Weblog tag: design
In my redesign post I mentioned this 'zooming content' idea I've adopted. I don't think the concept is new but I've not seen anyone write about it so I'm jumping in... Each page is based on what I'm...
This redesign has been 18 months coming. I did the original design over Christmas 2004 but I just couldn't find the time to follow it through. Since then the design has been through several revisions,...
Many thanks to Sermad for the tip here... Check out the video effects on the Absolut Metropolis site! Apparently video effects are the big new addition to Flash 8 so there's going to be some really...
I was a little confused when I started seeing what looks like a technology company logo popping up on bank up and down the country. Especially since said bank had only recently rebranded with a...
Over at the Big Noob Ryan Sims of JustWatchTheSky has offered us a look at the life of a professinal designer. Ever had your work change between handing it over and seeing live? Yep, me...
I picked up Zoomquilt from Jon Hicks' Sidenotes and had to share it. Hit the Flash version and hold on tight to something fixed solidly to the ground... It's genius!...
Rebranding is always a mission but it looks like WebProjects have come out on top... The Escape Committee is officially the best brand name on the web and they've managed to wangle a logo from the...
While browsing for inspiration I stumbled across Cedomir Kostovic's site. Take a look through the 'Social Posters' section - every one is great......
I've not got time to look around 123 Klan's site properly but the little I've seen looks awesome! Top notch graf from France, with some hot design work to boot....
Aart from anything else, the SXSW finalists page is a great set of links. I've just been looking through the Personal Portfolio section and the work in there is just incredible!...
The Britten-Pears Foundation site I worked on with The Escape Committee/WebProjects has been listed by CSS Beauty! It's been a long time in the making but it's a far bigger site than I imagined when I...
Struggling to find sources of inspiration? How about browsing the American Library of Congress Memory Project? I came across it while reading an article on Typographica and went for a wander round....
Roger Hudson goes back to fundamentals for his Web Essentials 04 talk on web navigation. Everyone needs to be reminded of this stuff....
I've been noticing a certain degree of homogeny across the websites I visit of late. It's probably always been there and combined with my relatively limited selection of subject I shouldn't be...
The Thinking with Type website has a wealth of information on typography, with plenty of nice examples surrounded by some highly entertaining writing. Thanks to 456 Berea Street for this one....
I have quite randomly stumbled across a great-looking list of resources for the whole web development process. I think I'm all design-processed out but the 'design', 'user research' and ia sections...
I hadn't realised how prolific Craig Kroeger was on the fonts front! He appears to have designed dozens of pixel fonts while I wasn't looking. It's amazing how much variation you can squeeze out of 10...
I haven't had a chance to read through too much of this yet but the BTexact Safe Colours site appears to contain a wealth of information on the use of colour on the web and it's relationship to...
Richard Rutter over at Clagnut has spotted a fantastic little bit of javascript on the Couloir site. I'd seen the site before but I'd just assumed that it was another Flash photo switcher... Turns out...
Developing and working with CMSs is a subject close to my heart at the moment for a couple of reasons, neither of which I think I can talk about, and two articles have helped me along no end. The...
Mike's article on the ABC News Redesign has been discussed elsewhere already but I thought it might be worth drawing attention to his second-to-last paragraph 'Another business case for web...
It's been a ridiculously busy few weeks but I have a couple of site launches to show for it. First up is a small one: Locus Design. I built this one with Draught Associates, who designed it. It's...
Happy Cog, Zeldman's studio, have just announced their redesign of Amnesty International USA's website, and a fine job they've done. On top of this they've helpfully decided to write up the process....
Cameron Moll has had a great idea. How about you take a screenshot of whatever you're working on right now and post a small 320x320px portion of it... Just enough to whet our apetite. He's into 3...
In the article Reading Online Text: A Comparison of Four White Space Layouts it is revealed that people read fastest when text has no margins and sub-optimal leading. Conversely, comprehension is best...
It would appear that EVERYONE is struggling with creative block at the moment... The first I heard of it was when Keith Robinson posted his article on Inspiration, where he listed his own sources of...
Dunstan launched an updated version of his site last week to much acclaim in the blogging community. On the face of it, he's not done an awful lot but have a proper look around and you start to notice...
Wow, the Zen Garden has done it again... The latest 3 designs are possibly my 3 favourites so far. Oceans apart isn't anything groundbreaking but it's incredibly elegant design very well executed....
Woohoo! My Zen Garden submission made it... I'm dead chuffed about that and more than a little bit relieved. I was trying to do something a little bit different to the other hi-design submissions...
