Category Archives: design
Designing Obama
Scott Thomas, the design director for Obama for America (and the guy who kicked my butt every day for two months to make sure Vote for Change was as good as it could be) has put together Designing Obama. This … Continue reading
gap.com == fail
Store hours? What store hours? The Gap web site was clearly not designed by anyone who actually wanted to shop. It might have been designed by people who wanted to sell things, but that doesn’t help me. So what’s wrong? … Continue reading
Make a typeface (font) sampler with AppleScript
Every wanted to find just the right ampersand? Or question mark? Checking it against every font in your system manually would be a pain. Font Book doesn’t have the font sampler feature you need to do this. But the problem … Continue reading
Friendster is a click whore, too
If you tell it to, Friendster helpfully reminds you when your friends’ birthdays are coming up. This is handy for calling them, writing them, or leaving them happy birthday comments on their wall Friendster profile. Look at the email itself: … Continue reading
What is design?
“Design can be a form of social activism.” Yes, it can be.
Design roundup: PC Financial, Canada Post
My favourite Canadian bank, PC Financial added a brilliantly designed feature to their ATMs: No more addition mistakes. Enter checks one at a time, and let the ATM do the math. So smart! Why didn’t anyone think of that before? … Continue reading
best.review.ever?
So the idiots at Sprint send Joel Splosky an LG Fusic phone to review, thinking he will promote their service. Phone companies, as Joel points out, have a history of bad decisions: And it’s 2006, and I almost can’t believe … Continue reading
TED’s blog
TED, the uber-cook, uber-exclusive Technology/Entertainment/Design conference, now has a blog.
logoworks scam
looks like logoworks is borrowing rather heavily from others’ work.
21 influential designers
Icon magazine covers the 21 most influential designers: everyone from ikea to creative commons.