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    Documenting Deady Hall

    By Yana Stannik / July 9, 2018

    Yana submits for the Holland Prize using her Fat Pencil know-how.

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    • DataViz
    • creative community
    • inspiration
    • graphic design

    Brain Candy Roundup

    By Ady Leverette / June 14, 2018

    The best of the best from our popular newsletter feature column.

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    • inspiration

    Many Audiences

    By Ady Leverette / May 3, 2018

    The story of a case has many audiences, not just the judge and jury. It's important to craft a visual approach appropriate to each audience.

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    • inspiration
    • creative community

    Citizens and Artists

    By Ady Leverette / Feb. 27, 2018

    Ady discusses the role that art plays in our lives and how we, as artists and designers, can become better citizens.

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    • animation
    • inspiration

    Concepts and Prototypes

    By Joshua Cohen / Jan. 12, 2018

    Joshua visits the Portland Art Museum to see an exhibit of work by LAIKA, a Portland-based animation studio.

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    • mapping
    • DataViz
    • creative community
    • inspiration
    • graphic design

    The Information Is Beautiful Awards are here!

    By Yana Stannik / Oct. 13, 2017

    Yana's unofficial picks for this year's winners of the Information is Beautiful Awards.

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    • construction
    • environment
    • inspiration
    • creative community

    Put a Tree on it

    By Joshua Cohen / Oct. 13, 2017

    Joshua reflects on watching the new SolTerra headquarters being built over the last two years, and the mysterious tree on the north end of the roof.

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    • environment
    • mapping
    • DataViz
    • software
    • creative community
    • inspiration

    Mapillary Action

    By Jannine Hanczarek / July 10, 2017

    The pros and cons of sourcing open-source street-view photos from contributors around the world.

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    • transportation
    • geomodeling
    • animation
    • inspiration
    • software

    The Threshold of Detectability

    By Jannine Hanczarek / July 6, 2017

    Eyal Weizman’s book, Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability discusses the divide between reality and possibility.

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    • creative community
    • graphic design
    • inspiration

    Design Thinking, in Theory

    By Ady Leverette / June 12, 2017

    “Design thinking” is a buzzy term that inspires some and irritates others. Here's what we think about it.

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