If you’re like me then WordPress is your publishing engine of choice. There are many reasons to love WordPress and many resources to help pimp your WordPress site (WordPress.org first and foremost). However, every time I install a new WordPress site I find myself searching the same old resources like Smashing Magazine, InstantShift and Tutorial [...]
I’ve been called a lot of names in my life and I’ve also had many different titles in my short career of making websites. My general attitude has been that titles are bullshit. What matters more to me is how meaningful the work can be, how much personal time I’m allowed, and how much I [...]
As the digital landscape continues to evolve so does the modern home page. While there are vast differences in website interfaces for the desktop, mobile and beyond, a trend that reins king is the One-Pager. The one-page hero product concept has been around for quite some time, but only recently has it been established as [...]
I work at a digital advertising agency in Atlanta GA that is currently renovating a new office space which should be finished by March 1st. I’ve been privileged enough to provide feedback regarding floorplan arrangements, furniture, display visualizations and overall atmosphere. In doing a little research it’s easy to find a lot of really inspirational [...]
This a good question with many different answers. First, always remember the basic rule of “garbage in, garbage out“. With that said, the first place to start is with a clean and organized PSD. That means naming layers appropriately, deleting unnecessary and hidden layers, flattening complex layers, and most importantly, good design. For beginners, the [...]
The contemporary art museum, Fondation Cartier is currently exhibiting Grafitti Taxonomy: Paris 2009. The project contains a repository of about 2,400 graffiti tags found in Paris France. Each tag can be explored to discover calligraphic-like similarities between individual text characters. The 10 most commonly used letters were identified for further study (i.e. A,E,I,K,N,O,R,S,T and U). [...]
I just saw this behind-the-scenes footage today, but it has been up for about 3 months. What you’re seeing is two typographers, Pierre & Damien, and a pro race pilot, Stef van Campenhoudt, collaborating to design a font with a car. The car movements were tracked using a custom software, designed by interactive artist Zachary [...]
Hello Monday is a boutique design show located in Denmark that does some hot print and web work. I love the approach to displaying their work as stacked strips of images. I also like that they display a radial color pallet for each project.
New York based shop, The Egg Republic, promotes their work with this slick new site. The parallaxed interface, 3D transitions, and hot motion reel are a few of the site’s impressive features.
General Electric’s “Ecomagination” campaign just released a new site – Plug Into the Smart Grid. This interactive experience is a seamless mix of 3D graphics, animations, data visualizations and educational content. To add to the already rich and interesting content, the site also uses some augmented reality techniques to allow users another way to interact [...]
Universe in ’09 celebrates curiosity and creativity with a dynamic look at the very best ideas that give us reason for optimism in 2009. You may also get a kick out of the ascii art if you view-source