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The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations
The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations
"Are there existential dilemmas in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends? Does Brad Bird's oeuvre cont...
Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done
Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done
"Writing your blog should be a fun way to stretch your mind and stay connected to trends, friends, and the gre...
99 Flickr Groups for Design Inspiration
99 Flickr Groups for Design Inspiration
"Web designers and graphic designers are always looking for new sources of design inspiration. Of course, many...
16 Ways to Keep A Razor- Sharp Focus at Work
16 Ways to Keep A Razor- Sharp Focus at Work
"Focus is something of a novelty these days. We've got cellphones for texting and calls, IM, Twitter, Ema...
Information Design Patterns
Information Design Patterns
"This application prototype is part of the Master thesis 'The Form of Facts and Figures,' developed by Christi...
One pixel notched corners as used by Google Analytics
One pixel notched corners as used by Google Analytics
"I use Google Analytics, and I noticed that their left nav has an interesting characteristic: instead of each ...
Criticism: Myths and Childishness
Criticism: Myths and Childishness
"Regular readers of my articles know that I have no qualms or fear of offering criticism. Criticism is a vital...
Web Standards Design + Development
Web Standards Design + Development
The purpose of the Web Standards Design + Development group is to form a strong network of individuals who hav...
VizThink gathering in Austin… plus workshops in Chicago and New York
VizThink gathering in Austin… plus workshops in Chicago and New York
As of this moment, there are only five spots left for the VizThink Austin gathering happening April 30!
And yo...
XPLANE in Fortune Small Business — Gateway to Europe: Starting small in Spain
XPLANE in Fortune Small Business — Gateway to Europe: Starting small in Spain
Here's an excerpt from an FSB article by Melanie Haiken: "With Old World charm and a modern approach to encour...
Luxury Type
Luxury Type
"I'd like to encourage designers to open their mind and consider using some of the other typefaces that a...
The Art of the Title Sequence
The Art of the Title Sequence
A blog dedicated to quality, not quantity… …oh, and title sequences and their respective designers...
GridFox – The Grid Layout Firefox Extension
GridFox – The Grid Layout Firefox Extension
"Grid-based layouts have become really popular among web designers over the last year... However, I ran into a...
Monocle: design notes
Monocle: design notes
"Visually, we wanted to make something that didn't ape current design tropes - the boring, over-used and essen...
The Rather Difficult Font Game
The Rather Difficult Font Game
Take a stab at identifying 34 different fonts in this online quiz....
VizThink Europe ’08: Oct 12-14
VizThink Europe ’08: Oct 12-14
"We are so excited to be able to announce our next VizThink Conference! This time we'll be in Berlin, Germany...
Stefanie Posavec “On the Map”
Stefanie Posavec “On the Map”
"However, the works that caught my eyes was that of Stefanie Posavec. Stefanie's maps capture something a...
Navigating Comics
Navigating Comics
"I'm very happy to announce that I have a new essay online: Navigating Comics: Reading Strategies of Page Layo...
Ryan Coleman: Some changes afoot…
Ryan Coleman: Some changes afoot…
"It's been a bit of an open secret for the past few weeks but as of today the official announcement is out. I'...
This is How We Do: A documentation of illustrative process of Frank Chimero in 16 easy steps
This is How We Do: A documentation of illustrative process of Frank Chimero in 16 easy steps
Update 10 Apr 2008: He pulled it off his site. Sorry!
"I've had a lot of questions recently about my process, ...
XPLANE in Inc.: In Spanish, It’s Un Equipo…
XPLANE in Inc.: In Spanish, It’s Un Equipo…
...in English, it's a team. Either way, it's tough to build.
This Inc. article covers the things XPLANE has do...
New UK Coin Designs
New UK Coin Designs
"In 2005 The Royal Mint announced a competition to design six of the eight kinds of coin in circulation in Bri...
Fold-Ins, Past and Present
Fold-Ins, Past and Present
"Al Jaffee's fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form." And here's the fu...
Hillman Curtis : Sagmeister08
Hillman Curtis : Sagmeister08
"A short documentary on the designer Stefan Sagmeister." (Thanks swisssmiss!)...