February 20, 2008 in Learn
Awesome up your design with A.B.
So you want to add some sweet savory flavor to you website, but you can’t place your cursor on what is lacking in your design and what needs to be added. May I suggest something I call Auroral Background (A.B….
January 31, 2008 in Learn
Stay on :target
In this article, I want to introduce you to a really powerful CSS3 pseudo selector called :target. Much like :hover, :target is invoked during certain interactions with the website. Specifically, when applied to a fragment identifier. On a page such…
January 21, 2008 in Learn
Touch icon goodness
This week the interwebs have been alive with the sound of the so-called ‘touch icons’… a low hum possibly produced by them gently jiggling away on your homescreen. Like many a designer looking for the frequent digital distraction, I’ve been…
December 6, 2007 in Learn
Creating Sexy Stylesheets
Lately, I have taken interest in discussing methods of creating sexy stylesheets. While CSS can be used to create sexy websites, writing CSS can actually be an artform by itself. The way in which CSS is created, structured, and maintained…
November 28, 2007 in Learn
Ensuring your HTML Emails Look Great and Get Delivered
Boy what a difference 18 months can make! In my last Vitamin article I was singing the praises of standards based email and encouraging the use of CSS in your email designs. While the browser market has continued to strive…
November 20, 2007 in Learn
Product pages: so much suck, so easy to fix
The phrase “user experience” is quite a mouthful. Even the acronym is kinda scary: UX, UXP, or sometimes UXD (D for “design”). It pretty much looks and sounds like the noise you make when you puke. Paradoxically, this means that…
October 20, 2007 in Learn
Web App Form Design
In this presentation, Ryan Singer, designer at 37Signals walks you through some useful steps on creating usable, intuitive forms in your web apps through effective use of copy and design. This session is from Future of Web Design London 2007,…
September 21, 2007 in Learn
Carsonified rebranding process: part 11
By Elliot Jay Stocks It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Sorry guys – we’ve been so busy! The rebranding is now heading towards its very exciting conclusion and we’re going to show you where we’re at… Part 11a: Part 11b:…
September 18, 2007 in Learn
Read more … about progressive disclosure
Progressive disclosure is a method of revealing the details of a feature on an on-demand basis, so that the basic elements of the feature appear by default while the less used or more advanced elements are hidden. These elements are…
September 10, 2007 in Learn
Carsonified rebranding process: part 10
By Elliot Jay Stocks Everyone liked the direction I started to explore with the ideas you can see at the end of the last post; the bolder, more immediate direction was starting to remain legible and recognisable at smaller sizes,…
September 9, 2007 in Learn
Carsonified rebranding process: part 09
By Elliot Jay Stocks ‘ Sorry for the shortage in blog posts recently, everyone; let me get you up to speed with the development of our new identity. The insigia examples went down a treat and I think we all…
September 6, 2007 in Learn
Carsonified rebranding process: part 08
By Elliot Jay Stocks While we prepare the next post, we thought you might enjoy a light interlude of some more recent sketches. Click the images for their full-size versions. General rough ideas. Among other things, a study of the…