![]() It's now probably going to get stuck in your head for the rest of the day, but hey, at least it's a catchy tune! It's probably impossible not to read the cartoon and have the song not pop into your head. " (Love this song? Did you know that the lyric and concept came from Lennon's wife Yoko Ono? But Lennon said that, "in those days I was more selfish, more macho and omitted to mention her contribution." Read more about Imagine in this article by Eddie Deezen, " Imagine: John Lennon's Signature Song.") Sing it with me, " Imagine there's no heaven. If you wonder who the guy named "Milk" in the fourth from last panel, that's San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in the United States in 1977. Milk was assassinated in 1978, just 11 months after taking office. The woman named Anna in the third from last panel is Russian journalist, writer, and human rights activist named Anna Politkovskaya. She reported about the Chechen conflict and published several books critical of the current Russian government. In 2006, Politkovskaya was shot and killed in her apartment complex. Her murder remained unsolved until today. The meaning of Imagine is a hotly debated topic, but Pablo noted in his blog, "This is NOT an anti-religion/atheist propaganda comic. ![]() The comic and the song (at least as I understand it) to communicate that no matter your faith, we should all share the world in peace. How does the Mexican design scene compare to the American one? View the original comic over at Stanley's website.Graffiti Painting in Mexico City. I recently came back to Mexico after spending 17 years in the United States. I’m now talking to some people in the design community here, and I feel that it’s hard to present the American design world or the UX design world to people here. They seem really limited and stuck in the past, they still think only in prints and posters or ads in magazines and newspapers. They should think more digitally in my opinion. I can also see this mindset to be applied to schools they separate Arts from digital design. Branding and Marketing is also separated from digital design. But today everything is digital! I think these subjects should be taught together, to prepare people for the design they will find in the real world, which is surely going to have a digital presence. Sadly, I see that very few schools have updated their syllabus to teach their students about usability, user experience, UI’s, etc, because they see that as something that is not part of their job. These students have all the skills needed, they understand visuals, digital language, composition, and they understand how to communicate a message. The skills they have translate very well to digital products. ![]() ![]() I have seen people take that jump from advertising into digital product design. This one of the challenges I see, specifically in Baja California. However, I can see that the design scene is pretty advanced in Mexico City they have many studios that have an agency working digitally with e-commerce and digital design. So, some agencies seem to have adapted, but students coming out of school don’t seem to be prepared adequately, which I think is sad. Do you think that any of the specific tools you have used around you colour blindness is transferable to other people who may not struggle with it? You have portrayed in the past what your colour blindness means to you, and you used it both as a way to be funny and to represent people who might be struggling with the same ability to distinguish color. I think that whenever you are designing specifically for accessibility, you are not just designing for a specific group, you are making something better for everyone. ![]()
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