Collecting for Design

Posted on Aug 21, 2006 03:25:03 PM

Very early in my design career, I noticed that my work was not on a par with that of designers like Jesse Bennett Chamberlain or Daniel Scrivner. Their work has subtlety and nuance at the pixel level that many people might gloss over, but which contributes to an end product that is more than the sum of its parts.

I knew I needed to bring that subtlety into my own designs. I wasn’t about to head to design school for a host Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Collecting, Design

Composition and Usability

Posted on Aug 21, 2006 12:00:37 AM

Since the advent of the Web, we've seen a myriad of design schemas evolve--from the simple navigation/content style of site to the cluttered portal. And as this evolution has progressed, so did the war between UI designers and usability experts. On one side, there are usability experts who want to make every website look exactly like Yahoo because users know Yahoo and so they will automatically know how to use the site. On the other side, Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Composition, Usability