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Web design tools and resources, both free and premium, are designed to help you take full advantage of your creativity. Thereby enhance your ability to create stunning websites. There is a huge variety of products and services to choose from. They are ranging from complete platforms to specialized software applications. Just like design frameworks, wireframing […]

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After 3.5+ years, I finally gave Web Designer Wall a new look. The new design is not just visually appealing, but well coded in technical point of view. I incorporated a lot of new web standard techniques such as HTML5, CSS3, and media queries. The new design works on all devices and resolutions. The design […]

As we navigate the ever-evolving landscape of web design, it’s crucial to stay ahead of the curve and continuously expand our skill set. As a seasoned web designer with years of experience, I’ve witnessed firsthand the rapid changes in our industry. Today, I’ll share my insights on the must-have skills for professional web designers in […]

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Job Summary  The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a highly motivated Graphic Designer II to join our Communications and Public Affairs team. This position is a one-year, renewable appointment, based in its New Delhi office, India and report to the Manager for Creative Solutions, who is based in Washington, DC. The Graphic Designer will produce high-quality and professional visual communication products to promote IFPRI's research to a diverse range of target audiences and through multiple channels. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, creative, and team-oriented individual with experience designing and delivering compelling visual communication outputs in a dynamic environment.  Interested candidates should submit a resume, cover letter, and a portfolio demonstrating their graphic design work. The portfolio should include a variety of projects showcasing skills in typography, layout, creativity, and use of design software (Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Canva) and include. links to digital portfolios or PDF attachments. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered. Interested applicants must have work authorization to work in India. Essential Duties:  Specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Design both print and digital visual communication products: Develop multiple design concepts and carry them through to final delivery, including but not limited to conference banners, brochures, data visualizations, flyers, posters, presentations, research reports, and websites. Layout print publications: Design and layout policy papers and reports while assisting in the creation of flexible InDesign templates. Create engaging digital content: Design visual content for the IFPRI website, interactive applications, social media, and email campaigns. Apply design principles: Utilize knowledge of layout, color theory, typography, and iconography to execute a wide variety of graphic design projects for both print and digital media. Provide branding guidance: Insure IFPRI products adhere to a consistent visual style and uphold professional standards, providing branding guidance to staff as needed. Brand design: Develop and execute creative concepts for branding, including logos, typography, color palettes, and overall visual identity. Innovate in interactive design: Lead initiatives on using innovative methods of interactive design to communicate research findings to both new and established audiences. Web Design: Develop visual design for IFPRI’s main website and microsites, ensure adherence to style guidelines. Coordinate printing: Manage the printing process of IFPRI publications and materials with local and international vendors. Collaborate effectively: Work collaboratively across the institution to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality design deliverables. Monitor and educate on digital trends: Stay updated on current digital trends, technologies, and industry standards, and educate both the team and IFPRI staff on best practices. Required Qualifications:  Bachelor's Degree in Art Design, Fine arts, Communications, Marketing or related field plus five years of relevant professional experience or Master’s plus three years in related field. Experience in graphic design, producing high-quality artwork, illustrations, and other graphics for communication purposes, including websites. Proven graphic design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating excellent typography, layout, and creativity. Extensive experience with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Basic knowledge/understanding of DTP software like Corel Draw.  Proficiency in using Canva for creating and managing visual content. In-depth knowledge and understanding of social media and web platforms, with demonstrated experience generating engaging content. Familiarity with designing within PowerPoint and MS Word. Ability to work quickly to meet tight deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously. Outstanding organizational and planning skills, with exceptional attention to detail. Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills; proven ability to be flexible in a team-oriented environment with diverse groups of people. Physical Demand & Work environment: Employee will sit in an upright position for a long period of time.  Employee will lift between 0-10 pounds.  Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: data preparation, web-scraping, preparing, and analyzing data and figure s; dashboard; viewing computer terminal; extensive coding.  

UX design is a dynamic, interdisciplinary industry that’s constantly evolving. With global demand, countless job opportunities, low barriers to entry, accessible online resources, affordable UX certifications, higher-than-average salaries, there’s never been a better time to venture into this industry. Here we look at ten important reasons why you should become a UX designer and where […]

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It’s time for our monthly roundup! In this edition, we’ve gathered some exciting new resources for web developers, with a focus on the PHP ecosystem. PHP has experienced a bit of a renaissance lately, especially with Laravel’s influence on the JavaScript ecosystem, and with the upcoming release of PHP 8.4 around the end of this…

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Workhuman’s Susana Rojero on how she ended up in product design and why communication skills are just as important as technical skills.

