Content Prototyping In Responsive Web Design
Why You Should Get Excited About Emotional Branding Globalization, low-cost technologies and saturated markets are making products and services interchangeable and barely distinguishable. As a result, today’s brands must go beyond face value and tap into consumers’ deepest subconscious emotions to win the marketplace. In recent decades, the economic base has shifted from production to consumption, from needs to wants, from objective to subjective. We’re moving away from the functional and technical characteristics of the industrial era, into a time when consumers are making buying decisions based on how they feel about a company and its offer. Read more... A Guide To Validating Product Ideas With Quick And Simple Experiments You probably know by now that you should speak with customers and test your idea before building a product. Mistakes include testing the wrong aspect of your business, asking the wrong questions and neglecting to define a criterion for success. Read more... Read more...
Expressive Web Typography: Useful Examples and Techniques - Smashing Magazine
Advertisement Wherever we turn online, typography jumps out at us — sometimes literally, with the assistance of some clever coding. And now more than ever, we are seeing greater focus on this design element and its varied implementations around the Web. With the growing popularity of font embedding services and @font-face, typography is the talk of the town, but even though it is a regular topic among communities, not all of our typographic efforts are successful. This is what brings us together today. Typography Examples Denise Chandler1 When we look at the portfolio of Denise Chandler, right away the typography begins talking. The only critique really would be in the contact area. Jessica Hische2 Using a good type that doesn’t detract from the content is imperative. MCQ3 The portfolio of Mike McQuade has a truly remarkable interactive page change effect that really grabs your attention. Trent Walton9 Trent Walton has a minimalist black and white website with heavy typography.
Designing for the Dark Side » User Experience, Web Design » Design Festival
Whatever your motivation — the client told you to do it, you’re tired of white or light backgrounds, or your deep-seated anger over your own father cutting your hand off (just don’t be a hater!) — designing dark websites can be a serious challenge. Careful use of the Creative Force is in order as dark designs have special considerations. A few design tips will keep you from fully giving in to the Dark Side, although this might just be your destiny… For those of you looking for some inspiration, check out this collection of 20 dark websites with some excellent examples. Don’t Hurt ‘em! No joke, jumping from a bright page like Google to a very dark website (and back) can literally be painful. One of the ways you can ease your users into the dark side is to give them some muted elements along the header. [Good Example] — Texture Lovers has a very dark, even low contrast design, but there are plenty of bright elements to keep the eye interested: Go to the live Texture Lovers website here
Finding Alternative Sources Of Typographic Layout In Our Surroundings - Smashing Magazine
Advertisement Studying art and design usually starts with a deep exploration of elements and principles. Among these elements, the most basic ones — line, point and plane — usually figure in a work of art or design. The Framework Of Sources For Typographic Layout According to Wucius Wong in his book Principles of Form and Design (page 42), point, line and plane can be considered conceptual design elements because, although they are not always explicit or visible, they seem to be present by implication. In most art and design classes, students are asked to analyze the structure of a painting or design in order to better understand principles of organization. Learning To Abstract What We See Most of us live in a relatively static environment, whether urban or rural. (Photo courtesy of the Urban Studies Department, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.) Here we have a worm’s-eye view of buildings. Linear abstraction. Here, the city escape photo has been abstracted to simple lines. Conclusion (al)
Applying Macrotypography For A More Readable Web Page
25+ Sites that Use Typography As The Only Design Element « Web Design Marketing Podcast & Blog
Ever since I heard about the study of typography I was fascinated by it. Upon the word “typography” it clicked for me, “how interesting… the study of type, typefaces, and the design that is shaped by it.” On the web we face some typographic challenges and limitations, the typefaces, font smoothing, and control we have over all typographic elements is inconsistent at best. However that hasn’t stopped several great designers from using typography as the only significant element of design on their websites. They found a way to create beautiful and stunning visuals with out complex graphics, shading, color changes, backgrounds, etc… they let the type speak and the results are amazing. Astheria A Working Library Quadrifolia The Deck Sofamade Seed Conference Daniel Mall Erratic Wisdom Mark Boulton Rikcat Industries Danny Blackman 201 Created Huge, Inc Daring Fireball Vlourenco Behance Type Sites TypeTweets Objectified I Love Typography AIGA Student Design Competition Garrett Dimon Monty Lounge Monday By Noon
The Showcase Of BIG Typography – Second Edition - Smashing Magazine
Advertisement In Web typography doesn’t have to support the overall design. It can dominate. It can be loud. It can be bold. And it can be everywhere on a web-site. Few months ago we have already presented some sites with quite BIG typography. Please take a look at the following posts as well: The Showcase Of BIG Typography Designfabrika4Görsel Işler’s porotfolio with a vibrant typography from Turkey. Defining the Designer of 20155AIGA uses only typography in its design and uses it effectively. Azzabee.com.au6Azzabee uses big typography in a rotating Flash-based promo. Natl.tv7National Television is a project which uses bold, loud and sexy typography within a Flash-based design. Fl-28Apparently, Fl-2, a design agency from Denver, Colorado, has a clear focus on typography. Neubau BerlinLetters, letters, letters. JLern Design9JLern Design presents the typography from a quite unusual perspective. Are you a virgin? Hungry Man11Hungry man seems to be hungry for job as well. Shut.elmota.com17
Design Charts for Better Typography and Color by agnesdelmotte Mar 22