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The field of Design Studies is in its formative stage, and by virtue of its nascent status each paper engaging in the discipline is written with praxis
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Design today is going through a period of huge transformation. As a practice, it is being redefined. Designers are formally being invited to [...]
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According to sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, we are living in “liquid times.”1 Because of [...]
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This issue of The Scholar & Feminist Online, edited by scholar-activists Soniya Munshi and Craig Willse, explores the nonprofit and [...]
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The MTA and Rikers Island have a complicated relationship. Over the years the massive jailing complex has fallen on and off the subway map. [...]
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As a professor of graphic design, I am constantly trying to figure out what tools will best prepare my students for future practice [...]
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Even though the ways in which people research, shop, and purchase items have evolved, the reasons [...]
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The sex toy market is enjoying unprecedented growth in recent years due to increased social acceptance [...]
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Does form still follow function? In 2009, design critic Alice Rawsthorn declared the demise of the famous phrase once coined by architect Louis Sulliva
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We wrestle with wicked problems that plague our complex adaptive systems while operating in constant, continual...