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Were looking for an experienced 3D Motion Graphics Designer who will work directly with the customers and collaborate with 3D and engineering teams, to create high quality AR (3D) concepts, objects, templates, infographics and presentations that reflect the customer video storytelling needs.This is a hybrid position, working 3 days a week from our Tel-Aviv offices located close to the train station.. Vast experience in 3D motion graphic designTeam leading experienceHigh Communication Skills (...

Project Description:We are seeking a skilled PCB designer for a project involving the design and layout of a PCB that will incorporate Solid-State Relays (SSRs) for AC and DC voltage control. This board will not include any FPGA components or software; it will strictly focus on SSR relays for machine operations.Project Scope:Design a PCB containing SSRs, intended as part of an ongoing machine project.Collaborate with an internal team working on an existing machine that currently operates with...

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SEO Manager

• SEO and PPC campaigns for medical congresses around the world

• Design for web, email, and online banners

Location: Engineering Library- TS1767.P35 2016

The Washington Redskins branding change isn’t sitting well with everyone.

Photographic exhibition pays tribute to Patti Bell's contribution to the city.

Perch saves Canadians money, enables transparency and provides more people with the ability to become homeowners. Our novel approach to data science allows us to produce timely and actionable insights that empower individuals to make better financial decisions that ultimately result in the accumulation of personal wealth. The Role Perch is seeking our Product Design Lead. In addition to being the strongest product designer on the team, the successful candidate will also lead and grow the design team all while maturing, documenting and evangelizing design best practices across the business. Your efforts will enable effective scaling in our approach to design and contribute to conquering our business objectives. Must haves: 3+ years of experience in a Senior Product Designer Role in which you directly interfaced with stakeholders and engineering teams. Hands-on experience working with product managers and other designers to develop the requirements behind, and the rationale for, new products and features. Demonstrable strategic insight and experience creating and implementing internal frameworks and strategy that lead to a cohesive, scalable and maintainable design practices. Experience leading a multi-disciplinary design team in which you fostered and leveled-up your direct reports. Expert understanding and insight into front end frameworks / reusable design, etc. (e.g. Bootstrap, Material or the like). You will be expected to demonstrate systems you've previously leveraged to develop scalable web design systems. Ability to communicate and lead best practices for prototyping and tools used to explore and convey design solutions. Advanced user in a prominent design tool (preferably Figma) Be an independent thinker that will challenge your colleague's opinions and is okay with being challenged themselves. Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to speak/read/write fluently in English. Comfortable taking ownership in situations of ambiguity, making judgment calls to the best of your ability to keep a project moving forward. Experience in rapid translation of requirements into low/mid fidelity wireframes and user flows to validate assumptions and interactions. Ability to multitask projects (like capital gains calculator) and prioritize effectively. Nice to Haves Experience in a start-up environment Experience in mortgages or the financial services industry What you'll be doing Bring creativity to the conversation as we ideate and define product requirements, solutions to our user's challenges and inevitably define new products and add features to improve existing ones. Expand on and mature an extensible, developer friendly design system that leads to improved cohesiveness and velocity across the product design discipline at Perch. Collaborate with our marketing team and brand designers on design experiments to continuously improve conversion and user satisfaction. Identify and lead user research initiatives that help Perch further extend its lead as the best home ownership management platform in the market. Enforce and maintain consistent brand identity across the company, our products and our overall web presence. Lead and foster a team of designers and external resources such as agencies and contractors. Who you are As a product designer, you are able to visualize the happy path and potential pain points for a user by putting yourself in their shoes. The ability to ask the right questions upfront and probe the team on potential designs helps you accomplish more and improve the end result for everyone. You don't only act on gut instinct and realize when further research is required, being comfortable conducting customer interviews, interpreting analytics, proposing A/B tests, etc. As a leader, you will define and enforce an effective framework that will enable rapid development and cohesion of our product while managing your design resources effectively. Your creativity will inspire others and bring new ideas to life. Your involvement will be across the entire platform and you will exert a high degree of influence over the full platform's design. As a team member, you operate at a fast pace and you are comfortable juggling multiple projects simultaneously without compromising on quality. You will constructively challenge opinions when you see an opportunity to do better and welcome being challenged.

