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The Empathetic Fallacy
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From Voice

by Ralph Caplan Jun 30, 2009 (9)
Since when is empathy a bad thing? Caplan defends the quality in designers and why it’s good to relate personally to your work.

From Voice

From Silkscreen to Silver Screen: An Interview with Eileen Yaghoobian
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by Steven Heller
Jun 23, 2009(1)
Who are the unsung heroes of the DIY rock-poster scene? Heller talks to the director who hit the road to meet them.

From AIGA Insight

What is AIGA’s mandate for 2014?
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by Richard Grefé
Jun 17, 2009(6)
Richard Grefé presents an overview of AIGA’s five-year plan to meet the goals of chapters, individual members and the design profession as a whole.

From Voice

Where’s the Finish Line? Examining Success in Design
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by Justin Kropp
Jun 16, 2009(13)
On your mark, get set, get famous! Kropp looks at the pressure on young designers to become overnight sensations.

From In-house Design

Confronting Confrontation
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by Pam Bryan
Jun 05, 2009(8)
Putting off a difficult conversation at the office? Bryan offers ways to confront a troublesome employee or coworker and get results.

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Events

  • Creating the Perfect Design Brief July 23, 2009 | IIT Institute of Design, Chicago, IL
    A one-day seminar in the DMI Professional Development Program. A design brief, also often called a creative brief, is the most essential ingredient for any major design project. However,...
  • Image Space Object 6 : Tools for Transformation August 6-9, 2009 | Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, CO
    Creating compelling products, services, brands and interactions with people-centered design research methods. At “Image, Space, Object,” small teams of participants and studio...
  • Make/Think: AIGA Design Conference October 8-11, 2009 | Memphis Cook Convention Center, Memphis, TN
    What is designing today? And how do designers define their own influence within the dichotomy of making versus thinking? These questions form the basis of this year’s conference, “Make/Think,”...
  • AIGA XCD 2009 Design Expedition October 17-31, 2009 | China, Beijing, China
    See. Be Seen. Discover. Share. AIGA XCD’s 2009 Design Expedition to China. Join the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design (AIGA|XCD) this October as we travel into the heart of...
  • Xin: Icograda World Design Congress 2009 October 24-30, 2009 | National Centre for the Performing Arts (National Grand Theatre) and The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Bejing, China
    Under the theme Xin, the Icograda World Design Congress 2009 in Beijing will explore the capacity of design to integrate with other media, to transcend national, cultural and economic confines,...

Exhibitions

  • Voices: An Exhibition of Darfuri Children’s Drawings June 18 - July 24, 2009 | AIGA National Design Center, New York, NY
    In cooperation with Waging Peace, the AIGA National Design Center presents a selection of drawings by Darfuri children depicting vivid memories of violent attacks. Collected as part of a 2007...