Mark Busse CGD posted this hard-hitting article on Design Edge this past month and has agreed to allow us to repost it here. The GDC is currently working on a policy document and guidelines for internships and will be publishing them in the coming months in time for the next school year.

Adrian Jean CGD, President of the GDC outlines the facts about CGD Certification, and responds to RGD Ontario's challenge of it.

PM's Staff Fussed Over New Design With Few Results

Crowdsourcing design is cheap, but is it good for your brand?

This is a slightly edited version of what I had written in response to a post titled Thinking Out Loud About Pro Bono, posted by Marie-Aline Oliver on the GDC listserv, on November 11, 2010. To my surprise, and judging by the on and off-line responses it generated, it appears this is a very important issue for designers everywhere, especially younger designers.

Where does one begin when attempting to put into words “Where would we be today without the vision of Steve Jobs?” And by “we” I mean more than graphic and communication designers, I mean everyone: designers, clients, students, teachers, grandparents, children...

From the GDC Listserv threads “InDesign Tutorials and books” and “Paragraph Composer”- a great discussion full of useful tips for refining your typography skills in InDesign.

Calgary's Foundry Creative is working on a sustainability-themed annual report for the GDC and we want to include words from our members on how they view the topic.

Graphic vs. communication design. Will changing our profession's name solve the issues of misperceptions in the marketplace?