These days the best designers are not just doing one small part of the design process, Aronowitz said.
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We produced some of the best designers in the world, because of our clothing culture and the fact we're more liberal with our children.
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"What we have got is very, very good content being constructed by the best designers, not only in Britain but amongst the best designers in the world, " he said.
People who I thought were the best writers, best web designers, best everything and I thought if I can get these people on board if I can make WordPress good enough for them, then it will be great software that I can be proud of.
The best indie designers were honored this year at the Game Developers Conference during the thirteenth annual Independent Game Festival Awards.
But for a country known for its visionary fashion designers and style that is exported throughout the world it seems like a lost opportunity that some of this couldn't have been opened up via a competition to encourage the very best young designers to be part of the Games.
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The country is home to some of the industry's best-known game designers such as Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and Konami Computer Entertainment's Hideo Kojima, designer of the Metal Gear Solid games.
Apparently 500 people (read: lazy pizza addicts) were surveyed about what features they would include in the "ultimate" couch, and instead of incorporating only the best ideas, the designers seem to have slapped on each and every suggestion.
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Designers put their best work forward to attract new clients.
Imagine a world in which traditional resumes are obsolete because the best computer programmers, graphic designers, biologists and other highly skilled professionals can be spotted more reliably by studying their stream of postings on social networks catering to their career interests.
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As for faux fur, designers say imitation is the best form of flattery.
Part of the excitement for designers has been figuring out the best way to create the game experience so that it becomes part of the natural flow of the action.
In addition to being named Best of Show at CES 2012, the influential Industrial Designers Society of America recognized the TV with a coveted IDEA Award.
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The best PMs will speak to the founders the same way they speak to engineers or designers on their team.
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Perhaps the best-known crowd-sourcing website is Kickstarter, an online resource for artists, designers and inventors to ask for donations to fund creative projects.
If Apple stumbles with Jobs gone, it's hard to tell who would have the best shot at producing the next iPhone: Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson all have plenty of talented designers.
From then onwards, the designers join in and work with the carriers to boil down to a few phone ideas, the best of which are then presented to focus groups in the form of refined mockups.
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