CategoryInspiration

September 7, 2012 — Exploring design options on paper using drawing and mark-making is a great way to ensure that we are moving in the right direction with a project. In this article, the authors focus on different types of drawing and mark-making as problem-solving tools and skills. Read more…

September 5, 2012 — So far, you have seen only one side of our little publication. Articles get published, and you, dear reader, take care of the rest: promoting the article throughout your social channels and sharing it with colleagues offline. It’s about time you got to know us better. Read more…

September 3, 2012 — When approaching your next project, try to build in new ways to look at the problem. In this post, Stuart Silverstein explores some cases in which being creative allows to come up with new approaches to old problems. Read more…

August 24, 2012 — Why designers hate “pretty” design? In this article, Jason Gross shares why designers argue that their real job is to make content accessible, flexible, easy to use and easy to work with. “The real value in design comes from what you can’t see or what you don’t appreciate; it comes from all of the trouble that you don’t have because we fixed it ahead of time.” Read more…

August 16, 2012 — What print and online publications would you recommend and why? Here, we bring you an overview of useful magazines from purely online publications to monthly, glossy print editions, where all subjects relevant to art and design are being investigated in colorful, eloquent detail. Read more…

August 15, 2012 — A wide range of variables can affect the probability of a lasting impression, although very often luck, coincidence or timing helps. This article brings together a collection of memorable projects and tries to identify how designers have made them unforgettable. Read more…

August 9, 2012 — There’s no way you can read all of those but you’ll still have to keep up to date. Vasilis van Gemert shares some tips on doing that while still having some time left to work. Read more…

August 6, 2012 — Just as living species depend on mutation and adaptation to survive, typefaces too depend on their features to optimize the performance of text in a given environment. This principle seems to determine, in a way, the degree of failure or success that printing types (old and new) have in the physical world. Read more…

August 3, 2012 — What does it mean to be a doodler, to draw pictures all day? Why do we doodle? Most of all, what does it mean to our work? It turns out that the simple act of scribbling on a page helps us think, remember and learn. Read more…

July 25, 2012 — I sincerely believe that the user experience community should add game design to its toolbox of competencies. If we’re truly committed to creating satisfying user experiences, then there’s no reason why games, which can satisfy people so richly, should be excluded. Read more…