Filed under craft by Brian Suda
Ben Bodien fosters seasonal goodwill with his sparkling vision of web workers as dedicated craftspeople: understanding and sharpening the tools of our trade; appreciating the challenges, nuances and responsibilities of our craft; and instinctively knowing when something just works. Hope and joy for the new year!
Continue Reading "Crafting the Front-end"Filed under craft by Brian Suda
Greg Wood confesses to student kitchen rage and abandons his pursuit of that goal – perfection – impossible in our agile, fast-moving, rapidly iterating milieu. The perfect Christmas dinner, however, remains a worthwhile ambition.
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Mike Kus rummages inside his sack of personal design experience and pulls out nine gifts to share with us. From finding reasons to stay motivated, to thinking in new ways and overcoming creative block, there’s enough food for thought for all the twelve days of Christmas.
Continue Reading "Nine Things I’ve Learned"Filed under Arts and Crafts, commercial art, craft, Inspiration, paper, paper art, traditional art by Leah Oripaypay
Paper is more than just a medium that you can write on. To some, it is an essential tool in creating sculptures big and small! …
Continue Reading "Beautiful Paper Artworks Come to Life"Filed under craft, Inspiration, traditional art, Typography, typography designs by Lee
Creative typography is just around us if you know where to look and it doesn’t just end with anything digital or computer manipulated. There are also types of typography that needs your skillful hands to come up with unique creations. Craft typography, for example, is the art of creating typefaces from craft materials like paper, [...]
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Andy Clarke whittles his early photographic experience into an innovative approach to deciding what matters most in a user’s experience of a visual design – capture and order what needs to remain consistent, and share the process (and the port and stilton) with clients.
Continue Reading "Circles of Confusion"Filed under craft, Design by Brian Suda
The Standardistas (Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson) extol the virtues of getting away from the computer and (dare we say it?) abandoning the default use of Google and Wikipedia as conduits of inspiration, in favour of simple tools and lateral thinking to grease the runners of your creative sled.
Continue Reading "Good Ideas Grow on Paper"Filed under craft, productivity by Brian Suda
Hannah Donovan recounts her recent retreat (with twelve other web geeks) to /dev/fort “to think up, build and finish something – without readily available internet access”. Usually there’s only one kind of cold turkey suitable around Christmas, but it paid dividends for the project’s outcome.
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Mike Kus encourages designers to look past accepted patterns of website functionality to create meaningful experiences for users. Ditch the cookie cutter and start communicating your site’s real message.
Continue Reading "Beyond Web Mechanics – Creating Meaningful Web Design"Filed under craft by Brian Suda
Leslie Jensen-Inman delves into doing good: ‘Tis the season to embrace your inner superhero, set core values, and use the web to make a positive mark on the world. Get out your Underoos and capes—we’re going on an adventure.
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