To Believe or Not To Believe Modern Urban Legends Many people have heard the tale of the dotty grandmother who tried to dry off her damp poodle by placing it in the microwave oven. The dog exploded‚ sad to say the least ‚ and Grandma has never been quite the same since. The story is not true; it is an urban legend‚ circulating by word of mouth since the 1970s (Brunvand‚ 108). Urban legends are popular stories alleged to be true and transmitted from person to person by oral or written communication
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it uniquely suited to providing a strong foundation in good database design practice. Database design is more art than science. While it’s true that a properly designed database should follow the normal forms and the relational model‚ you still have to come up with a design that reflects the business you are trying to model. This paper shows describes design process of database project. The importance of Completing the Design Process An important point to keep in mind is that the level of structural
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progressing and we are forgetting simple things. Is is good or bad? It depends on which way we would look at this... New technology has had a great impact on the field of Graphic Design because of printers and scanners‚ Internet and designing programs. The development in printers and scanners made very big progress in Graphic Design. Before that everything was done by hand and‚ of course‚ that took a lot of effort and time. If you made a mistake‚ you had to do everything all over again. Also‚ for example
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PRODUCT DESIGN 3 2.1 Cost 3 2.2 Customer’s Satisfaction 3 2.3 Ergonomics 4 2.4 Product Life Cycle 4 2.5 Legal and Ethic 5 2.6 Technological Changes 5 2.7 Quality 6 2.8 Environmental Friendly Product 7 3.0 CONCLUSION 7 4.0 REFERENCES 8 1.0 INTRODUCTION Developing a new product is an important step for a company in their effort to success and be competitive in the business that they have earned even though it is difficult to create new products. Product design is a
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What is Design? Q1. What was the industrial revolution? When did it occur? How did industrialisation lead to the creation of the design profession? How was the industrial manufacturing of making products new and what role did the designer play in creating new products? The industrial revolution was a movement that began in mainly in England and Germany during the 18th-19th century. It then spread throughout the world. The industrial revolution introduced the notion of function‚ ergonomics
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Fashion Introduction : Fashion‚ a general term for a currently popular style or practice‚ especially in clothing‚ foot wear or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person. The more technical term‚ costume‚ has become so linked in the public eye with the term "fashion" that the more general term "costume" has in popular use mostly been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or masquerade wear‚ while the term "fashion" means
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The urban population boom from 1860-1900‚ it marked a dramatic shift in the United States from its traditional rural‚ to the new city lifestyle. The accepted fourteen million immigrants flooded in‚ ranging in all variations of ethnic backgrounds. From the English to the Russians‚ and all those in between‚ the many immigrants sought to escape problems ranging from poverty‚ warfare‚ political and religious persecution and natural disasters that plagued their homeland. With the arrival of the newcomers
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FASHION DESIGN Fashion Designing is the art of applying design and taste to create fashionable‚ trendy clothing. Fashion designers are most influenced by their culture. Some fashion designers work individually or in a team. The main goal of a fashion designer is to keep up with the styles and make their clothing appeal to consumers. Fashion Designers have many duties such as: Researching‚ sketching‚ choosing materials‚ looking at retail samples‚ and marketing
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THE METAMORPHOSIS OF HANOI URBAN SPACE UNDER THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION. According to architect Rem Koolhaas (2003)‚ Globalization is an on-going process of national cohesion together through urban areas. These areas are the economic‚ political‚ cultural and social focal points of each country. Because of benefits brought when cities promote economy‚ exchange diplomatic‚ transfer technology and culture‚ they gradually formed a network among cities by global relationships. These cities are called
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In 1993 Jeffery Keedy made the following statement; "The idea of borrowing in Graphic design is so pervasive that it’s often done unconsciously. What is needed is awareness of what crossing cultural/historical barriers actually means‚ as well as an understanding of the importance of context" It is a fair comment to make that borrowing in graphic design‚ as well as in almost all other areas of design is ubiquitous. Whether this is a good or bad thing could be argued at length‚ but generally
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