Glenn Fleishman posts a passionate defense of the value of good graphic design. Even if you don't give a crap about the new Yahoo! logo, you should give a crap about why design matters, and Glenn explains why. "Graphic design is about understanding the way in which type, color, shape, and other factors may communicate specific feelings or facts," he writes. "It is about legibility, optics, psychology, and more."
Opinion: Yahoo's new logo reveals the worst aspects of engineering mindset
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