Category: Design
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Basketball Diaries. “J Edgar Hoover” Got That Brown Game.
The ongoing FBI investigation has implicated NBA figures, including Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier, in illegal gambling schemes involving insider information and organized crime. The NBA season (2025-26) has begun amid these revelations, raising questions about integrity and transparency within the league, as public scrutiny intensifies on gambling practices.
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Basketball Diaries: LBJ Last Dance 2025-26.
The essay discusses the legacy and current status of NBA stars LeBron James and Stephen Curry. analyzing their championship achievements, performance, and team dynamics while noting the challenges they face this season. The piece also highlights the potential for Luka Doncic’s rise in the league, comparing him to established legends and baby goats on the…
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Graphic Design Referenced
The essay explores the evolution of graphic design over centuries, emphasizing how artificial intelligence is reshaping its future. It reflects on both historical and contemporary practices, highlighting the ongoing importance of traditional tools alongside technological advancements. The narrative urges designers to adapt and embrace AI as a transformative ally in their craft.
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Christ-Mas:Volume 1
Arts Journal / Zine 91 / Christ-Mas: Volume 1 of 4– –The essay connects art criticism and philosophy, exploring the concepts of Modernism and Postmodernism through Salvador DC’s art cards. It examines the act of creation, power, and faith, using various historical narratives. Ultimately, it aims to cultivate joy and provoke thought on Postmodernity while…
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Just do it!
The content discusses the importance of advocating for user experience (UX) in design, particularly for a digital agency aimed at B2C and B2B clients transitioning to cloud e-commerce solutions. Key responsibilities include leadership in UX design, strategic thinking, cross-functional collaboration, user research, prototyping, and continuous improvement to enhance design systems and processes.
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in American Otaku Series, Art, Art Criticism, Art Journal Magazine, Art On Paper, Artist Books, Artist Media Campaign, BookCLub, Contemporary Philosohy, Creative Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction Design, CTTDC Projects 2014, CTTDC/Updates, Culture, Curatorial Exhibition, Design, Design Workflows, Digital Design, Digital Memoir, DIY Web Design, DIY Wordpress, DIY Zen Ideas, Drawing, Editorial Design, Editorial Rebuttals, Editors Monthly Op Ed, Essay Non-Fiction, Essay-Fiction, Fine Art, Fine Art Photography, Gonzo, Gonzo-Sports, Graphic Novel-Comix, Graphic Novel-Mr.GustoX, L.O.P Magazine, Lessons In Modern Art, Line On Paper Magazine, Memoir Critique 2016, Mise-en-Scene, Newsletter, NYC Comic Con, Online Marketing, Painting, personal tech commentary, Photography, Poetry, Satire & Criticism, Sketch Book Series, Studio Walls DC, Technology, The Weekly Think Tank, The Will to Power, WordPress, Wordpress White Paper/EssentialsArts Journal is a weekly to monthly creative zine focused on exhibiting creative essays and fictional storytelling. Our ethos emphasizes the author’s personal journey, engagement with the world, self-discovery, and narrative structure. The themes of authenticity, mutuality in expression, and the need for both showing and telling are central to its creative mechanism. Current Issue…
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New Media
The newspaper ad clipping described the following job opening in glorious detail. “Work at a fast paced art gallery with experience in original intaglio prints while learning about the amazing world of contemporary art
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State Of The Think Tank-Art Muse
Art Journal began as a simple proposition between a creative professional and a collective desire to tell stories. I told the young the woman on the phone the fact I find myself at the intersection between technology and liberal arts
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Creative Agenda
I recently completed another art journal scrap book filled with endless ideas, thoughts, memories and design project workflows. With my current commute workflow lasting several hours each way, I have plenty of time to collect my thoughts on paper
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Hunter Gatherer
With the launch of DSC79-All Things Web Design and Apex76 just a few weeks ago, I decided to briefly discuss a few topics this week for Art Journal. DSC79 is a comprehensive overview behind my professional development as a full stack web developer.
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Web Design Workflows | Part 3
With the launch of DSC79 as a leading resource on all things web design, I wanted to highlight a few guiding principles for the project. As I began preparing to gather the assets for the project, I quickly realized what the calls to action needed to be
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Web Design WorkFlows | Part Two
In part two of our web design workflow series, we explore best practices for implementing web typography in your web layouts. Covering the basics (101) font stack of choice, including how to use Google Web Fonts and Font Awesome as part of your development workflow
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Editorial Design
Design retrospectives are in no way meant to be seen as the achievements between artist skill and showcasing clever ideas. Using graphical imagery as an aesthetic tool between product, exhibition and critique.
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The App Content Model
{When we discuss the distribution, delivery, design and development of how to built apps, web products and digital solutions with our clients and contributors. It is always important to explain our company culture along with our preferred call to action method behind the nature of web design}
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Pipe Dream
What can we learn from this year World Wide Developers conference in relation to Apple’s product pipeline, its culture and the history of the Mac?
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Blog Is The New Black
This week, a pithy hiatus from writing about our L.O.P series to discuss two topics which are central to our online marketing efforts. On building a lean startup using bootstrapping methodologies
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L.O.P |Theme Development
{ Part Two Of Five }Developing Line On Paper magazine as a grassroots web project has taken many forms, shape and sizes but at the core, only five elementary particles are present. In part two of the series we will describe solutions for creating & modifying web content
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Haru |2014
{ Line On Paper Magazine } Is an upcoming project from the creative shop of CTTDC. L.O.P will explore the culture of contemporary art. Subscribe to the magazine for updates on all our beta testing design projects
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Op Ed Monthly |Hyperbole
{Op Ed Monthly} In December, a pithy article retrospective converging on art, design, technology and culture protocol are exhibited for your reading pleasure, laughter or confusion. Depending on what side of the spectrum your thinking pattern may originate. These articles represent a hybrid collection of ideas, brainstorming thoughts and exercises in visual thinking. Published online…
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