Essential advice for restaurant websites
Restaurant websites have become infamous for their outdated designs, and frustrating user experience. How many times have you visited a…
Congratulations art school graduates!
When I was in art school, before my senior year, I volunteered to help with the senior graduation. As an…
Sizing type with Lucas Sequences
The relationship between text and the rest of a page is one of the key characteristics of any design. Rhythm,…
What’s new for designers, June 2012
The June edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins, grid tools, icons,…
Our favorite tweets of the week
June 18 – June 24, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Dramatically increase earnings with a simple to-do list hack
I was getting ready to quit my job and start a new company. It was one of those moments where…
Requests for free work: Surprising revelations
A former coworker of mine, James Harmon, is a bright and very talented designer with experience in some top corporations….
Why brands are leaning towards minimalism
Every company wants to remembered, every company wants to be recognized. Whether they have a great service or product or…
Leading: space is just as important as words
A key component to any website design is type. Selecting fonts, sizes and colors can be a big part of…
Our favorite tweets of the week
June 11 – June 17, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
ZeroBundle 2 is released!
And here’s our new ZeroBundle! This is our second ZeroBundle, and this time we put the focus on icons! Everyone…
An illustrated NYC
There are nearly a million buildings in New York City (including all five boroughs). That’s a lot of buildings. It…
101 Awesome new WordPress themes
I’m a WordPress themes junky, as I’m sure a lot of the rest of you are. I love checking out…
Applying Dieter Ram’s ten principles to web design
Dieter Rams, a German industrial engineer, is one of the most influential designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. He…
Color and cultural design considerations
The world seems to be getting a little smaller each day thanks to online communities and social networking. In turn,…
Our favorite tweets of the week
June 4 – June 10, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Hyperrealistic art from Paul Cadden
The images Paul Cadden creates are so incredibly realistic that you might first mistake them for photographs. But look closely…
Get a thick skin! Living with criticism
I posted on Twitter that I was having a case of writer’s block and asked what my followers wanted me…