photo: taipei fountain
Edward “to clarify add detail” Tufte, who criticizes the PowerPointing of America, earlier this year posted a video on the iPhone’s UI design. He loves the photo viewer (except the grid-lines between images are too big), he loves the web browser (except the navigation bar takes up too much space), he calls the weather app an [...]
This handful of business cards is good for a little design inspiration. And here’s 70 more if you need an extra shot. Thanks to Frank for the tip.
From the New York Times:Â How Design Can Save Democracy
…recently, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued a report outlining the importance of well-designed, easy to understand ballots.
Duh. And, I guess we’re giving up on electronic voting.
All I know about Denmark is what gets imported: Legos, of course, but also a tradition of exquisitely clean and functional design. That’s why, as I prepare for my talk in Copenhagen later this week, I’m incredibly conscious of my own design and a bit jealous of Jessamyn’s outstanding use of orange.
Anyway, that’s where I’ll [...]
Etre’s Colour Check.
color, color check, color blindness, color blind, web design, design
Liz Danzico of Happy Cog Studios spoke today about her consulting with Automattic on the design of the WordPress admin interface.
As with so many of the presentation today, I’m really hoping the slides will be published soon, as there are some great ideas coming out.
Liz spent a lot of time watching WordPress users at blog. [...]
Robert Hoekman, Jr is speaking now on Designing the Obvious, his book and philosophy:
These principles include building only what’s necessary, getting users up to speed quickly, preventing and handling errors, and designing for the activity.
I just added the book to my must read list, but what I’m hearing here sounds like instructions to [...]
Calliope Gazetas works for The FontShop and freelances under the name 99 Monsters. One of her projects includes skinning the Burning Man environmental blog.
Calliope Gazetas, design, portfolio
Jason Brightman’s work includes XXLmag.
Jason Brightman, design, portfolio
I was especially young and impressionable when I discovered Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things, but I still claim it’s required reading for anybody who’s read more than one post here at MaisonBisson. That’s self selection at work, but let me put it this way: unless you’re the only consumer of the things you [...]
