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Adobe introduces Creative Suite 5.5
Adobe has announced a significant update to Creative Suite, with the unveiling of our first mid-cycle release: Creative Suite 5.5. This is part of a new release strategy, where we’re moving out our milestone releases (such as CS3, CS4, CS5) … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Photoshop, AdobeCreativeSuite, Business, Creativity, digital publishing
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Interactive ads in digital magazines better engage readers – new study
A new research study conducted by the University of Connecticut finds that interactive advertising in digital magazines can more effectively engage readers and create stronger purchase intention than similar static ads in print. The result is a new brand advertising … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Business, Publishing, Technology
Tagged Advertising, Business, Electronic publishing, IPad, University of Connecticut
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A gift from Adobe
Happy New Year to all RGD members and our DesignThinkers blog readers. RGD and Adobe want to thank you for your support for this forum. In the past few months, we have focused on topics from the DesignThinkers 2010 conference … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Acrobat, Business, Design thinking, Productivity
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DesignThinkers expands its horizons beyond portfolios to focus on ideas and dialogue
As someone who has been part of the DesignThinkers conferences from the very beginning – including participating in the planning when I was president of RGD Ontario – it has been interesting to witness the evolution of this event, especially … Continue reading
Design Thinking – more important now than ever
The first page of the program for DesignThinkers 2010 proclaims that “Design thinking has never been more important.” I could not agree more with that sentiment. And I would also go a step further to say that the annual conference … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Design, Design thinking
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Thanks for making DesignThinkers 2010 a hit
Our annual DesignThinkers conference has concluded for another year and I am thrilled to say that the 2010 event was an overwhelming success. We had our largest attendance to date, with more than 1,300 delegates from across Canada and even … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Design thinking, strategy
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Putting design and the bottom line on the same page
More businesses are embracing design and while the trend is positive, it also poses challenges for the design community, writer and editor Helen Walters told DesignThinkers 2010 on the second day of the conference. The former editor of innovation … Continue reading
TAXI’s Paul Lavoie has no doubt about the power of Doubt
Canadian marketing and advertising legend Paul Lavoie, chair and co-founder of TAXI, got DesignThinkers 2010 off to a highly inspired start today with his keynote speech on the role doubt can play in the success of great ideas and accomplishments. … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Design thinking, Paul Lavoie, strategy, Taxi
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Your great idea is just the start, says RIM’s Don Lindsay
You have a truly great idea? Terrific. But that’s merely the start. Because it’s not about the idea, it’s about the execution, says Don Lindsay, VP of User Experience for Research In Motion. Lindsay brought his own insights — and … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Design thinking, Research In Motion, strategy
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