Nomad Chique: Visual Experience Design

Recently the documentary film “Food Inc.” came out on DVD and I finally was able to watch it today. It’s ironic that I’ve also recently been working on a logo design for new client, a cook in fact, with deep roots in the farm way of life. In my research of what’s out in the [...]

Today I was reading an article WebsiteMagazine.com about “Linkbait” and found this great little section on Hooks. As a designer, I often turn to (and highly recommend) professional writers to do the master work of creating great content for sites I create. Writers know how to be economical yet super engaging in how they say [...]

It took me a couple weeks to come up for air to recap, but I finally got a chance to write today. I learned a lot and found several usefully new tools and resources. Here’s the highlights!
1. Camera Raw Rocks My World.
I vow to never again edit my photos as just straight JPEGs…unless I [...]

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/23/10-ui-design-patterns-you-should-be-paying-attention-to/
1. Lazy Registration
2. Progressive Disclosure
3. Forgiving Format
4. Clear Primary Actions
5. Breadcrumbs
6. Account Registration
7. Required Field Marker
8. Steps Left
9. Subscription plans
10. Hover Controls

From Google to youtube, from craigslist to flickr – how some of today’s biggest sites looked back in the early days of their existence.

Unlock the Secrets of Successful Websites–Social Media Marketing–Entreprenur.com
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Ready or Not, Here Comes Enterprise 2.0
“As people embrace social media in their private lives, they naturally expect to use similar tools within the enterprise. This is especially true for younger workers who use these tools in everyday life. Open communication, collaboration, and content generation are as much a part of their standard toolkit as [...]

Emerging Trends in Web Design – Website Magazine
So true here. This is great listing of the top 12 themes I’m definitely seeing, and using. And if you ask my developer friends, they’ll tell you I am also very keen on designing to push technology, versus the other way around, as this article suggests. We web [...]

A colleague just shared this with me today…
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The prints we make for our ‘daily use’ not only use paper, but also ink. According to SPRANQ creative communications (Utrecht, The Netherlands) your ink cartridges (or toner) could last longer.
SPRANQ has therefore developed a new font: the Ecofont.
“After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes [...]