Category: design
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World’s Best Presentation Contest
In 2007 it was Shift Happens, closely followed by Meet Henry and The Sustainable Food Lab. What will win The World’s Best Presentation Contest of 2008?
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More Interaction Design Patterns
A huge library of interaction design patterns; from accordion navigation to virtual product display. [This library is] a reference or basic ‘toolkit’ you can use when designing user experiences. It is no substitute for creative design, it simply seeks to describe what we know and have learned about solutions you will find abundantly on the…
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Art of the Title Sequence
The Art of the Title Sequence is a blog highlighting the best movie (and TV) title sequences. Some great ones on the list so far; some of the best, still to come. via Kottke
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The State of the Web – Summer 2008
A beautifully designed collage of stuff that’s happening on the web. Right now. It’s a more graphic follow-up of last year’s State of the Web, also by Matthew Inman.
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37signals on Creating a Devoted Audience
37signlas—creators of the book for software designers—have given us a round-up of how they built a devoted audience/client-base. From the beginning, we allotted plenty of time for side projects. Things that would get us attention, experiments with new ways of selling our services, ways to show off our design thinking, etc. Here are a few…
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Time Lapse: Magazine Page Design
You’ve likely seen this time lapse video of a magazine page being designed before: Matt Willey recently recorded his decision-making on a feature design for the Royal Academy magazine. Anyone who’s designed a magazine will recognise the process — a very useful insight into how page designs get arrived at. via Kottke
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Logo Design and Examples
I really appreciate good design, and this list of 50+ Kick Ass Logos for Inspiration truly are inspiring. According to David Airey, there are four critical elements to great logo design, and these match all of them. It must be describable It must be memorable It must be effective without colour It must be scalable…
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2008 Penguin Design Award
The 2008 Penguin Design Award results are out and all of the designs are outstanding. Choice quotes from The Penguin Blog: ‘Good design costs no more than bad design’, said Penguin founder Sir Allen Lane. Something in the way visual communication courses are structured and delivered has fundamentally changed. We’re seeing a certain type of…
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Interaction Design Patterns
The Yahoo! Design Patterns Library is what you could call a series of best practices for web interaction designers. Of particular note are the ‘Reputation’ Solution Patterns: A person participating in a social structure expects to develop a reputation and hopes for insight into the reputations of others, but each designed model of participation and…