Question everything generally thought to be obvious —Dieter Rams For me, right now, this means – rethink all of my design tendencies. For example: Is Helvetica right for this project too? Does this website need to be centered (margin: 0 auto; for the web nerds)? Do buttons need rounded corners and a gradient? In your […]
A dreamer by day
All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible. —T.E. Lawrence Here’s one question that comes to mind […]
GOP Candidates & the Obama Design Aesthetic
I couldn’t help but notice a few striking similarities between current GOP candidate websites and Obama’s 2008 campaign website and the current White House website. Glowing Blue Background It seems that the new political design trend is going to be glowing backgrounds. Most of the candidate’s sites use a glowing blue background of some sort […]
On critiquing design
A person tends to critique a design in one of several ways. The most common, and usually least valuable, is by gut reaction. — D. Keith Robinson I totally agree here. I remember back when I interned at Workbench Magazine (now My Home My Style) and the Assistant Art Director, Doug Appleby would critique the […]
Aristotle once said…
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Someone once said…
Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else. —Judy Garland Figure out what makes you ‘you’ and do that and do it well.
Six things to learn
Great thoughts on the six things Derek Sivers wishes he learned before starting school at Berklee. Oh yeah, he also founded CDBaby.com. What are some things you wish you learned before starting school or your job?
Think Google. Think iPod.
Just because something looks good doesn’t mean its useful. And just because something is useful does not make it beautiful. — Joshua Brewer Think Google – amazingly simple and useful, but not beautifully designed. There is a difference between usability and beautiful design. It can be ugly and usable or it can be beautiful and […]