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Basics of Graphic Design – Why unplugged first?

Aug 17th, 2009 | By Jim Patton | Category: Featured Articles

Why should we do the unplugged steps before launching the computer? Because design is a visual business, art is a visual endeavor and visual fields require visual thinking. The right side of the brain needs to be tapped and the creative pump needs to be primed.



Graphic design for hand-held devices

Oct 19th, 2009 | By Jim Patton | Category: Featured Articles

“Honey, I shrunk the desktop!”

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In a relatively short period of time, we’ve gone from designing for ink-on-paper media to the transparent computer screen. Now, it seems we must re-think our design elements and principles again, to adjust to The Incredible Shrinking Screen.