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    <p>&ldquo;We are now in transition from an object-oriented to a systems-oriented culture. Here change emanates, not from things, but from the way things are done.&rdquo;</p>
    <cite>Jack Burnham (1968), Systems Esthetics</cite>
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  <p>If I asked you to define the role of a graphic designer, what would it be? The answers to this question can