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Robert Meireles is the current AIGA Miami Digital Chair in charge of the website. He is a recent graduate from the New World School of the Arts majoring in Graphic Design. He has successfully ran multiple websites, as well as many successful branding identities.

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A List Apart®

Collaborate and Connect with Subversion
Managing subcontractors and distributed projects is easy and fun. No wait, that's a lie. Luckily, a good version control may be just what you need to keep your projects on track.

 

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Getting Out of Binding Situations in JavaScript
Every wonder who you really are? Congratulations! You have a lot in common with JavaScript. Learn once and for all how to train your JavaScript to remember who it is and what it's doing.

 

Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is back. Hot new designs! Old favorites remixed! S, M, L, XL. Come shop with us!

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Dexigner® Design Portal

Ecotones Mitigating NYCs Contentious Sites
Ecotones Mitigating NYCs Contentious SitesGiven the global and local challenges of climate change the Landscape Architecture profession is at the forefront of New York Citys sustainability efforts Collaborating with governments regulatory agencies community groups and design profess

City of Belfast Completes Biggest Ever Branding Consultation
City of Belfast Completes Biggest Ever Branding ConsultationBelfast City Council is today unveiling a new brand identity for Belfast the result of the biggest branding consultation exercise ever undertaken for the city The new brand has been created following a year-long international re-branding researc

Extraordinary Every Day Travel Contest by Alcantara Lab
Extraordinary Every Day Travel Contest by Alcantara LabThe Extraordinary Every Day Travel Contest inspired by contemporary nomadism is open to fashion designers architects designers and creative professionals of any nationality and age Participants are invited to design extraordinary objects el

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NYTimes® Design

Art: Buddha’s Caves
On the lip of the Gobi Desert, sand and tourists threaten Mogaoku’s singular art.

Style: Sky Lark
When a family in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, needed more space, there was nowhere to go but up.

An American in China
Michael Meyer, a resident of Beijing, records the demolition of the city’s ancient neighborhoods.

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Editor's Blog

Photoshop Killer Tips

Stop An Action
The Insert Stop command will allow you to place a pause in your action if you choose. Download here

Canvas Size Action
When making an action to extend the size of your canvas, use percentage so that you can use that same action with images of all sizes. Download here

Blending Mode Shortcuts
Here are keyboard shortcuts for the some of the more popular blending modes. Download here

Cloning In CS3
The Clone Source palette in Photoshop CS3 has some useful new options. Download here

Type Shortcut
Here’s a keyboard shortcut for committing your type layer to the document. Download here

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TAXI® Design Daily Feed

Web Site of The Day: 10 ways by Getty Images
Somewhere, somehow you've got to start. Pick one, at least.
The Front Seat Interview: Brian McCarty
In Brian Mccarty’s world, growing up doesn't involve growing obsolete from the things of childhood. In his world, growing up means getting more in touch with the things that mattered when he was a boy.
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The Creative Industry's Most Updated News Source, Now 3X MORE!
BOOKS: Phaidon Design Classics
An extraordinarily absorbing, enticingly packaged and comprehensive collection of design classics that will, ironically, become a design classic itself. - reviewed by Wallpaper Magazine
The Driver Speaks: Plug and Play
Universal Connections, an exhibition by dialog05 in Munich presented a collection of USB art designed to make us think about technology in contemporary times.
The Driver Speaks: Cradle-to-Cradle Era
Sustainable design or C2C (Cradle-to-Cradle Design), what is it?
News: Nokia's First Public UMA Pilot Over WLAN is Underway
Nokia started its very first public Unlicensed Mobile Access pilot over Wireless LAN in the city of Oulu last week.

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Lifehacker®

Are You a Productivity Hobbyist? [Anti-Hacks]
Editor: Welcome guest writer Clay Collins, author of The Alternative Productivity Manifesto. Let's face it: if you've spent much time in the productivity blogosphere, then 100 more motivation hacks,...
How to Get In on Early Betas [Invitations]
Your friend just messaged you about the coolest new webapp, so you head over to sign up and ... "We're in private beta at the moment." If you strike out with invite-sharing services like Invite...
MarioPaint Composer Builds Your Digital Mario Opus [Featured Download]
Windows/Mac: Freeware application MarioPaint Composer is a remake of the old-school Mario Paint game for the Super NES, but this one runs on your desktop. More specifically, it mimics the music...
This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
Cocoalicious Is Your Dedicated Del.icio.us Browser (Mac) "Free, open-source application Cocoalicious is a dedicated browser for navigating your bookmarks from social bookmarking site...
How to Fold a Broadsheet Newspaper [Reading]
Real Simple magazine has an old but good step-by-step guide to folding an unwieldy broadsheet newspaper for easy reading on the go. It's really just a matter of a few well placed folds, but if you...
DIY $30 Vacuum Jar Sealer [Weekend Project]
Instead of shelling out more than $100 (plus refill costs) for a retail vacuum sealer, Instructable poster "Eric Forman" decided to piece together his own re-usable sealer using about $30 in...

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