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Career profiles for design related occupations.

Advertising: Who does well?

by J.L. Moore

It takes more than catchy phrases and pretty pictures to sell. Succeeding in advertising takes a combination of skill, training, and ambition.

Characteristics of people who make it in advertising include:

Creativity

Television for Posterity: Issues of Videotape Preservation

by J. Moore

Will our kids’ kids love Raymond too? If television program preservation efforts are successful, yes, everyone will love him!

At the four major television networks, there are an estimated 100,000 television programs. When you combine that with the holdings of major archives, they're preserving as many as 200,000 hours of television for posterity. That is quite a collection of re-runs!

CAD

by Belva McMurray

Computer-aided design is the wave of the future! CAD designers use 3D modeling software to translate sketches into line-based drawings that can be animated, rendered, or printed for use as presentation graphics or construction documents. Because of the benefits of its use, CAD has quickly become an industry norm in the fields of interior design, architecture, and industrial design.

So what are the benefits of using CAD?

A Brief History of Graphic Design

by Belva McMurray

Graphic design is the art of arranging text and images to convey a message. Graphic design today is mainly computer-based, and centers around the advertising and marketing industries. Graphic design has its origins in the arts, and can be traced back as far as the third millennium BC, to the birth of the written language.

10 Tips for Web Design

by Belva McMurray

1. Hunt and gather. Think of what appeals to you when you’re surfing the web. Website addresses that are easy to remember? Fast downloads? Clean menus? Legible type? Build a knowledge base of the attributes that appeal to you, and then incorporate as many as you can into your website.

Colory Theory: In Living Color

by Everest Knoble

It is hard to dull the blue sky of an October day or the subtle shifts in blue of a river bend. Whether we realize it or not, color affects us psychologically and, as a result, physiologically. You are probably familiar with the expressions, “She saw red when….” Or, “I’m blue over you.” On some levels we enjoy colors just because, but they also serve as emotional triggers.

Design in Everyday Life

by Belva McMurray

How often do you come in contact with the work of a designer? At virtually every moment that you are awake!

Landing a Job in Design

by Belva McMurray

So you’ve graduated from design school. Now what?

The path to finding a career in your desired field is all about marketing yourself and your talents. Figure out what aspect of design you wish to focus on, and then do what it takes to get there. Design is a skills-based industry; it’s important that you are creative, but it’s also important that you have applicable skills. Potential employers want to see what you know and what you can do.

Defining Designer: Milton Glaser

by Everest Knoble

Milton Glaser is to design what Donald Trump is to real estate—he is the Steven Spielberg of designers. (Almost everyone knows the I Love NY logo—the designer’s brainchild and deemed the most reproduced logo of all time.) Because of his inexhaustible intellectual and artistic prowess, Glaser has made his name one of the most revered in design.

Animation: 1900–2005

by Everest Knoble

From animation’s humble beginnings at the outset of the twentieth century to the mind-blowing technology of today’s Pixar features, the world has had a long preoccupation with the moving image. There are many industry heavyweights, but certain individuals have greatly influenced the medium's progression and should be highlighted when chronicling its history.