Graphic Design

Scott Stevenson’s UI Design Essentials

In Graphic Design on 19 May 2008 with no comments

Stop what you’re doing right now and watch Scott Stevenson’s talk on designing a UI for your Mac or IPhone app in a way that doesn’t look like it was done by a programmer.

Paper Prototyping

In Design, Graphic Design on 3 April 2008 with 2 comments

Cabel Sasser’s talk on the design of Coda has led to an interesting discussion in the macsb group about how to prototype user interfaces.
Now today, with typical web serendipity, Coding Horror writes about why all developers, especially the less graphically inclined, should be paper prototyping.
Has anyone tried paper prototyping or more involved pixel perfect mockups [...]

Graphic Design Defined

In Graphic Design on 4 December 2007 with no comments

Veerle: What is Graphic Design?

Mike Rohde Sketches SEED

In Graphic Design on 30 October 2007 with no comments

Mike mixes hand drawn typography for some amazing conference notes.

Cabel Cracks Me Up

In Graphic Design, Icons on 10 September 2007 with 1 comment

Cabel:
We subclassed everything and everything’s mother, and eventually came up with some crazy solutions that mostly worked well, but had two problems: the code was skanky (which, to be honest, didn’t bother me as much, since the user never sees skanky code, but I can empathize with that not-so-fresh feeling)

Skills Alert Level

In Graphic Design, Marketing on 8 September 2007 with no comments

I really like the way rising star web designer, Ben Bleikamp sets out his skill set on his portfolio page:

The layout is clear and obvious (no Terror Alert colors here), but even more importantly, the information reeks of honesty. Bleikamp tells us exactly where he is strong and where is still learning. This [...]

What Would Kevin Do

In Graphic Design on 29 August 2007 with no comments

Kevin Walzer, author of Mac app [PacketStream][ps], recently asked the [MacSB List][msb] for feedback on his new [website design][cbk].
The response was swift and largely in agreement:
* Too simple. Someone asked if the stylesheet had been mis-referenced.
* Switch to a sans-serif font for paragraph text
* For Gods sake, hire a [designer][designer]
The amazing [...]

Icon Finder

In Graphic Design, WebKit on 28 August 2007 with no comments

Unless you are a graphic designer, finding icons for your Micro ISV web page and blog can be a problem. Although I strongly encourage you to hire a good graphic designer for most of your original graphic needs, sometimes a simple RSS feed or email icon is all you need.
Enter IconFinder…. Google for icons.

Watch [...]