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Designer: Vol. 45, No. 2 (Summer 2020)
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FEATURES
EVACUATING CHINA
By Ella Rue
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, life was normal in Wenzhou, China, where UCDA member Randy Clark is an assistant professor in graphic design at Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU). Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, is about 530 miles west and slightly north of Wenzhou.
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WHAT TO DO WITH MARCOM STAFF DURING UNEXPECTED DOWNTOWN
By Rachel Reuben Senor
When a crisis disrupts your teams usual flow, there are still ways you can sure everyone remains productive. our higher education clients and colleagues. One of the issues managers are currently struggling with is how to occupy staff...
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A LOOK BACK: WHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT THE WORLD-WIDE WEB?
By Frank Klassen and Wendy Besler
Two media experts offer advice on making your jump onto the World-Wide Web. The World-Wide Web has created a tremendous amount of interest and excitement in the past year, mainly because of its ability to deliver complex information quickly, easily, and to a huge audience...
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PAUSE AND EFFECT
By Florence Hazrat
The past and future of punctuation marks. We send each other millions of faces each day, hoping to press complex emotional tones into waywardly arranged punctuation marks: a colon, a dash, half a bracket, closed if happy, open if sad. This seems like a radical reinvention...
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DEPARTMENTS
OBJET D’ART: ABACUS
The exact origin of the abacus is still unknown...
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WHAT'S YOUR CQ?
Discover your creative potential to lead
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WORKING FROM HOME
By Tobias van Schneider
How to work from home—making it work for you
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DESIGNING IN QUARANTINE
By Terri Lee
Tips on making the most of it
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IMPORTANCE OF DESIGN
Courtesy of GDUSA
Four reasons why graphic design is so important in business
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FOR BERNARD AND GLASER
Courtesty of typeroom
How two mad mag men revolutionized the industry
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UCDA ESSENTIAL SERIES
Live and on-demand webinars on timely and relevant topics
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BIG PICTURE
Synchronized fireflies in a natural reserve in Switzerland. Photograph by Diana Radicchi.
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PARTING SHOT
Watercolor series by Doug Burgett.
These larger than actual-sized paintings started out as an #30x30direct-watercolor2020 challenge on Instagram.
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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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