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Crossover is the overlapping of procedures
Crossover is the (mainly intentional) overlapping of procedures, practices, or styles from two or more disciplines. During the crossover process, certain characteristics and influences from disciplines like architecture, design, art, literature, media, fashion, or music are adapted and coordinated for the generation of new or modified products, services, strategies, or statements. The resulting designs often create new [...]
Continue reading...Adding exterior shutters to your home
18. June 2008
It is quick and simple to fit exterior shutters yourself, or you can employ a professional for a reasonable price if you do not feel you can tackle the task yourself. Either way, you need to familiarize yourself with the variety of shutters available before you make a final purchase. There are numerous reasons for adding [...]
Continue reading...Herein lies the main difference between Memphis and earlier
18. June 2008
The Memphis group, established by a group of postmodernist designers in Italy during the early 1980s, had liberating effects on design far beyond the Italian context. The name of the group refers to the song “Memphis Blues” by Bob Dylan, and was selected more or less randomly by its founders. Membership included Ettore Sottsass, founder and [...]
Continue reading...Unique Selling Proposition
18. June 2008
Unique Selling Proposition, abbreviated USP, refers to the outstanding feature of a product or brand that distinguishes it clearly from the competition’s offerings. Rosser Reeves introduced the concept to marketing theory and practice in the 1940s. This feature can be associated with virtually any characteristic of a product: form, service, interface, cost, a previously unavailable function, [...]
Continue reading...The most important method of transformation is variation
17. June 2008
Transformation describes very well a core competency in design: namely, the ability to take one thing (materials, views, experiences, processes, and so on) and turn it into another. The word derives from the Latin and means “reshaping.” Transformation indicates in general a change of shape, form, or structure without loss of substance.
Continue reading...Marketing on Craigslist can sometimes be a tedious process
17. June 2008
I’ve been using craigslist to market my small graphic design business for some time. The site has been great as I can put samples of my work within my ads, therefore showing that I run a legitimate and quality business. Marketing on Craigslist can sometimes be a tedious process. Many ads seem to suffer as small [...]
Continue reading...Letter Perspectives makes the perfect holiday gift
16. June 2008
When a holiday is fast approaching and there is no room at a mall or store to shop around to look for a perfect gift because of all the people doing their shopping a gift basket is the perfect thing to give for any holiday to anyone on your shopping list, be it your loved [...]
Continue reading...Responsability in web design?
12. June 2008
The word “responsibility” derives from the Latin verb respondere meaning to “reply” or “respond.” Responsibility places human action in causal contexts of temporal, social, religious, and other meaning. Morally it is regarded as a positive value. In order to derive a concept of responsibility relevant to design, it makes sense first to differentiate the meanings [...]
Continue reading...Do we really appreciate how fortunate we are?
11. June 2008
Do we really appreciate how fortunate we are? Living on our remarkable planet, we have seafood, one of the finest foods you can think of, available in abundance. Seafood affords us the opportunity to have superb meals and at the same time provide us with numerous health benefits. Low in saturated fat and easy to digest, crammed [...]
Continue reading...Visual components in film and video
11. June 2008
“Visual effects” refers to the artificial generation and manipulation of visual components in film and video. These manipulations of frames, nowadays often done in conjunction with compositing, range from unspectacular touch-ups to the addition and subtraction of entire components within a scene. The production of artificial matte paintings also has an important role here. The effects this [...]
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Asides 
Many of the terms defined in this dictionary address, directly or indirectly, the concept of value. Indeed design can be understood as being a value-adding and value-negotiating process. Value is a very basic and broad concept. It relates to the worth that we humans ascribe to anything and for almost any reason.
If you were to think of any reason that some thing, someone, some feeling, some experience might be of some worth, importance, or significance then you have placed a value on it. Value is most commonly understood to represent the amount of money (or other “in-kind” currency) that it takes to complete an exchange to buy, to rent, to employ, and so on.
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19. June 2008
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