Designer: Vol. 45, No. 1 (Spring 2020)
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FEATURES
UCDA AT FIFTY
Summarized from information by Lee Kline and Jack Davis
How an idea among three friends became a source of inspiration to its members. In 1970, while working as a graphic designer for Illinois State University at Normal, Lee Kline became frustrated by the lack of professional development...
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WHAT IS DESIGN THEORY?
By Oliver Stevenson
The words ‘design theory’ might make you freeze up as the idea of getting theoretical was definitely not what you signed up for. Though, trust us, it’s not as complicated as it sounds, but it is a really important thing for designers to get to grips with. To help you out, we’ve written this...
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A LOVE LETTER TO SPREADSHEETS
By Michelle Morrison
I'm sure you’re curious about how I’ll make my case for why designers should care about spreadsheets. But hear me out—spreadsheets are magical, beautiful tools for everyone, including creatives. At Dropbox, we’re designing enlightened ways of working, so in service of...
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DEPARTMENTS
MACINTOSH 128k
The original Apple Macintosh (128k) featured an 8 MHz 68000 processor...
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DONOR RECOGNITION
List of UCDA Foundation Donors for Fiscal Year 2019
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WORKING REMOTELY
By Sara Cutcliffe
How to manage your newly remote workforce
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BRAND DISCOVERY
By Renee Fleck
10 key questions to ask clients before you start designing
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REVOLUTIONIZE PRINT DESIGN
By Kim Rogala
Neenah offers Swatch Pro extension for Adobe Illustrator
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READY FOR DOWNLOAD
Smithsonian releases 2.8 million images into public domain
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THE INLAND PRINTER
By Steven Heller
When design was an offshoot of printing
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BIG PICTURE
Dandelion by photographer Ihsan Yildizli
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PARTING SHOT
“Love Florence” by Elisabetta Stoinich, an illustrator based in Milano, Italy
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DESIGN BRIEFS
News and information to help you through your day
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CONTRIBUTORS
The talented people contributing to this issue
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