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Margaret Andersen

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As seen in: Fast Company, Medium, WIRED Magazine, aiga.org, AIGA Design Podcast (Podcast), NewsBreak, Design Shack, The Dieline, History Today, Communication Arts, Nursing Clio and
Covers:  Arts & Entertainment, Technology, Design, Accessibility, Feminism, Sex Tech
Designer/journalist hybrid✨👽✌️ covering design, tech, & accessibility ♿️ @hellotouchbot co-creator
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Level designers build virtual worlds. What does it take to be one?

Level designers build virtual worlds. What does it take to be one?

editorx.com — UX lessons from the unsung heroes of gaming.
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Designers are luring tourists to new hotspots. Here's how

Designers are luring tourists to new hotspots. Here's how

editorx.com — Design advice from the agencies behind the websites that beckon visitors to California, Tasmania, and Iceland.
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Five Lesser-Known Works from Push Pin's Archives

Five Lesser-Known Works from Push Pin's Archives

Eye on Design — There's little doubt you've heard of Push Pin Studio - the legendary collective of designers whose collective work revolutionized the field of commercial illustration. But there's more to Push Pin than its most famous contributors like Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast. In a new exhibition at Poster
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How Wordle's genius game design helped it go viral

How Wordle's genius game design helped it go viral

editorx.com — Our word of the day: Genius.
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Everyone is copying Netflix's UI. But Hulu might be the next big innovator

Everyone is copying Netflix's UI. But Hulu might be the next big innovator

editorx.com — Plus, what web designers can learn from the streaming wars.
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Can AI actually replace digital designers?

Can AI actually replace digital designers?

editorx.com — AI platforms like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney aren't coming for digital designer jobs-in the near future, anyway.
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Inside the QR code creative boom

Inside the QR code creative boom

editorx.com — QR code usage has dramatically increased since the pandemic. Now, designers are giving them new creative purpose.
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These digital creators are making the case for clean NFTs. Can they go mainstream?

These digital creators are making the case for clean NFTs. Can they go mainstream?

editorx.com — The cryptoart world is full of opportunity, but it also has an environmental cost. So these creators are pushing for a sustainable alternative.
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The 10 biggest design trends of 2021

The 10 biggest design trends of 2021

editorx.com — Top industry creatives give us their takes on the biggest design trends of the year, from vibrant gradients to Y2K nostalgia.
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5 Big Ideas From the 2021 AIGA Design Conference

5 Big Ideas From the 2021 AIGA Design Conference

Eye on Design — After living through 18 months of an ongoing pandemic, our social and professional interactions have significantly changed since "The Before Times." For many of us it's been a period of isolation that has forced us to learn how to find social connection within virtual spaces or shift to remote work
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Exploring the Uncanny Language of AI Through a New Machine-Made Book

Exploring the Uncanny Language of AI Through a New Machine-Made Book

Eye on Design — Exploring the creative applications of artificial intelligence is hardly a novel idea anymore. Artists and technologists have been collaborating for years on machine learning projects to produce surreal computer visions of the world around us. These idiosyncratic AI recreations of imagery are what s
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Buck | Communication Arts

Buck | Communication Arts

Communication Arts — There's a lot to be said for how the culture of a creative studio can directly influence the quality of the work that's produced. Sure, your team might still deliver good design if they're working nights and weekends or spending their days partitioned away from each other in cubicles, but when a company fosters an environment that promotes creativity instead of burnout, work becomes more than just a nine-to-five; it becomes an opportunity to explore.
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A Peek into the Portfolios of Susan Kare, Aaron Douglas, Push-Pin Studios + More

A Peek into the Portfolios of Susan Kare, Aaron Douglas, Push-Pin Studios + More

Eye on Design — Before 2008 AIGA Medalist Gail Anderson was Art Director for Rolling Stone or a designer for the Boston Globe or Vintage Books at Random House, she was a soon-to-be graduate of SVA in search of her first job outside of school.
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In Web Design, Accessibility Shouldn't Be an Afterthought

