On What I Hate About Advertising
Great presentation on what to avoid when thinking about campaigns… 10 Things I Hate about Advertising
Great presentation on what to avoid when thinking about campaigns… 10 Things I Hate about Advertising
Twelve Points of Typography This is a great article that I fond here. Discussing the “art” of typography. It dates from the late 1960’s so some of the language is a bit dated, as are some of the ideas, but it still makes a good read. i would add to the bit about line length that we should endevour to…
Ok, I like technology, could even be said that I love technology. Ive been using macs for design work since 1988 when we had a MAC II and an SE. We had what I seem to remember what was a beta copy of illustrator 88, direct from the new Adobe European office in Holland, and we were working with a…
Lifted shamelessly from Erics blog as I think the points are so true…. This seems to be a “trending topic”. Just read about seven tips by Mark McGuinness to avoid Creative Block (yes, captitalized) and went on to look what I had written to Alex Cornell two years ago when he asked me “What do you do to inspire your creativity…
Was having a clear out of my desk space at home the other day and came across my old typescale. Coincidentally I came across a great collection of photos of typescales in the eye blog. Check it out here… Its an interesting job trying to explain the use of all this stuff to design students today, weaned on a diet…
Really well written article on the debate about specific Apps verses web based “Apps Lite” by Matt Gemmell. The discussion on frames of interaction is especially interesting, and the whole area is sure to generate the kind of endless discussions that the screen resolution debate did back in the bad old days of 640 v 800 pixels. Given that around…
Interesting article from The Branding Insider discussing the merits of the humble Logo in the brand building murk of social, online, tv, radio and offline. The snippet below gives an oversight of the content… Contrary to what many believe, the logo is still the main event in communicating the essence of what a brand represents. Within our obsessively condensed attention…
This link is a superb jumping off point for a range of icons and pictograms. Sometimes finding quality, versatile icons is pretty hard, and designing your own can rapidly turn into a nightmare. These all can be used as is, or endlesly modified to become an ever expanding toolbox. In the words of Meagan Fisher from Brooklyn who did the…
A Great little book for Designers old and young. Loads of useful stuff that we all (should) know but probably don’t. Print Handbook. It only costs £4.00 so go and get your copy now. Do. it, you know it makes sense.