Lectures
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My Ode to Marian Bantjes
I had the extreme pleasure of seeing Marian Bantjes talk about her career and recent work – I Wonder. The book is not only fabulously designed, but also compellingly written, I suggest you buy it. I will.
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Would You Pay to Read This?
I recently had the pleasure of listening to Patrick Coyne, editor of famed Communications Arts, give a talk about the history of CA. During the Q&A portion, there were several questions about the consequences of the economy and the design industry. There were several things said of note, but what I want to talk about [...]
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Web Accessibility
Tonight, I went to the lecture regarding Web Accessibility for blind persons presented by Anne Taylor, director of access technology, Wesley Majerus, access tech specialist, and another gentleman whose name I didn’t catch. These individuals were representatives from the National Federation of the Blind. It was an interesting talk, and here are a few key [...]
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Design for Democracy
I went to go see Marcia Lausen’s talk entitled “Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design” at Towson University tonight. Although it was fast-paced, she covered a lot of interesting things. Basically, she aided in the redesign of ballots and election materials in, so far, Chicago and Oregon. Lausen, along with an undergraduate graphic design [...]
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