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Voice: AIGA Journal of Design

Voice: AIGA Journal of Design is an online publication for the discussion of design matters, featuring insightful interviews, engaging essays and thoughtful criticism. Voice encourages respectful reader feedback and seeks to inspire like contributions to enhance and go beyond the subjects raised in this forum.

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Answering the Call to Service Design: An Interview with Phi-Hong Ha
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by Steven Heller
Nov 03, 2009(3)
What is service design? Heller asks interaction designer Phi-Hong D. Ha to describe the skills needed and challenges posed by this emerging field.

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Blood Types
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by Angela Riechers
Oct 30, 2009(6)
Will the thirst for vampires ever be sated? Riechers examines the many incarnations of Nosferatu, Dracula and their ilk in popular culture and what they say about us.

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Naming Names for Fun and Profit
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by Ralph Caplan
Oct 27, 2009(2)
What is it about some brands that makes people want to be their walking billboards? Caplan reflects on the lure of logos and labels.

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Neurath, Bliss and the Language of the Pictogram
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by Phil Patton
Oct 20, 2009(5)
Are images more powerful and widely understood than words? Patton looks at the pictorial languages of Otto Neurath and Charles Bliss.

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Make/Think Sketchbook
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by Carolyn Sewell
Oct 16, 2009(11)
Three days in five spreads: one designer’s illustrated take on the recent biennial AIGA Design Conference, “Make/Think.”

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Committees Commit, Designers Design
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by Gregory M. Donley
Oct 14, 2009(12)
The words “design by committee” are dreaded. But Donley contends that the wisdom of the crowd and the hand of the designer can make a pretty good team.