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Wednesday June 17, 2009

Branding of a hypothetical Wes Anderson Film Festival

This branding for a hypothetical Wes Anderson film festival is dead-on. Copy, color, images, layout and materials all working together in perfect, nerdy harmony.

Branding of a hypothetical Wes Anderson Film Festival Image posted by Matt Donovan in Graphic Design, Identity/Branding, Visual Design .

Friday June 5, 2009

Better living through a Venn diagram

Bud Caddell has upgraded our dimensions on career satisfaction . A very interesting read.

Much obliged to Lifehacker for the find.

Better living through a Venn diagram Image posted by Mark Kraemer in Culture .

Friday May 22, 2009

Make friends, not war

make prototypes, not promises - make designs, not documents - collaborate, don't litigate - partner, don't just provide - make contacts, not contracts - make friends, not war

Last week, Matt Donovan twittered (tweeted?) “Wireframes don’t help web design. I need to start using this process more: 1. Sketch 2. Prototype (when necessary) 3. Implement”.

I echo that sentiment in many cases. But besides just reducing document debt, sketching/prototyping is a positive way to build teams. Creating requirements specs and other such documents are essentially contracts, which are (potentially) divisive means of defining relationships.

The collaboration required to develop prototypes also develops relationships that are more capable to work through differences later in the project.

Make friends, not war Image posted by Mark Kraemer in Consulting, Design .

Monday February 2, 2009

OmniGraffle Wireframe Stencils

Really nice stencils for wireframing from Michael Angeles at Konigi .

OmniGraffle Wireframe Stencils Image posted by Mark Kraemer in .

Saturday January 31, 2009

I don't care if Monday's blue ...

I giggled when I saw this. Listen along for maximum effect.

I don't care if Monday's blue ... Image posted by Mark Kraemer in .

Wednesday January 7, 2009

View more, if only a little

comparison of before/after states of a show-content action on Apple's movie trailers site

I’m seeing this “View More” link a lot lately. More often than not, the hidden content is no more than a few sentences long. I’m guessing this was implemented in the example above to keep the ads at the bottom of the screen from appearing below the virtual fold in instances when the selection box on the right is wider.

This just a friendly reminder to go back and test the dickens out of even the smallest features. Hiccups like this can easily be avoided.

View more, if only a little Image posted by Matt Donovan in Infographic, Interface, User Experience .

Friday October 24, 2008