Topic: design
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Rio 2016’s Olympic typeface is drawn from the city’s famous icons
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 · Topics: design, typography
From FastCompany: Dalton Maag’s bubbly brush script for Rio invokes Brasilia and carnival in one fell swoop. · Go to Rio 2016′s Olympic typeface is drawn from the city’s famous icons →
What does it mean to be simple?
Friday, October 19, 2012 · Topics: design, design-thinking, simplicity
From 52 weeks of UX: There are many definitions of Simplicity but Daniel Ritzenthaler explains what does Simple actually mean. Prevailing wisdom suggests that simplicity is about less…r emoval and reductionism. But simplicity is really about comprehension and clarity of purpose… can we design such that people instantly understand what’s going on and make a confident decision about what to do next? To practically achieve simplicity we can stick to a single core idea, improve clarity over time, and use consistency to help users achieve efficiency. · Go to What does it mean to be simple? →
Why good design is finally a bottom line investment
Saturday, September 22, 2012 · Topics: brand-strategy, design
From FastCompany: A mix of factors, ranging from commoditization to evaporating barriers to competition, are conspiring to push design to the fore of business thinking. · Go to Why good design is finally a bottom line investment →
Inside paragraphs: Typographic fundamentals
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 · Topics: design, typography
Cyrus Highsmith’s new book is about what goes on inside a paragraph of printed text. The goal is to help students train their eyes to see text as typographers do. It begins with general explanations of how type works and how we read. Then the author steps through the different kinds of space within a paragraph. Finally, it puts everything together with a discussion about paragraph settings. · Go to Inside paragraphs: Typographic fundamentals →
Are some fonts more believable than others?
Monday, August 20, 2012 · Topics: design, honesty, typography, web-typography
From FastCompany: Are some fonts more believable than others? A curious experiment by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris suggests as much. After polling approximately 45,000 unsuspecting readers on nytimes.com, Morris discovered that subjects were more likely to believe a statement when it was written in Baskerville than when it was written in Computer Modern, Georgia, Helvetica, Trebuchet, or Comic Sans. Baskerville: truth’s favorite typeface? · Go to Are some fonts more believable than others? →
With Visual.ly redesign, it’s easier than ever to make and share cool infographics
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 · Topics: design, infographics, information-architecture
From FastCompany: What’s better than a site that lets you build and publish your own sexy-looking infographics? A site that lets you do all that, while helping you connect with like-minded data enthusiasts and potential clients. · Go to With Visual.ly redesign, it’s easier than ever to make and share cool infographics →
When retailers make strange bedfellows
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 · Topics: collaboration, corporate-partners, design, partnerships
From Knowledge@Wharton: Neiman Marcus and Target are joining hands to create a limited collection of items from 24 American designers. An unlikely, ill-fated combination? Hardly, suggest Wharton experts, who see significant synergy in the partnership. · Go to When retailers make strange bedfellows →
More meaningful typography
Monday, July 16, 2012 · Topics: design, golden-ratio, typography
From Tim Brown at A List Apart: A modular scale is a sequence of numbers that relate to one another in a meaningful way. Learn how to apply modular scales to bring resonance to your designs. · Go to More meaningful typography →
