Meet Whitespace
Whitespace is one of the least understood yet most abused concepts by new designers. Mark Boulton takes a moment to clarify some of the finer details in his recent article for A List Apart. See the...
View ArticleWhen I’m 64
This is old, but worth looking at and evaluating. Back in the summer of ’05 a call went out to the design community for logo design submissions for Simplified Standards. Sixty-four (ish) entries were...
View Articlefunny ha ha
Josh Penrod over at Amishrobot has a quick post about advertising. Be sure to catch the humor/sarcasm and check it out. Very funny. Advertising Is Easy
View Articledesign flops
The odd thing is that no one sets out to design something that’s mediocre. So why does design go wrong so often? Let’s set aside the rational reasons why projects can fail – like budgetary constraints,...
View ArticleCreativity Power Post
Way back when we discussed Cameron’s article about inspiration vs. influence. Well, the natural extension of that article is After the Brief: A Field Guide to Design Inspiration. This was a SXSW...
View ArticleID the identity
To further your journey into the wonderful world of creating identities, I present to you Brand New, a blog that in its own words discusses “opinions, and focusing solely, on corporate and brand...
View Articleworking with clients
Freelance Switch has a good article about the various types of clients you’re likely to come across in you design life, your regular job, and pretty much anywhere else. And good heavens, have I met all...
View Articletypetester
You didn’t think I was done, did you? Here’s a handy tool for your design future: typetester The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its’ primary role is to...
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