Zeldman: “My sense is that many designers are inspired by what they see, but rarely by what they READ about design. I run a zine & forum about web design (ALA), and obviously it has readers and contributors. But my sense is that the designers who contribute are somewhat unusual, in that MOST designers prefer to seek inspiration purely from the WORK they see (and of course any other sources of inspiration). My sense is that designers who seek inspiration in words about design are fairly rare. Am I wrong?”

“The on-line Graphic Design Artists’ magazine: artistica arose from the minds of young creative designers. The organization seeks to find the true essence of the new and developing graphic arts. It has always existed, but it is time to organize this and show others. Each month, we seek to develop something new, something unseen, something promising. Each month, we feel we have succeeded, then failed until a new issue is developed. There is no true perfection. artistica aims at giving knowledge to those seeking to learn what this new communicative graphic design is all about. It seeks at exposing those who create in this new medium.”

“All it takes is a new idea here, a different perspective there and, suddenly, comfort becomes confusion. Much as the advent of the World Wide Web and the browser shook the foundations of computing and communication, a renaissance encompassing wireless, broadband and ubiquitous computing is under way. Join us as we look at this new age, the issues surrounding it and the people behind it.”

“Recognizing the exodus of designers from print to online media, Adobe built Illustrator 9.0 to cater to the needs of the pixel generation. To bring you up to speed, we walk you through the new Styles, Appearance, Layers, and Transparency palettes. We’ve also got a quick tutorial about using Illustrator’s enhanced Web workflow features to prepare files for use on the Web. We even show you how to export your images to Flash. Finally, we’ll reveal timesaving keyboard tricks that will make you the envy of the design team and increase your overall efficiency.”

“Educational psychologist Jerome Bruner of New York University cites studies that show persons only remember ten percent of what they hear, 30 percent of what they read, but about 80 percent of what they see and do. When all members of society whether at home, in school and on the job learn to use computers for word and picture processing, the switch will be made from passive watching to active using. There will no longer be the barrier between the two symbolic structures. Words and pictures will become one, powerful and memorable mode of communication.” Get more Paul Martin Lester writings.

Zeldman: “My sense is that many designers are inspired by what they see, but rarely by what they READ about design. I run a zine & forum about web design (ALA), and obviously it has readers and contributors. But my sense is that the designers who contribute are somewhat unusual, in that MOST designers prefer to seek inspiration purely from the WORK they see (and of course any other sources of inspiration). My sense is that designers who seek inspiration in words about design are fairly rare. Am I wrong?”