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Posts Tagged ‘Design’


Bill Gates says: “Reboot”

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 by Andrew

Not to long ago Thomas and I were chatting toward the end of the day, this included the normal rantings about the web, Lost, Macintosh, social media, viral videos and the like. We eventually got to a recent topic in the art community surrounding Shepard Fairey and fair use. He created an illustration of Barak [...]

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Tactility in Interactive Flash and Why It Works

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 by Admin

Perhaps it’s this simple: paradoxes make us curious. The on-screen illusion of tactility — turning the pages of a flash-based, realistically-rendered book, for instance — is paradoxically both digital and organic, and therefore compelling. The more “real” the book, the more interesting the experience. Videogames take this idea to immersive levels; online Flash games do [...]

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Designer’s Toolkit: Tastefully Adding Depth To Your Design

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 by Admin

There are certain situations when your design just needs that little something extra. I’m a huge advocate for clean and minimal design, but for when you need to kick it up a notch, I’d like to discuss some simple and tasteful design touches that you can apply. These are just a few solutions out of [...]

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What is the SEM impact of YouTube and Flickr?

Friday, July 27th, 2007 by David

A few weeks ago we identified SEM. Now we need to explore some of the ways Web site owners can use Social Media (social networks, blogs, videos, podcast, Wikis, DIGG, etc) to promote a site. For the purposes of this post we will only discuss YouTube and Flickr but there are clearly many other sites [...]

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In’s and Out’s of Comping Text for Web Browsers

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 by David

Text can be a tricky thing to design for the web; there are many limitations and misunderstandings about the presentation of it. It’s important to understand these limitations and manage the visual expectations fairly and accurately.

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Innovative Design Solutions: Navigation and Content

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 by Admin

As designers, we’re frequently challenged with concepting unique navigation solutions. Often times it’s a situation where the content would normally exceed the space allotted. Luckily, great ideas stem from these constraints and with an abundance of JavaScript libraries such as the YUI, MooTools, and Scriptaculous, web designers are able to push the envelope. Below is [...]

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The Right Color, The Right Tool

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 by David

Color choice is important in design and there’s nothing novel about that concept. Knowledge of color theory and raw talent play a role. There are also a great number of tools available online to help anyone from a professional web designer to a amateur interior decorator learn how to make the right color choice.

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