Nowadays pretty much every website comes as a responsive design website. Despite the fact that responsive web-design (also known as RWD) is a term that to some extent is flexible, some people still use it simply as a replacement term to say, that they want a mobile site. I am…
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Jan Persiel
A few posts ago I was writing about the problems one can run into with design asset bundles. These bundles, as I explained back then, cover many different areas or bring you vast amounts of the same or nearly the same fonts, Photoshop Actions, Lightroom filters, icons, you name it.…
As a designer you have a very simple yet challenging task every single time. Some might say you are supposed to make things pretty. Well, it is a good idea to cover that base as well ;) But, however, the main task you are working on, is to get a message…
Everybody hates them: forms. But why is that the case? So why is it that such a small thing can be so unbelievably annoying? I guess it is two things: Work and work. Why so much hate? The problems with forms is that they often times sit in the way…
Applying for a job is always an exciting thing. Usually one does this because it sounds like a fun thing to work at that company. Nice prospects, great salary, wonderful projects etc. Of course you want to be there and make a living at exactly that place! Try walking in…
Where ever you look, icons. Bold icons, tiny icons, icons on your home screen, icons on t-shirts, icons, icons, icons. People love icons, and so do designers. But how can we use them more appropriate? Millions of icons Today there are many icons and icon sets available. You can choose…
After our trip through boring responsive land in the last part it is time to take a look at some things which are commonly misplaced, misused or simply applied in the wrong fashion. Let me point out a few things to give you an idea what I mean: Forms Form…
In the last post I talked about frameworks and how they speed things up, and how they make designs and layouts generic at times. To be honest there are times when we are not as creative as we would love to be. In cases like that it might make sense…