Ultimate Guide to the New Facebook Page Design
Feb 18, 2011 | Source: sixrevisions.com |
The Cure for Content-Delay Syndrome
May 20, 2008 | Source: A List Apart |
It is perhaps the market forces driving web development projects that find us aligning ourselves with the lexicons of marketing and advertising rather than publishing. As a result, we have lots of "brand identity guidelines," but not so many "style guides" (for content, at least). We have "strategists," but no "commissioning editors," and we more often "go live" than "publish." Hence, we tend to first think "copywriter" when trying to get our content sorted, whereas very often an editor is the person we should be engaging.
Xerox Gets a Brand Makeover
Jan 7, 2008 | Source: BusinessWeek: Marketing |
When I worked at Siegel & Gale in the early 1980s, one of my favorite projects was being part of the design team that was working on the relaunch of the Xerox brand. My role was designing the documentation for a project code named "Arthur". It was one of the first personal computers–and at the time–an unbelievable opportunity. Quarterly, we met with the extended Xerox design team from other studios from across the country, the likes of which included Massimo Vignelli and Michael Bierut. Others were designing the identity, the products themselves and the advertising agency was planning the product line launch. As a young designer, it was a thrill to watch how these experienced "brand experts" worked together.
So, I’ve always kept my eye on Xerox. Here is the latest brand renewal.
Javascript In Modern Web Design
Sep 2, 2008 | Source: Web Designer Wall |
Javascript is becoming an increasingly important part of building a functional and engaging standards-based web site. The CSS takeover has been all about building accessible sites with cross-platform functionality (read: the opposite of Flash sites), but with the advent of Javascript frameworks like JQuery, we can have our cake and eat it, too. See how designers can implement Flash-like interactive components in a way that will even work on Internet Explorer 6!
How to Understand Your Users with Personas
Oct 14, 2009 | Source: Think Vitamin |
"Personas are a powerful tool for helping you to better understand the needs of your users. In this comic, drawn exclusively for Think Vitamin, you’ll learn more about Personas and how they’ll revolutionize the way you design and build web sites."
Google Analytics Gets Even Better
Oct 21, 2009 | Source: Viget Engage |
Google Analytics is a very powerful tool for monitoring your website, and one that we install on every site we develop. And one of the best things about it is that it keeps getting better. This article provides an informative overview of the latest upgrades and features.
