Everyone knows that Jonathan Ive revolutionised Apple with his design of the iMac a decade ago. What many people don’t know is that Ive’s design philosophy is heavily influenced by visionary designer Dieter Rams for Braun.
The philosophy behind Apple design…
January 15th, 2008 by mattCSS Web design inspirations
January 10th, 2008 by mike
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Web 2.0 How to design guide
January 10th, 2008 by mike
Yes an article on ‘web 2.0′ Lots of great advice and visuals hints that really are worth a quick look see. Screen grabs of design styles which are great to reference including flashes, gradient use, specular highlights.
http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/current-style.cfm
http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-2.0-design-style-guide.cfm#simplicity
9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design
January 10th, 2008 by mikeTips on good practice when designing for the web. Talk about: precedence, navigation, build, typography, usability, clarity and lots more!
This site also has some good links out to similar articles and great site designs.
http://psdtuts.com/designing-tutorials/9-essential-principles-for-good-web-design/
AIGA – the professional association for design
January 10th, 2008 by Kevin
AIGA, the professional association for design, is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.
23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies
January 9th, 2008 by Kevin“Eye-tracking studies are hot in the web design world, but it can be hard to figure out how to translate the results of these studies into real design implementations. These are a few tips from eye-tracking studies that you can use to improve the design of your webpage.”
BBC iPlayer
January 7th, 2008 by KevinAlthough downloads aren’t available for MACs (yet) the BBC iPlayer website looks rather nice…
A clever business card…
December 18th, 2007 by matt