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		<title>Do designers need to know how to code?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do designers need to know how to code? (there are many fields of design and this post relates more towards interaction/UI/UX design) This question seems to be getting a lot of exposure and traction in the pipes lately from blog posts, user groups, UX resources and I have already provided my 2 cents on some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2012/01/19/do-designers-need-to-know-how-to-code/</link>
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		<title>Riusuke Fukahori&#8217;s 3D goldfish art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine posted this on my Facebook wall the other day, and I still am finding it to be amazing. The technique is brilliant and the final work is beautiful!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2012/01/17/riusuke-fukahoris-3d-goldfish-art/</link>
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		<title>New Painting for BordoBello 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BordoBello 2011 artshow is this Friday September 30 at Redline Gallery in Denver. Here is a sneak peek at the deck that I painted for this year&#8217;s event. title: Rabbits&#8217; Head Acrylic on Skateboard Deck Sept 2011 (click to zoom) You can visit my previous blog post for more details: Bordo Bello 2011 BordoBello Artshow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2011/09/29/new-painting-for-bordobello-2011/</link>
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		<title>Bordo Bello 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bordo Bello 2011 is coming up Friday, September 30 and will be held at Redline Gallery at 2350 Arapahoe Street in Denver. This is a great art show featuring a lot of artists and many local ones. Each artist paints or designs a skateboard deck and these decks will be for sale with proceeds going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2011/09/13/bordo-bello-2011/</link>
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		<title>John Doe sucks &#8211; designing for worse case scenarios</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I frequently come across designs that use placeholders, as this is a common practice in the design industry. I think we&#8217;re all familiar with &#8220;lorem ipsum&#8221; and &#8220;John Doe.&#8221; Those work well in most cases for filler and/or placeholder content, but can wreak havoc in your design once it goes into actual production and all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2011/08/30/john-doe-sucks-designing-for-worse-case-scenarios/</link>
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		<title>Rane Serato Itch 2.0 now available!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just posted about the Serato Itch 2.0 public beta, and guess what? Itch 2.0 is now available &#8211; full release. download it here and enjoy the new features with a stable release. http://serato.com/itch]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2011/08/02/rane-serato-itch-2-0-now-available/</link>
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		<title>Serato Itch 2.0 beta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who use Serato Itch with a MIDI controller, Serato has releases the new 2.0 beta for public testing. What does this mean? Well, the current version is 1.7.1 which has some nice updates from the previous, but 2.0 has the long awaited SP6 sampler feature! Here is the Itch 2.0 demo: If you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2011/07/28/serato-itch-2-0-beta/</link>
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		<title>Japan Tsunami Relief Skateboard Deck ltd.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just designed a new limited edition skateboard deck graphic for BC Surf &#038; Sport and a new series to help raise funds for Japan Tsunami relief efforts. The sun rays and the red cross are pretty obvious in what they signify. The bamboo was inspired by the the various meanings it has to Japanese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2011/03/25/japan-tsunami-relief-skateboard-deck-ltd/</link>
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		<title>PNG 8, 24, 32&#8230;what?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I keep having the conversation with colleagues about PNG&#8217;s and the bit formats available, why Photoshop and Fireworks seem to offer different options, and which format is the best to use. Although I know some of the answers and reasons, I wanted to make sure to clarify and explain as much as possible, so I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2011/02/04/png-8-24-32-what/</link>
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		<title>Featured in Web Designer Mag 179 Hot 100 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Web Designer Magazine 179 is on sale now! A few co workers/friends of mine (Michael Salamon &#038; Jason Bowers) along with myself are featured in the Hot 100 predictions for web trends we&#8217;ll see in 2011. The magazine has a lot of great content in addition to the shameless plug I just mentioned: - Main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickhansen.com/blog/2011/02/01/web-designer-mag-179-hot-100-2011/</link>
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