Bianca Aguilar
@biancamikaila
designer, educator, writer, learner
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Universities and start-up creation by Ph.D. graduates: the role of scientific and social capital of academic laboratories - The Journal of Technology Transfer
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Those Bright Colors
A thought about all those bright colors: the party district in Tokyo is organized per se, but as a massive melange of fluorescence visible from Mars. It makes Las Vegas look like a string of holiday lights around your dorm room window. Information grabs you by the retina and trips you over the sidewalk as you try to keep up.
... See moreRich Mirocco • Big in Japan: Web Design in the Land of the Rising Sun
The ways that most students are learning and creating are no longer serving them. They find more value in virtual spaces than schools because they are better at empowering people in pursuing their interests, which can be seen in the rise of young creators. However, these spaces are still systematically designed against students; they can end up... See more
Reboot • Level Up
The Southeast Asian countries might be at the last ripple of the digitalization wave that makes them get the latest awareness on digital solutions.
Project Lima • Inclusive design in Southeast Asia
Many major non-Chinese sites are completely inaccessible. Trying to load up a blocked site usually gets you a good ol’ Page Cannot be Displayed message, and for reasons seemingly unknown to anyone, also seems to crash your browser’s ability to load anything at all for thirty seconds or so.
Kendra Schaefer • Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China
Do what I say, designer, because I’m the one who’s paying you!
There’s a problem in the business of web design in Africa.
“Communication or/and web design agencies are under a client’s diktat, and the lack of job security doesn’t give enough liberty to designers (both graphic and web) to recommend solutions, that’s why the level in the industry is... See more