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Pretty images about not so pretty situation

Posted by Andrew on Mar 23, 2009

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.
CrisisOfCredit.com
The crisis of credit visualized. Created by [...]

Design doesn’t matter does it? Well at least not to all.

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 [...]

Online favicon generator

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/

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The 20 Biggest Photoshop Disasters of 2008

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 [...]

Mood Boards in Design

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