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Creativity and Lessons from Zeno

By Alec Julien|2017-07-15T13:16:58-04:00June 13th, 2011|Creativity, Design, Our Brains|

Philosophers have long loved grappling with paradoxes — paradox-grappling is like no other exercise for the intellect. Perhaps the most famous paradox of all — Zeno’s Paradox — actually has a lesson in it, even for those of us who don't usually grapple with such things. Zeno's Paradox Here is how Zeno’s paradox goes: the [...]

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Design Inspiration
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Design Inspiration

Behavior Change, Creativity, Design

Design Inspiration

By Alec Julien|2017-07-15T13:17:02-04:00March 14th, 2011|Behavior Change, Creativity, Design|

Getting Outside of Your Comfort Zone as a Designer As a designer (and I'm pretty sure this applies in all fields — I could write a similar treatise about being a musician), there are certain techniques and approaches that will come naturally to you, and certain genres and styles with which you will become intimately [...]

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Designing for Mobile
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Designing for Mobile

Design, Tools and Technology, Website Design and Development

Designing for Mobile

By Steve McIntyre|2017-07-15T13:17:02-04:00March 7th, 2011|Design, Tools and Technology, Website Design and Development|

Image via CrunchBase The old saying, "Less is More" applies to designing for mobile devices more than almost anything else I can think of. When you're presenting information on such a small screen, you want to narrow your focus to as few elements as possible. A Few Years Ago: Speed Just a [...]

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The Imperfection of Art and the Science of Imperfection
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The Imperfection of Art and the Science of Imperfection

Creativity, Design, Tools and Technology

The Imperfection of Art and the Science of Imperfection

By Alec Julien|2021-08-30T13:12:44-04:00February 21st, 2011|Creativity, Design, Tools and Technology|

Sometimes you need a perfect circle in your design; sometimes you need an absolutely equilateral triangle; sometimes you need a spiral drawn with mathematical precision. In the days of yore, one needed compasses, protractors, and other medieval instruments in order to approach perfect geometries in design. Thankfully for the contemporary designer, computers are very good [...]

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Ten Great Fonts of 2010
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Ten Great Fonts of 2010

Design

Ten Great Fonts of 2010

By Alec Julien|2017-07-15T13:17:03-04:00January 24th, 2011|Design|

Happy new year, typophiles! In the spirit of looking back on the year that was, I thought it’d be interesting to parse through the seemingly limitless font releases of 2010 and give a few hat-tips. There are far too many excellent fonts from last year to mention even a fraction of them, but here, in [...]

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E-Readers and the Devolution of Typography
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E-Readers and the Devolution of Typography

Design, Tools and Technology

E-Readers and the Devolution of Typography

By Alec Julien|2017-07-15T13:17:04-04:00December 27th, 2010|Design, Tools and Technology|

Amazon’s Kindle I got a gift recently, one that I'm both excited and, well, quite honestly a little sad about: a Kindle. My excitement stems from my love of technology and gadgets, and all of the obvious benefits of owning an e-reader: easy access to tons of cheap books and periodicals, one tiny device that [...]

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