February 2009
9 posts
Good Design in Ten Commandments →
Back in the early 1980s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him – “an impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises.” Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an important question: is my design good design?
As good design cannot be measured in a finite way he set about expressing the ten most important...
NY Times Article Skimmer →
Easy to browse interface for the NY Times. Esp. like the keyboard shortcuts.
How (Not) to Write like a Designer: 5 Tricks You... →
Good advice on writing.
New Site: MTimage.com
I recently finished a new website for photographer Nicholas Bradford. The site was designed to be as simple and straightforward as possible in order to let the photographic content shine, but it still took a bit of technical work to bring it all together. Here’s some behind the scenes details:
All the photo galleries use the SlideshowPro Flash app with a custom navigation skin. These...
New Juice
Right on the tail of the horrible Pepsi redesign comes new packaging for Tropicana. Is PepsiCo redoing all their packaging? Reviews may be mixed for the new OJ carton, but it did really stand out on the store shelf. Of course I still bought Minute Maid because it’s cheaper…