It all began with a doctorate, a skiing accident and a bit of ingenuity.

POLITICO’s California Playbook discusses the latest in state politics. How Kamala Harris’s upbringing and earlier campaigns shaped her candidacy. Finally, fashion designer Samuel Rose talks about his creative process and an upcoming exhibition.

Premier David Burt and his family released their annual Cup Match photo, featuring clothing by Bermudian designer, business owner and creative Jordan Carey, founder and Creative Director of the Loquat brand. A spokesperson said, “Premier David Burt, JP, MP and his family have today shared their annual Cup Match photo. “This year’s official photoshoot is particularly […]

Team Bermuda will dazzle today [July 26] at the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, as the Bermuda Olympic Association announces local fashion designers Courtney Clay, Channing Dill, and Alana Wade as the official designers for the 2024 Olympic Games. A spokesperson said, “Clay is credited with the custom scarf, tie, and pocket squares. Dill created a […]

How do you define UX design? User experience design (UX, UXD, UED or XD) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction with a product by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the interaction with the product. User experience design encompasses traditional human–computer interaction (HCI) design, and extends it by addressing all aspects of […]

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7-minute video shows you how to use the Repeat Signage designer screen to insert controls, e.g. picture control, to create flexible, dynamic, digital signage presentations for display screens.

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The apartment once occupied by the author of Les Miserables is now a museum dedicated to his life and to 19th century Paris

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Penn State Hazleton Benefiting THON, the campus’ THON chapter, will host a designer purse and gift card bingo on Sunday, Oct. 20. Doors open at 1 p.m. and games will start at 2 p.m. in the Dr. Thomas M. Caccese Gymnasium in the Physical Education Building. The event is open to the public. 

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Starting SPB 23.1, Allegro Package Designer Plus (APD+) has been rebranded as Allegro X Advanced Package Designer (Allegro X APD).

The splash screen for Allegro X APD will appear as shown below, instead of showing APD+ 2023:

For the Windows Start menu in 23.1, it will display as Allegro X APD 2023 instead of APD+ 2023, as shown below

23.1 Start menu 

In the Product Choices window for 23.1, you will see Allegro X Advanced Package Designer in the place of Allegro Package Designer +, as shown below: 

23.1 product title

Have you heard that starting SPB 23.1, Allegro Package Designer Plus (APD+) will be renamed as Allegro X Advanced Package Designer (Allegro X APD)? 

Allegro X APD offers multiple new features and enhancements on topics like Via Structures, Wirebond, Etchback, Text Wizards, 3D Canvas, and more. 

This post presents the new 3DX Canvas introduced in SPB 23.1. This can be invoked from Allegro X APD (from the menu item View > 3DX Canvas). 

Some of the key benefits of the new canvas: 

• This canvas addresses the scale and complexity in large modern package designs. It provides highly efficient visual representation and implementation of packages. 
  
• The new architecture enables high-performance 3D incremental updates by utilizing GPU for fast rendering. 
  
  
• Real-time 3D incremental updates are supported, which means that the 3D view is in sync with all changes to the database. 
  
  
• The new canvas provides 3D visualization support for packaging objects such as wire bonds, ball, die bump/pillar geometries, die stacks, etch back, and plating bar. 
  
  
• This release also introduces the interactive measurement tool for a 3D view of packages. Once you open 3DX Canvas, press the Alt key and you can select the objects you want to measure. 
  
• 3DX Canvas provides new 3D DRC Bond Wire Clearances with Real 3D DRC Checks. True 3D DRC in Constraint Manager has been introduced. If you open Constraint Manager, there will be a new worksheet added. Following DRC checks are supported: 

  Wire to Wire 
  Wire to Finger 
  Wire to Shape 
  Wire to Cline 
  Wire to Component

Power and Ground rings are exposed rings of metal surrounding a die that supply power/ground to the die and create a low-impedance path for the current flow. These rings ensure stable power distribution and reduce noise. Allegro X Package Designer Plus has a utility called Power/Ground Ring Generator which lets you define and place one or more shapes in the form of a ring around a die.

