More than a decade ago, when the Internet was still a relatively innocent place and social media was newly born, Sian Ballen and I were working as editors for New York Social Diary, a society print column that had recently reinvented itself as an online magazine. In search of more material, we hit upon the …
Through subtle adjustments, graphic designers can make simple images beautiful and memorable. Poppie Pack, a senior graphic designer at Canva, created 50 excellent graphic design tips communicated with beautiful images that show exactly why those tips work so well.
Jessica Draws reckons she wouldn't last a day as a designer without these 10 things. Could you?
They say a good designer is a meticulous one. “Sweat the details” and all of that. But how well does that ethos check out when we’re passing along PSDs<br>Take a look at a recent comp. Layers named? Original assets preserved with masks? We may be detail-oriented when it comes to prescribing layout and type, but the organization of our artwork suffers as a means to an end. Efficiency masquerades as getting in and out quickly. Problem is, we leave the poor soul…
Or anyone who really wants to use it but has no idea how Writing code is hard. For every 1 minute of bliss typing characters in the computer and seeing it render things that didn’t exist before, there are 10 minutes of frustration with unreadable code and bugs that didn’t exist the night before. “Writing code with Git is hard.... Read More →
This is for all the web designers out there who have suffered as I have suffered.
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Although I am not a designer, I have learned much about design over the last several years. Over the past year I’ve compiled this list of items for non-designers or people who work with designers. Its intent is to give those of us that work increasingly with dashboard or information designers great
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The next 40 years will behold a revolution to the way that humans work. Already in relatively early stages, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have been staggering and concerning for the job market. When considering the extent that AIs may overtake creative industries, the debate becomes far more complex. In fact, it even sways toward a symbiosis between man and machine which will give creatives of…
The Web Designer will work on our company’s public facing websites. The Web Designer will work with internal stakeholders to translate ideas into highly usable web designs and online advertisements. Additionally, the Web Designer will provide input in user interface design standards to optimize ease of use and achieve an integrated look and feel throughout our sites. …
When a designer is creating interfaces, he knows naturally, how the web pages should work. What should the designers pay attention to?
We expect graphic designer websites to be a little bit more creative, right? Well, it depends. Let's look at this collection of graphic design websites.