All entries tagged “design”

2020

July 14

The Visual Storytelling of Run The Jewels Fun interview over at The Verge about the… read more
February 3

Hacking Design Language With Funsize and ProPublica

Last summer, the team at Funsize invited ProPublica down to Austin for a studio tradition they call Method Week.

April 17

What is Art Direction for the Web?

Andy Clarke has written a wonderful new book about art direction for the web, and I got to play a little part in it.

November 3

American Illustration 35
March 10

Bad Doors Pretty cute video from Vox about user-centered—ahem, human-centered, pardon me—design. This might be… read more

December 5

On the ProPublica Podcast With Khoi Vinh I took a turn hosting the ProPublica podcast… read more
August 5

Gateway Drug to Empathy

Bringing lighweight UX research to the newsroom.
May 18

It Is, in Fact, Rocket Science The New York Times Opinion Pages on the myth… read more
April 26

From Design to Meta-design On the changing nature of the professional design practice, and shifting to a broader point of view. read more

August 23

Educated vs “Industry-ready” Some candid observations from Dan Saffer on the current state of design… read more
May 16

Designing the Editorial Experience

A new book from Sue Apfelbaum and Juliette Cezzar, aimed at designers and students who, “would like to move toward shaping editorial content.”
April 3

Fitting Design to the News

Because it’s often tangled up with personal taste, conversations about news design can get very messy, very fast.

December 14
November 11

Print to Screen, Static to Dynamic

When comparing digital systems and legacy artifacts, it’s important to remember digital systems aren’t fully realized until they’re interacted with.
June 29

Combining to Yield Intuition Thoughtful affordances are the linchpins of intuitive interface design. Dan Wineman has… read more
June 7

Flat Design Jason Santa Maria captures something about the “flat vs skeuomorphic” debate that’s been bugging me, especially when it comes to iOS. read more

January 8

Adapting Designs as Content Evolves How your designs scale with use is one of those things you need to diligently revisit and tweak as products mature. read more

October 31

24 Hour Visual People

“I’m really more of a visual person.”
October 18

The Redesign Response Curve

In every redesign I’ve been involved with, user response has followed a predictable pattern.
August 13

On Pushing Back Against Obviously Bad Ideas

In which we recall the tragedy of the CueCat.