Big brand theory: packaging design
For most brands, recognition is everything. Occasionally you’ll encounter a company that seeks to create a air of exclusivity by…
Serif vs. Sans: the final battle
First it was the Capulets versus the Montagues; then it was Coke versus Pepsi; and the latest epic battle? Serif…
Honest logos
Companies spend thousands on logos and branding aimed at putting a positive gloss over their products. But what if the…
Comics of the week #173
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
How to improve site navigation
Stripping a website to its barest form, ignoring for a moment, content which is only text and images, all a…
Astonishing handmade type
When I was in middle school, I took a sign language class. At the time, it struck me as interesting…
How puppy training is the key to creating better forms
Let’s be clear: people hate filling out forms. Since most websites are lead generators, however, encouraging users to fill out…
Comics of the week #172
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Words as images
As a writer, I’m particularly drawn to typographic art. Perhaps it’s because the combination of word and art speaks to…
How to design from a blank canvas
Most web design and/or development projects have some history behind them. Sometimes you have to re-design or re-develop a company’s…
Sensational discount on Verb font family
If there’s one thing every designer needs in their toolkit, it’s a workhorse font. A workhorse font is the typeface…
Magazine design principles applied to web design
I got my professional start in the world of design at a specialty magazine publisher. Magazine layout and design is,…
Windows of New York
If Bill Shakespeare is to be believed, eyes are the windows to the soul. Designed to look outwards, looking into…
Retro Branding
While Generation Y may be too young to remember, there was a time in the 70s and 80s when the…
Flying over tulip fields
Sometimes we become so preoccupied with what can be animated, Photoshopped, and otherwise digitally produced that we lose sight of…
Is Photoshop dead?
I guess a more suitable title might be ‘is Photoshop still an appropriate tool for designing typography on the web?’…
Saving a city with a serif
Fonts can become synonymous with brands. Picture, for example, “Yahoo”, “Disney”, or the masthead for “The New York Times”; in…
Futuristic typeface echoes art nouveau designs
Is there anything better than a font named after the Spanish word for cockroach? Maybe a font named after that…