Quote N°48

“Young people that have the slightest inkling or enjoyment of art and design need to know that there is a future for them in the design industry, whether that be cars, shoes, products, or even video games and advertising. There is a place for them.”

—Andre Hudson, Design Manager at Hyundai America in Los Angeles in January 2012 issue of Black Enterprise

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Quote N°47

“Designers have an amazing power because you affect people’s lives every day long after the product has left your sketchpad or computer. Everything you touch was designed by someone. Great design changes the world.”

—Andre Hudson, Design Manager at Hyundai America in Los Angeles in January 2012 issue of Black Enterprise

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Scholastic Survey with @jeffstaple: Phil Annand

In the latest episode of Scholastic Survey, Jeff Staple, Creative Director at Staple Design chops it up with emerging designer and the creative mind behind The Madbury Club, Phil Annand about how he got his start, his future plans of

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Quote N°46

“Businesses fueled a 32% increase in demand for iOS skills, spiking a 25% growth in demand for those with iPad-specific skills.”

—Elance Blog, in October 2011 blog post Online Employment Report: Businesses Hiring in the Cloud Defy Employment Trends

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Quote N°45

“Any country that’s going to be competitive in the not-so-distant future is going to need a large developer community. If very few women go into it, we’re losing half of our eligible community immediately.”

—Evan Korth, professor of computer science at New York University, in October 2011 issue of Fast Company piece titled Ladies Who Hack

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Quote N°44

“Nobody now does it out-and-out better. But the U.S. had better watch China. It has figured out that design matters. And little Singapore is investing hugely in design.”

—Roger Martin, designer, in the October 2011 Fast Company piece Straight Talk On American Design

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Creative Mornings Chicago — with Jason Fried of 37 Signals

Last month Jason Friend of 37 Signals was the speaker at Creative Mornings Chicago. For those of you who don't know, Creative Mornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Each event is free of charge, and

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Quote N°43

“As a summer intern at Microsoft in 1996, I remember attending a reception at Bill Gates’s house and the confusion on his face when I introduced myself as a designer, not an engineer. What was a designer doing at Microsoft? Yet today user-centered design, which emerged largely out of software development in California in the ’80s, has been embraced by corporate America.”

—Robert Fabricant, designer, in the October 2011 Fast Company piece Straight Talk On American Design

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Quote N°42

“Designers used to be notorious for coming in late, leaving early and taking long lunch hours. Not any more. Designers today work like hell.”

—Liz Claiborne, 1984

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