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Functional footers are the new black
Time to share a current geeky web design crush: big footers. Seems that quite a few sites are now getting rather bottom-heavy and, you know, I think I quite like it.
There doesn’t seem to be a name yet for this type of expanded area of functionality. Ho hum. I’m calling it a ‘functional footer’ until [...]
Popular Classics
I love the covers of these Penguin books. Gill Sans-alicious. Price tag’s not bad either.
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Busy
It’s no great surprise that my blogging frequency is inversely proportional to how busy I am. It’s not yet reached the stage where I’m staying horribly late and regretting my life, but it’s certainly at the stage where, when I get home, I tend to want to stay offline and decompress. Normally with my Benko [...]
Comics and personas
Inspired by Rebekah Sedaca’s Boxes and Arrows post, some workmates and I took a social day out learn the art of comic drawing. I can barely remember the last time I attempted to draw anything ‘for real’ - it’s long been something I’ve decided I couldn’t (and therefore shouldn’t) do.
And, well, I’m still not hugely [...]
Hidden logo messages
These have already done the rounds, but hey, I think they’re cute. Can you spot the hidden images in the two logos?
No? You sure?
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Danish design
Got back from Copenhagen last night. Ignoring the cheesy tourist clubs, I need to revisit at some point. Interesting and accessible culture, helped hugely by the Danes’ humbling knowledge of English. Throw in pretty girls, good beer, and of course a good deal of nice design (even the theme park’s gift shop went beyond the [...]
Intimate design
Slightly delicate one this. A good 50% of the adult population will at some time have experienced the design difficulties of condoms. Given the use context (dark, possible alcohol influence, other tasks foremost in the user’s mind), there’s definite scope for improving the, um, experience.
Step forward XYZ Design of South Africa, with their condom applicator. [...]
"No!" says the signified
How frustrating. Like many people (namely readers of Boing Boing) I saw the new radiation symbol released this morning by the IAEA. Like many people, I thought it was terrible. I drafted a few thoughts to blog this evening.
And then along came Andrew Crow from good old Adaptive Path, to pre-empt everything I was about [...]
Information design of the Nottingham tram
Just to redress the balance a bit, here’s some design I love - the Nottingham tram timetable.
Click to see 1024×768 pixel version. I’ll try to seek out a proper high-res version of this though, a blurry low-light shot doesn’t do it justice.
What I love most about this is the way it combines sheer information density [...]
Design - not always sexy
I bought several books to increase my design knowledge, including Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things, which I’m currently ploughing through. What these books don’t mention is that, as a by-product of their excellent instruction, they turn you into a picky, irritable design bore, eager to point out why everything in the world is [...]