Archive for the ‘web’ Category

It’s a mistake to let content drive design, just as it was to let design drive content. We mustn’t let the pendulum swing too far. If we are to go beyond mere information and style to create meaning, the two must be partners, feeding from and influencing each other.

I’ve been thinking about how reading apps could take a different tack. How they could be calmer. How they could leave the to-read pressure behind and restore some enjoyment into reading.

I’m hardly a design dogmatist, but it’s time for an exception. All around the web, hover states are being abused, and only you can put a stop to this.

Six principles to guide beautiful web design.

Beauty comes in three forms: universal, sociocultural and subjective. To aim for it, we can employ three modes of design: visceral, behavioural and reflective.

Why have there been no beautiful design landmarks on the web? Is the web even suited for beauty?

In which Cennydd has a downright sense of humour failure over a silly web comic.

After a while on the fringes of our collective consciousness, HTML5 is finally getting the attention it deserves. However designers haven’t been so vocal.