Designers must take care of the words we use to talk about our work.
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- Votes:
- 16
- Comments:
- 4
- Followers:
- 376
- Author:
- Erik Spiekermann
- Title:
- Logos to Go
- Synopsis:
- Corporate identity design is changing. There are designers for whom quantity matters more than quality.
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- Votes:
- 17
- Comments:
- 6
- Followers:
- 376
- Author:
- Lorena Garcia Hidalgo
- Title:
- Why Does the Client Think Different?
- Synopsis:
- 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.
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- Votes:
- 5
- Comments:
- 2
- Followers:
- 6
- Author:
- Fernando Del Vecchio
- Title:
- We Must Learn to Play the Game
- Synopsis:
- In the market there are good and bad designers, good and bad clients, all sort of competition and prices. All of them are some of the components of the game to play.
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- Votes:
- 3
- Followers:
- 711
- Author:
- Sebastián Vivarelli
- Title:
- Making a Living as a Designer
- Synopsis:
- Why designers'compensation continues to be so low? A question that still calling for an answer.
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- Votes:
- 4
- Comments:
- 1
- Followers:
- 286
- Author:
- Marco Rinaldi
- Title:
- Are we destined to fail as entrepreneurs?
- Synopsis:
- The growing number of creative professionals that venture into entrepreneurship raises doubts and concern.
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- Votes:
- 10
- Comments:
- 5
- Followers:
- 73