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BBC site redesign explained

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 8:19 am

From the BBC Internet Blog: A new global visual language for the BBC’s digital services

This blog post tells a story of the redesign that the BBC did. A massive undertaking since as many other big media sites, there were inconsistencies everywhere as new products and pages added while the legacy ones are maintained.

Definitely informative and also inspiring. I don’t agree with some of their decisions, but they get it done, which is a very big accomplishment. Kudos to the team.

Posted in design
by Danny

resources for designing for iPhone

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

Here are few resources that will be very helpful for you as you design the look and feel of your iPhone app:

Posted in resources, design
by Danny

inspiring list of font system

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 6:47 am

meat alphabet A very inspiring list of font systems made of of various methods.

Back in design school, I didn’t enjoy making these font systems, but that only heighten my appreciation for what these designers have done.

Hopefully this would inspire you to create your own creative font or at least to see letters in a different way. Far too often we abstract type into the meaning that it carries and lose sight of its form. This kind of exercise is perfect for that.

Posted in art, design
by Danny

Character counter tool

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

http://www.lettercount.com/

The page doesn’t look very good, but it does a good job. It’s a simple task, but sometimes can be annoyingly time consuming if you have to do it manually.

Posted in resources, design
by Danny

Tips for improving typography for your site

Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am

Smashing Magazine came up with a nice short list of tips to improve typography for your site: 8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs.

This could improve the user experience for your site dramatically, particularly if your site is text heavy.

by Danny

neat illustrator tutorials

Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 11:08 am

illustrator-new-3.jpgNoupe.com compiled this list of 30 cool illustrator tutorials: 30+ Fresh & Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials & Neat Tips

A lot of these are things that seem really complex and would take hours if not days to achieve in Photoshop, which is what I’d naturally go to to create these.

by Danny

free web 2.0 logos

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

logo instant screenshotLogoinstant.com is a site where you can download stylish web 2.0 looking logos for free.

Not only they give you the image, they also provide the source files in both ai and psd. These people are very generous.

Posted in resources, design
by Danny

2009 design trends

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

2009 design trendsSmashing magazine compiled a nice list of 10 design styles that are popular this year. This list definitely got me thinking about what I could use for my next project. I hope this will inspire you as much it did for me.

Link to article: Web Design Trends For 2009

by Danny