The Role of a Graphic Designer

The job description of a Graphic Designer is a job title that is quite broad and can designate many different roles. It’s a field that is always evolving and is required to keep up with demand, styles, trends, and advancements in technology. Standards become obsolete, software progresses, techniques change…

Vignelli’s Unigrid System

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Back in the late 70′s, Massimo Vignelli designed the Unigrid System for the National Park Service. The modular grid system sized at ISO A2 (16.5″ × 23.4″or 420mm × 594mm) allowed the NPS to created branded brochures in ten formats and to keep a consistent, recognizable structure across all it’s brand materials—not to mention how economical the system has been for them. The grid features a black…

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SDS Good Design Award 2012

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The Sudbury Design Society are seeking submissions for this year’s SDS Good Design Award.

The SDS Good Design Award honors annual achievements and/or commitment to the practice of professional graphic design, with emphasis on quality design of the highest form, function, and aesthetic—a standard beyond ordinary or typical.

The SDS Good Design Award would forward the ideals of a design process that contributes to client success and embodies excellence, endurance and…

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