Design (Web)
A Week of Web in Boston
I have been attending the UI12 Conference in Boston this week. I have been looking forward to this since last May when I signed up. I had attended the conference 2 years ago and it was really good.
I wish I had more time to process all that is being thrown at me. I would like [...]
Sundance Film Festival Site Design
I came across the Sundance Film Festival site from Cameron Moll’s Premium Linkage. I liked the design of the site. There are several elements that I found interesting:
Right navigation on the secondary pages
Overhanging graphic on that navigation bar that indicated “you are here”
Colored drop down boxes of links on the horizontal navigation bar. The designer [...]
Homepage the least important page on your site?
Last week, I was listening to a podcast from UIE on Homepage design. Jared Spool pointed out that the homepage is the least important page on your site. He believes the content page is the most important because that is what the user is looking for. I see his wisdom in this.
Jared also talked about [...]
Embracing the Medium
Khoi Vinh wrote an article for print designers who want to get into Web design. I think he makes some good points about how designing for the Web is a different discipline than print design. He addresses one of my pet peeves of an over reliance on Flash that I have observed many print designers [...]
Design vs. Art
Last week, Joshua Porter wrote a post, Design is not Art, Redux. Today he posted some of his favorites from the discussion to that article.
I found both of these to be interesting reads. I agree with the distinctions that Josh is making between design and art. Design is trying to communicate to a specific audience. [...]
