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what is design anyway?!
Design has vast, untapped potential, but is defined in many different ways. If we want to come together as an international community to support its evolution, we must not be afraid to discuss, dissect and disagree on what design is, does, and can do. Self-examination is a crucial step in the maturing of any profession; it is only through an open critique...
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what is design?
Design is a discipline of study and practice focused on the interaction between a person — a ‘user’— and the man-made environment, taking into account aesthetic, functional, contextual, cultural and societal considerations. As a formalised discipline, design is a modern construct.
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PM2019 vancouver
2019 Vancouver Platform Meeting was a one-day event held in Vancouver (Canada) on 01 December 2019 hosted by ICoD Members Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) . The 2019 theme was ‘Design is Professional’.
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the high cost of buying "design" on spec
The provision of uncompensated work on the gamble that payment will eventually be forthcoming is called “speculative work”. The designer, instead of providing a service for agreed upon assured compensation, speculates that they might receive compensation—financial or other—for work already provided. This practice encourages designers to compete against...
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TASA-ICoD international conference on evolving design education conference 2024 qingdao (china) recap
The TASA-ICoD International conference on Evolving Design Education Conference 2024 Qingdao (China) was a collaboration between the International Council of Design and Tsinghua University to address the need for design education curriculum reform and enhance interaction between Chinese and international designers and design educators. The meeting was...
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is copying right?
Originality is a fundamental tenet of good design. Designers are not expected to reinvent the wheel with every new commission, but copy/pasting existing work circumvents the design process, prioritising visuals over the functional inputs that should inform it — in other words, it is not designing at all. And it is unethical.