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Apr 2024
31m 22s

The rule of three with Ellen Lupton

James Royal-Lawson & Per Axbom
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S02E15 (#325). Ellen Lupton, designer, educator and author, helps us stock up our toolbox of design principles and methods, starting off with storytelling in visual design, and the “rule of three” before we move on to linear and non-linear experiences. Will we follow the rule of three and have a third topic? 
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