One designer’s struggle between the
Matrix of print and the Zion of web

My story begins at the pivotal moment when I found myself caught between the matrix of print design and a longing to seek the zion of digital expression—web design. The realization had struck me like a bolt of lightening, that in order for me to remain relevant in my field of design, I would need to leave behind the safe, comfortable space of print design and learn the coding and development of web.

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Joel Silver (Producer), Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski (Directors).
(1999). The Matrix [motion picture]. Warner Bros.

Graphic Design Glossary Terms. (nd). [website].
Retrieved from: http://www.printindustry.com/Glossary.aspx

Latin translations. [website] Retrieved January 31, 2014
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Kleveland, A. Matrix. 2013. [font]. Used with permission and
retrieved from: http://www.dafont.com/matrix.font

Otto, T. Matrix Code NFI. 2005. [font]. Used with permission and
retrieved from: http://www.dafont.com/matrix-code-nfi.font

Written and illustrated by Christina Thorpe.