By now you probably know that I’m a big fan of clear visualizations of complex issues. Power of design to make things simple and easy to understand was probably one of the reasons why I’m in this field. So I couldn’t walk by this website without sharing it with everyone.
The crisis of credit visualized. Created by interaction and media designer Jonathan Jarvis.
Posted by Chris Pawloski on Mar 9, 2009
While checking my daily news and blog sites this morning I came across an interesting and almost comical video previewing the new Spirit Treo Pro cellphone. Well nothing here is really interesting except for witnessing how flawed and backwards the usability is on this thing. The best part of this rather bland video [...]
Posted by Andrew on Feb 19, 2009
Here is a nice and quick way to convert and image to favicon. You can even draw your favicon from scratch. http://favicon-generator.org/
Posted by Marc Manfre on Jan 12, 2009
Even the “pros” make mistakes… see the top 20 of 2008 here.
Of course, you can always check Photoshop Disasters daily to see who else is in the design world is screwing up.
List courtesy of abduzeedo :
Out of all the disasters that happened this year, these are the ones we can laugh about, everybody makes mistakes [...]
Posted by Kyle Ruane on Jan 2, 2009
Mood boards can be a helpful design tool in helping control client expectations and mapping out the direction of a project. There is a great article at webdesignerdepot.com about mood boards and their benefits:
Why Mood Boards Matter
Posted by Chris Pawloski on Dec 16, 2008
Too often when people refer to or attempt to demonstrate graphic design abilities they speak of the aesthetics of design. In our industry there is a misconception that the more you know photoshop, the more you can manipulate “graphics” the better the graphic designer you are. Of course graphic design is really about problem solving more [...]
Posted by Marc Manfre on Dec 15, 2008
Looking to save some space in your designs? These 2 pixel by 2 pixel icons are just what you need!
Microscopicons are said to be the “smallest symmetrically sized call-to-actions.”
Check them out. Download the pack.
Courtesy of Intersmash.
Posted by Andrew on Nov 26, 2008
Check this Holiday Toy List from Amazon.
3d effects, video, all the information you may need to make a decision and ability to buy with one click. What else you can ask for?
What a great example of using newer technologies to make shopping experience exciting.
Posted by Marc Manfre on Nov 26, 2008
Solid Cactus field trip? Anybody?
Click here to read the full article by Lauren Davis over at the io9 website.
The attraction, called “Professor Cline’s Dinosaur Kingdom,” imagines a lost chapter from Civil War history. It supposes that in 1863, a group of paleontologists inadvertently stumbled upon a valley of live dinosaurs. The discovery comes to the [...]
Posted by Marc Manfre on Nov 13, 2008
Courtesy of Smashing Magazine (which, by the way, is an extremely informative and helpful site) here are some of the best Photoshop tuts offered online:
Hand-Picked Photoshop Tutorials
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials - Best Of
Sure to help out everyone from professionals to hobbyists…