New work!
I've just updated the portfolio section of the website with some recent new design work. (You can view it via the "new" tag.)
I've just updated the portfolio section of the website with some recent new design work. (You can view it via the "new" tag.)
A well designed and executed website, allowing hours of browsing of type and typographical ideas. The inclusion of the "please find" search box is genius, encouraging the user to search for specific typefaces, and turning the site into a serious design resource rather than just a bit of fun.
Could the concept be any simpler? If you're a designer / editor / web developer / whoever and need to place a grey box style placeholder on a web page, simply enter the source as placehold.it followed by the dimensions of the image. For example, enter "http://placehold.it/450x300" and you get the image above. Go on, try it in your browser bar now ...
Nice piece by we made this on the newly launched TfL / Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme.
http://www.wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2010/07/on-yer-barclays-bike/
I was alerted by Don McAllister to the usefulness of wordle.net as a promotional / marketing / analytical tool. Wordle call their tool a 'toy' so the emphasis is on play and experimentation rather than serious number-crunching or hardcore PR. And it certainly is quick and fun to use. Here's my work cloud for smallgoodthing.net:
Wordle takes various sources (pasted text, URLs) and quickly generates a graphic of the most common words, in 'tag cloud' style -- ie. the most used words and phrases appear largest. The graphic is customisable with your own colours and a choice of fonts.
Link to my Wordle page.
The iPad is an intimate experience for a user. The direct touch input removes a layer of abstraction, and that’s a really big deal. In this way, it was like going back to design for print – when you push it with your finger, it moves! – but it’s utterly unlike print in every other way imaginable.
Lovely succinct piece by Derek Powazek on his first impressions designing an app for Apple's iPad. It's nice to see this ongoing iPad commentary from designers as they happen -- again and again the impression seems to be of a new platform with entirely new rules.
I particularly like the egg in the mouse trap. Oh, and the smashing of the TV is very satisfying.
This reminds me of Tim Berners-Lee's call on TED Talks, to make our data available on the internet. Exciting stuff.
