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By: Callie Budrick  The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has been a doozy. No matter your political stance, we can all agree on that much. It’s expected that Monday night’s debate—the first between candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton—received some 100 million views, making it the most-watched presidential debate yet. With such a large audience and so much
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has created an engineered double cover for design and lifestyle magazine Wallpaper that features a trellis-like opening system. Called the Friction Cover, Heatherwick‘s design features two layers, with the top sliding up in sections to reveal the image underneath and create the number 20 in black and white typography. “We asked
California businesses can expect more inspections in the coming years as Cal/OSHA ramps up its personnel after its workforce was cut back as a result of the effects of the Great Recession that started in 2008. In 2015, Cal/OSHA inspections reached the highest level in five years and the number of violations cited was the
Words by Lucy Bourton Geriko, the Franco-Belgian creative duo of Hélène Jeudy and Antoine Caëcke, creates cinematic animations bound to make your jaw drop. In its most recent music video for Lorn its sweeping cityscapes are full of immense detail from interiors to technological devices. Inspired by Japanese and Belgian comics, the animation is eerie
By Amanda Aszman Sagi Haviv, Mona Patel and Magnus Berg know design Haviv is partner and designer at Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, and he’s designed more than 50 identity programs, which has included logos for the Library of Congress, Conservation International and Armani Exchange. Patel the founder/CEO of Motivate, a UX research, design and staffing agency with clients including Chick-Fil-A,
One of the most important collaborations in a media campaign is between designers and photographers. Â Both work visually, but approaches can be different. Â And there are a lot of questions: Â How much direction is too much? Â Where can creativity come into play? Â How will the visuals really be used? In my career, I’ve focused
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein Can your insurance provider simply explain your business? Or are you the one constantly explaining your business to them? Visual Media Alliance specializes in providing knowledge-based insurances for your business (health, workers compensation and business liability). We can help you select
One of the least understood cyber threats to businesses is ransomware, which hackers use to shut down an organization’s computer system until the victim pays a ransom to unlock it. While most organizations focus on the cost of the ransom, which is typically less than $1,000, the costlier damage is to the company’s operations, which
by Harold Stark , Stark of Winterfell The art of photography has improved itself a lot over the years. Today, as we are well-seated into the 21st century, anyone who knows how to turn on a computer can learn to manipulate images with little or no effort. Thanks to tools like Photoshop CC for graphics and iMovie
A love/hate letter to PS1 MoMA’s most anticipated (and dreaded) weekend By Perrin Drumm Printed Matter’s 2016 NY Art Book Fair poster Dear NY Art Book Fair, I love you, but baby, you’re a mess. A beautiful, crazy creative, exciting mess. You come around once a year and drive all the art kids wild: the nutty old collectors,
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