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A total of 6,402 entries from 54 countries registered for the competition in various design disciplines. Like last year, India managed to get four awards. Though Asia accounts for an increasing share of the awards every year, India seems to be lagging way behind.
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They don’t just make the world look cool – some designers go further. They improve the environment, build communities, even save lives. They have great skills, and even greater ideas. They are concerned with how the world behaves and not just how the world looks.
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Every person we see as successful must have a formula for success, and if that formula were revealed, all of us could be successful. All writers, editors, artists, designers, film makers and actors are successful.
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How about putting a simple UX process in place for your new year resolution? After all, we are designers and should be able to break into this with our design thinking abilities.
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Let’s face it – design studios are facing difficult times and there are far too many designers looking for jobs in the market. Combine that with the number of students looking for projects and internships and you understand the frustration of young designers. In times like these, what should you do to get a job?
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This is the third year POOL Magazine is hosting India’s Best Design Studio Awards and already it is a very different type of event, distinct from any other award program in many ways.
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I often marvel at smart, efficient and working solutions. You see them all over. So many times when I am traveling I stop and marvel at some details, beautiful carvings, elaborately colored furniture, hand painted cafe graphics…this is where art and design become one for me.
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To be a happy and content designer, one should cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good project that comes to you, and to continuously think of its benefits. Designers are always surrounded by stress-inducing problems that they are trying to solve; gratitude can be a huge stress buster for them.
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And now Pool is seven years old…84 issues! Not a new design magazine anymore, it has matured, settled into its editorial stance, and has a certain maturity to its visual language. Of some repute, the magazine has influenced and educated a generation of designers in these seven years. It is a good milestone to be at.
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Following up on WIDC 2016 where more than 26 global design organizations came together in China, in June this year CIDA (China Industrial Design Association) invited 10 global organizations to report progress on WIDC’s agenda for last year, and to announce the agenda for this year.
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