 To run the PWR/GND Generator Wizard, go to Route > Power/Ground Ring Generator or type "pring wizard" in the APD command window to invoke the Wizard.

This Wizard lets you define and place one or more shapes in the form of a ring around a die. The Power/Ground Ring Wizard creates up to 12 rings (shapes) at a time. If you require more rings, you can run the Power/Ground Ring Wizard as many times as needed. This command displays a wizard in which you can specify:

• The number of rings to be generated
• The creation of the first ring as a die flag (Die flag is the boundary of the die like the power ring.)
  • If you create a die flag and the first ring is the same net as the flag, you can enter a negative distance to overlap the ring and the die flag.
• Multiple options for placement of the rings with respect to:
  • Origination point
  • Distance from the edge of the die
  • Distance from the nearest die pin on each die side
• The reference designator of the die with which the rings will be used
• The distance between rings
• The width of each ring
• The corner types on each ring (arc, chamfer, and right-angle)
• An assigned net name for each ring
• A label for each ring

The rings are basic in nature. For other shape geometries or split rings, choose Shape > Polygon or Shape > Compose/Decompose Shape from the menu in the design window.

Depending on the options selected, the Power/Ground Ring Wizard UI changes, representing how the rings will be created. Verify the Wizard settings to ensure that the rings are created as intended.

1. When the Power/Ground Ring Wizard appears, set the number of rings to 2, accept the other defaults, and click Next. You can set Create first ring as die flag to create a basic die flag.

         2. Define Ring 1 and the net associated with it.

              a) Browse and choose Vss in the Net Names dialog box.

            b) Click OK.

            c) Specify the label as VSS.

            d) Click Next.

             The first ring should appear in your design. It is associated with the proper net; in this case, VSS.

2. For the second ring, choose the net as Vdd and specify the label as VDD.
3. Click Next.
4. Click Finish in the Result Verification screen to complete the process.

The completed rings appear as shown below.

Now, when you click on Power and Ground Die Pin and add wirebonds, you will see that the wirebonds are placed directly on the Power and Ground rings.

Hai Community,

What are the differences between the Cadence OrCAD / Allegro 24.1 with the Altium Designer 24.

Can I get the grid matrix difference between these two tools?

Regards,

Rohit Rohan

Conformal ECO Designer enables you to implement RTL engineering change orders (ECOs) for pre- and post-mask layout and offers early ECO prototyping capabilities for driving critical project decisions.

Conformal ECO compares two designs and generates a functional patch that implements the changes between the two designs.

One major criterion for determining patch quality is whether the patch can meet timing closure. To determine this, you typically need to run the time-consuming process of incremental synthesis and place-and-route. Instead, Conformal can analyze path logic depth changes before and after ECO patch generation. This provides a faster way to evaluate timing impact in patch generation stages.

After the patch is created and applied, it is passed to Genus to optimize the patch.

During patch optimization, you can choose to do many things like:

• Keeping constants in the patch
• Allowing tie cell inversion
• Specifying tie cell types
• Preserve DFF cells and cell types in the patch
• Preserve all cells and nets in the patch
• Preserve clock buffer cell in the patch
• Turn on/off sequential constant and sequential merge in patch optimization
• Allowing phase mapping for DFFs
• Map to spare cells
• Force fix DRC before timing

What's Next?

Join the Conformal ECO course to:

• Explore the many options and capabilities of Conformal ECO
• Use Conformal Engineering Change Order (ECO) for flat and hierarchical designs
• Generate a functional ECO patch, apply it to a design, optimize it, and map it to a specified technology
• Run a hierarchical design through ECO and run a comparison to prove the ECO is equivalent
• Run a postmask ECO using Conformal ECO GXL

Make sure you have experience with Conformal Equivalence Checker or completed the Conformal Equivalence Checking course before taking this course.

The online class is free for all Cadence customers with a Cadence Learning and Support Portal account. If you don’t have a Cadence Support account, go to Registration Help or Register Now and complete the requested information. For instructor-led training sessions "Live" or "Blended" please contact Cadence Training.

Please don't forget to obtain your Digital Badge after completing the training. Add your free digital badge to your email signature or any social media and networking platform to show your qualities and build trust, making you and your projects even more successful.

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