Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified. 26 Free Progressive and Experimental Fonts. Design is constantly changing and moving forward. However, typography is one aspect of design that seems to resist progression. When it comes to typography , there are standards and traditions that have been around for many years. These rules are there for a reason – to make sure that letters and words are legible. But to move forward, sometimes rules have to be broken. Here's some other articles that you will definitely find useful. Interface Design is a Conversation | Build Internet! A recent round of client work at One Mighty Roar has got me thinking a lot more about successful interface design. Specifically, how can we build pages that send a clear message without losing aesthetic or professional edge?
The question turns out not to be “How does it look?” But, “What is it saying?” Dazzling graphics can lose the thrill over time, but a clearly worded page has lasting power. I came to a realization. The site can typically speak directly to a single person rather than an entire organization. You only have to care about one person at a time. Interaction is Personal A one-to-one interaction with a visitor is low risk. In recent years, the trend has been to replace the standard “Welcome” to a more personalized “Hello”.
A large company probably won’t want to greet visitors in the same way that a designer does on his portfolio. Readability Matters Jason Fried said it best with “Copywriting is Interface Design“. How to Chart Readability Wording Can Be Selfish Lessons from FAQ. The benefits of slow design | I love graphics! Just like slow food, slow life or slow parenting, a trend might emerge in design, and might praises the benefits of getting things done slower. I encountered the “slow life” movement two years ago in Italy, when the love for the “dolce vita” might have inspired some people to get “slower”. No need to say that life around our over-connected societies is nothing but a fast-food chain for everything. Deadlines, clocks, real-time social medias: our day is filled with time pressure.
But that might ruin your creativity in the long term… As a matter of fact, the contrary is true most of the time. Graphic design in a mind process, and more than the technical time needed to accomplish a task, it’s the thinking you’ll need the most. Forcing designers to work too fast on a complicated project, as identity work or complex layout design, is a waste of time for both clients and designer. Trust your own design process and take some time to design for yourself, and yourself only.
Women in Web Design and Development. By Vitaly Friedman Posted in DESIGN The 20th century was witness to phenomenal social and economic changes in the status of women. Suffrage has been widely adopted around the world, anti-discrimination legislation is commonplace, contraception is widely available and abortion is legal. These have all dramatically improved the position of women in society. One could argue that women—at least professional ones—now have more control of their own lives than at any other time in history. This unease regularly erupts into open debate, just as it happened following a recent edition of the Boagworld podcast. The Boagworld Incident Boagworld is a popular weekly podcast created by Paul Boag and Marcus Lillington . One of their guests was Sarah Parmenter who has developed a successful career for herself with You Know Who design studio.
“As far as I was concerned, the broadcast went well and we had a laugh. Rachel Andrew , another speaker from that day, gives her take on the incident: PHP Women. L’infographiste se dissout dans le web » Article » owni.fr, digi. Pour certaines populations professionnelles, l'émergence de la société numérique sonne la fin d'une époque. L'infographiste souffre au premier plan de cette redistribution des rôles... Pour une majorité de gens, l’irruption du web dans la vie courante reste circonscrite à des usages relativement mineurs qui s’ajoutent aux médias existants. Mais pour certaines populations professionnelles, l’émergence de la société numérique sonne la fin d’une époque. Cette société numérique, dont les contours restent flous, secoue le monde des médias traditionnels de convulsions diverses.
Les définitions de qui est qui et de qui fait quoi sont fortement remises en question. L’infographiste est-il encore d’actualité dans l’univers de la communication numérique et plus particulièrement dans les dispositifs de mise en image et de matérialisation des supports de communication et d’information ? La société de la créativité cède le pas à la société de l’usage. La réponse immédiate est non. Tous infographistes !