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Dan Mayer's interest in graphic design began when he was five years old and visited a printing press on a 1979 episode of Sesame Street, and has been expanding ever since. A native of the US, he currently resides in Prague, where he works freelance and teaches courses in design history and theory at Prague College. His work and more examples of his writing can be found at www.danmayer.com.

Examining The Design Process: Clichés and Idea Generation

Where do good ideas come from? It’s a question that matters a great deal to designers, yet seems to be curiously discounted in the common perception of graphic design. Any time I talk with, say, an uncle at Thanksgiving about my work, I’m reminded that, in most people’s minds, the ...

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