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…
Talking about the new American Airlines logo
There was a time, not so long ago, when flying was considered a glamorous experience, something people aspire to do,…
Our favorite tweets of the week: February 4, 2013 – February 10, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
How to fire a client
As I put the phone down, I was still shaking quietly. It was one of the hardest phone calls I’ve…
Extraordinary heat-sensitive stationery
If a company’s branding materials should seek to leave a mark, then Austrian design studio Bureau Rabensteiner has more than…
30 successful sports websites
It’s a well known fact that a sport is not just pleasure: it’s a business (without a doubt a big…
What we can expect from WordPress 3.6
The most recent WordPress release, 3.5, has passed the 6 million download mark. It brought us a renewed media experience…
Death-defying photography
We’ve all heard of the suffering artist, but photographer Kerry Skarbakka is taking the idea of suffering for one’s craft…
15+ tools for getting things done
Even the most creative mind needs a bit of left-brain order sometimes. While more work is what every freelancer and…
Design fundamentals: constraints
The concept of constraints in design can be defined as the practice of limiting user actions on a system. Constraints…
10 things HBO’s Girls can teach you about design
Even if you haven’t seen the show, you’ve almost certainly heard of HBO’s hit Girls, created by and starring Lena…
Our favorite tweets of the week: January 28, 2012 – February 3, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
How to upsell your clients
Have you ever just finished a project and wondered: How can I do more for this client? or perhaps you…
How to improve your writing in WordPress
WordPress is a powerful and popular CMS for nearly all types of websites. But what about content creation? Writing is…
Pinterest redesigns
Pinterest have just announced on their blog that they will be experimenting with a new look using a small group…
Web IDEs: the future of coding
Still using desktop code editors? Web integrated development environments (IDEs) are a new way to build your web projects directly…
Typographic furniture
While typography is typically a two-dimensional proposition, the communication design students at the University of Applied Science in Dusseldorf have…