Words have power, and typography is their voice For centuries, type has been how we ‘hear’ what we read. It’s also generally understood that typefaces and typography are a core element of branding, of expression, of vocal range. Great typography...
Kate O’Neill ( @kateo ) just gave an amazing talk about Tech Humanism, raising all kinds of questions about what it means to be human. Which naturally got me thinking, being someone who uses technology. A lot. And I remembered...
Oliver Lindberg interviewed myself and a bunch of really smart and talented folks about what we see as upcoming trends in web design for the Shopify Partners blog. Shockingly, I suggested that variable fonts will be a big thing :)...
I'm about to speak at TypeCon in Boston this morning, and it's a huge treat to be here. It's my first visit to the event, and it's as warm and welcoming a crowd as any of the web community events...
I had the honor of speaking last week at DrupalCon in New Orleans, and got to see a whole slew of great presentations. For a recap at our local DrupalPVD meetup I put together a few slides listing some of...
An attempt to articulate the ‘why’ behind how we design, and what should guide us Over the past five or six years I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about, tinkering with, and teaching the process of designing and building...
I've never had particularly lofty ambitions for Beep Edition , the responsive base theme I started a few years ago. Rather than make a new 'all singing, all dancing' kind of theme, I wanted this to be my starting point,...
And if you can’t explain it, you’re not done designing it yet
Will it evolve to a higher level of thinking or fall into commoditization?
Hee Mong Kim, our instructor for Graphic Design 1 (and 4 & 5) at Rhode Island College had a rule for starting any project: 30 thumbnails. If you showed up for the first class after getting a new assignment without...