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Problem-solving through design

February 21, 2014

Graphic design is the art of communication, stylizing, and problem-solving through the use of type, space, and image. The field is considered a subset of visual communication and communication design, but sometimes the term "graphic design" is used interchangeably...

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The Bauhaus school of design

February 21, 2014

Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term Bauhaus...

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Centre Georges Pompidou

February 21, 2014

Centre Georges Pompidou (commonly shortened to Centre Pompidou; also known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech...

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User Interface Engineering

February 21, 2014

User interface design (UID) or user interface engineering is the design of websites, computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, and software applications with the focus on the user's experience and interaction. The goal of user interface design...

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When did the "fixie" trend start?

February 21, 2014

A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixed-wheel bicycle, commonly known as a fixie) is a bicycle that has a drivetrain with no freewheel mechanism. The freewheel was developed early in the history of bicycle design but the fixed-gear bicycle remained the standard track...

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A History of the Gramophone Record

February 21, 2014

A gramophone record (phonograph record in American English) or vinyl record, commonly known as "a record", is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat polyvinyl chloride (previously Shellac) disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove...

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Film Photography Technique Tips

February 21, 2014

Photographic film is a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals. The sizes and other characteristics of the crystals determine the sensitivity...

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Team vacation in Cuba

February 21, 2014

The name Cuba comes from the TaĆ­no language. The exact meaning of the name is unclear but it may be translated either as where fertile land is abundant (cubao), or great place (coabana). Authors who believe that Christopher Columbus was Portuguese state that Cuba...

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Differences Between iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s

February 21, 2014

As with the principle of iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4S, iPhone 5S is a revised version of its predecessor, iPhone 5. The phone maintains a similar design to its predecessor, aside from the introduction of a new home button design using a laser-cut sapphire cover surrounded...

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