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Industrial Design Notes

Design should be a poem. (This poem is a smoke detector.)

Posted in Cleverness & Wit, Design Ethics, Actions & Impact, Design History, Design Theory, Mad Props, Visual Concepts

iPad App Design

Ten Things To Think About When Designing Your iPad App By Julie Stanford Like most well-designed things, the magic of an iPad app comes from a union of usefulness, usability and meaning. Games aside, the app must be useful by

Posted in Design Theory, Editorial, Repost From Cited Source, Tutorial, User Interface Design, Vocation & Profession, Web

Laser Die Cutting Without The Cutting Part

Paper Etching!

Posted in Amusement, Design Theory, Drawing, Packaging, PrePress, Typography, Vocation & Profession

CSS Sprites: Now with 90% Fewer HTTP Requests

“Just remember what Chuck Norris once said: “All great things require great dedication.” Actually I’m not sure if he said that or not, but it’s good advice anyway.”

Posted in Amusement, Design History, Design Theory, Drawing, Education, Repost From Cited Source, Technical Geekery, Tutorial, Vocation & Profession, Web

Newhouse Books: Awesome

Check out a vast library of scanned ephemera!

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Cleverness & Wit, Color Theory, Design History, Design Theory, Drawing, Fiddling & Time Wasters, Persons of Interest, Typography, Visual Concepts