Thoughts on Design - Noteworthy

Art Direction on the Web (A List Apart).

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:31:18 +0100

Art Direction on the Web is a neat article on what art directors are supposed to do to guide the direction of a creative campaign or piece. Good read.

Tearound. An iPhone app. Love the site.

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:31:05 +0100

Gorgeous site design for an iPhone App (Tearound). These guys know what good design is.

Perch, a new CMS that looks promising

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:44:10 +0100

Perch is a new cms that looks very promising. It's very simple. Looks like you just include php for the managed content (via).

Andy Rutledge on only doing 1 comp for a client

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:44:02 +0100

"if the designer is sufficiently competent there is almost always one best solution to the design challenge". Words of wisdom from Andy Rutledge on why you should only do 1 comp for a client. Agreed.

30 Extremely Elegant Serif Fonts

Sat, 30 May 2009 03:22:59 +0100

30 Extremely Elegant Serif Fonts (which happen to be free).

Adobe software updates are a huge pain in the behind.

Fri, 29 May 2009 03:02:11 +0100

"Adobe's software update is an incredible pain in my behind". Agreed. (via)

Panic software has a great 3 day sale.

Thu, 28 May 2009 02:57:31 +0100

Snag 'Coda', my favorite web development application (for mac) in a 3 day 50% off sale by panic.

Andy Clarke on a new solution to the IE6 issue

Thu, 21 May 2009 13:40:08 +0100

For a beautiful web is Andy Clarke's approach to solving the IE6 (whether to support or not) issue. (via Zeldman)

Zeldman on why he loves 37signals

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:22:23 +0100

"This morning I cancelled my account with two clicks of a button[...] When I chose to go ahead with the cancellation, it happened instantly[...]Smart." Zeldman on closing an account with 37signals:

Jesse from 31Three shares his design process.

Mon, 18 May 2009 17:32:58 +0100

Jesse Bennet-Chamberlain from 31Three gives some valuable insight about his design process. Jesse works with the likes of Cameron Moll.

"Five Simple Steps" to Web Design by Mark Boulton.

Thu, 14 May 2009 22:15:34 +0100

Five Simple Steps to web design. I am dying to buy this book. Mark Boulton is a brilliant designer. He's got a very firm understanding of design principles and is very eloquent in expressing them.

Gorgeous Flickr set of the Trajan Columns, the basis for 'Trajan Pro'

Sat, 02 May 2009 16:51:37 +0100

Gorgeous Trajan Column Flickr set. Trajan Pro was founded upon the type found on this column

What happens when a great designer does a poor site on purpose.

Fri, 01 May 2009 17:28:03 +0100

Hilarious website by a very talented web designer. Take a look through his portfolio.