This relentless form of creativity is nicely exemplified by the legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser, who engraved the slogan "Art is Work" above his office door.

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"We look at it as a business opportunity to find new customers and form new relationships with retailers, " said Siriano, the youngest designer to win "Project Runway" or land on Crain's 40 Under 40 list.

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Sabrena Schweyer, an Akron, Ohio, landscape designer, says eight new clients have requested edibles in some form in their landscapes.

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The idea of the 3D printer determining the form of the items it produces intrigues Neri Oxman, an architect and designer who heads a research group examining new ways to make things at MIT's Media Lab.

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For every thousand people who watch a Flash clip online or fill out an online Adobe Acrobat Reader tax form (without paying), there's a Web programmer or graphic designer who paid several hundred dollars for the right to create that digital content using Adobe's multimedia production and editing tools such as Flash, Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop.

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