In Web Design, Accessibility Shouldn't Be an Afterthought

Eye on Design — "It isn't hard to lose sight of the bigger picture for the things we help build: How could it be abused? Who does our work support? What are the potential costs, and who would bear them?"
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Growing Audio Erotica Market Is Busting Gender Myths

Growing Audio Erotica Market Is Busting Gender Myths

Future of Sex — A closer look at Caroline Spiegel's online platform Quinn. Online audio erotica is nothing new. For years, sites like Literotica and Reddit have been go-to sources for free aural sex recordings (in varying degrees of quality), and even Tumblr contained an extensive library before its
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O.school Founder Releases Book on the Future of Sexual Wellness

O.school Founder Releases Book on the Future of Sexual Wellness

Future of Sex — Get ready for the sex tech revolution with Andrea Barrica's industry analysis. When sex tech expert and serial entrepreneur Andrea Barrica enters a pitch meeting, she always brings along a 3D-printed model of the clitoris. More often than not, no one at the table is able to identify what
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A Dating App Started an Erotic Literary Journal-and It's Very, Very Good

A Dating App Started an Erotic Literary Journal-and It's Very, Very Good

Eye on Design — We've seen it before: tech company launches print publication to build "brand awareness" and position itself as a leader in whatever industry its product happens to be disrupting. Airbnb has its self-titled travel magazine, Uber has Vehicle, and in 2019 Bumble announced its own lifestyle magazine th
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Sex Doll 'Breathes' with New Robotic Chest Cavity

Sex Doll 'Breathes' with New Robotic Chest Cavity

Future of Sex — The AI love doll Emma is getting more and more realistic. The Shenzhen-based robotics company Ai-Tech has released a new set of upgrades to Emma, its first AI-enabled sex doll.
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Swiss Brothel Replaces Human Sex Workers with Love Dolls

Swiss Brothel Replaces Human Sex Workers with Love Dolls

Future of Sex — The demand for artificial lovers mounts due to cheaper hourly rates. Arsenal 51, a Swiss brothel in the district of Lucerne, has reportedly replaced nearly all of its human sex workers with love dolls.
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Lovehoney's Design Contest Seeks the Future of Sex Toys

Lovehoney's Design Contest Seeks the Future of Sex Toys

Future of Sex — Calling all professional or would-be designers interested in sex tech. British pleasure products retailer Lovehoney has launched "Future Sex 2030," a global competition seeking out innovative designs for sex toys that consumers could be using in ten years' time.
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The Present & Future of AI Education in Design | Adobe XD Ideas

The Present & Future of AI Education in Design | Adobe XD Ideas

adobe.com — The fear that automation is replacing actual design skills has been widely debunked. AI is still coming, of course-it's just not coming for our jobs. Rather, it will provide designers with a 21st-century skill set, allowing them to integrate applications of AI like machine learning into their current practices.
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Mind-Controlled Vibrator Could Make Sex Tech More Inclusive for People with Disabilities

Mind-Controlled Vibrator Could Make Sex Tech More Inclusive for People with Disabilities

futureofsex.net — How far off are we from being able to get off with just our brains? Earlier this year, Future of Sex highlighted several advancements in the field of teledildonics at the 4th International Conference on Love and Sex with Robots. Researcher Leonardo M. Gomes from the University of São
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Active Theory | Communication Arts

Active Theory | Communication Arts

Communication Arts — Designers and developers-even within the most collaborative studio environments, there's often an invisible divide between the two. One's got the creative vision, the other has the technical know-how to execute those ideas, but when either party doesn't understand the other's perspective, workflows slow down, deadlines pile up and nobody wins.
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What Is Graphic Design's Place in an Art Museum?

What Is Graphic Design's Place in an Art Museum?

Eye on Design — We don't always realize it, but graphic design saturates every part of our lives. It informs the decisions we make as consumers and serves as a structure for how we understand and engage with our environment-whether through navigating the labyrinth of subway lines via color-coded route maps or learn
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