Category: design
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Banning Film Posters Glamorising Guns
With the recent ASA ruling that the posters advertising the Jolie crapfest that is Wanted should be banned due to its glamorisation of guns, The Guardian presents us with 8 more classic movie posters that should be banned if these asinine rules were rigidly applied. The Man with the Golden Gun Naked Killer Hitman Gunslinger…
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Web Design: Obama vs. McCain
I feel the political commentary is contrived and unnecessary, but this comparison of the McCain and Obama campaign websites is worth a look; if only to see how not to design a website. The now-retired web designer inside me loved every minute of it. via Link Banana
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Polish (and Russian) Film Posters
Web design blog wellmedicated has uncovered some great Polish film posters. These conceptual masterpieces put the original American posters to shame every time; they are truly beautiful works of art. Trimming this list down to a mere 50 posters that I absolutely love was surprisingly difficult. I find it difficult to choose stand-out candidates from…
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Top 10 Ads by Movie Directors
I think I could easily spend an entire day watching well directed TV commercials. This compilation of the top 10 commercials by movie directors, however, saves me some wasted time and gets straight to the point. Back in 2001, a genius pen-chewing BMW marketing exec stumbled on a belter of an idea – fling bundles…
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North Korean Propaganda Posters
These North Korean Propaganda Posters are fascinating. I’ve always loved the design of propaganda posters and this book compiles a great selection from DPRK. Let’s extensively raise goats in all families! via Kottke
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Breaking Past the Uncanny Valley
The company who produce the animation for Grand Theft Auto, Image Metrics, claim to have create photo-realistic animations that break through the ‘uncanny valley‘ barrier. The Times is a believer, giving us a sample video and stating that IM’s lifelike animation heralds a new era for computer games. “Ninety per cent of the work is…
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Communicating Design Decisions
Primarily meant as an article on how to communicate design decisions to clients, Smashing Magazine also gives us some tips on good website design: Pretty doesn’t mean effective: statistics are your friend Every design should have a measurable goal Your site should have one clear path Remember the Swiss army knife Provide performance metrics Conclusion:…
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Wep App Start Screen Designs
If you need design inspiration for a website’s start screen, this screen shot collection of Web app start screens (AKA, signed-out Home Pages) from around the Web is a great starting point.
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Usability Tips for Your Website/Blog
Tom of I’d Rather Be Writing—the ‘technical communication’ blog—has just written-up twenty usability tips for your blog. I’ve been doing research on what distinguishes good blogs from poor ones, especially by reading “lessons learned” posts by bloggers. I’ve come up with 20 principles I think are worthwhile. Encourage comments Include an About page Keep posts…