Brady J. Frey

Archive for Design Theory

• Author: Brady J. Frey October 29th, 2008 My New Portfolio Section Finally, after weeks of doing everyone else's design work, I've finished my first round portfolio. Many sleepless nights the past week, coupled with an overwhelming neglect for my own ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey April 26th, 2008 Awarding the web through negative reinforcement Would you accept a compliment about your hair, from a stylist with horrible hair? If a mechanic said your car was junk, would you take them serious if their own ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 24th, 2008 Why even advertise, MSN? Todd Bishop asks Why are these ads for MSN, not Windows Live - I'm wondering why they'd even advertise. Google gets to write snart billboards if they ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 24th, 2008 The $1000 font Keeping things business as usual, LetterHead Fonts was nice enough to post about the subsequent bittorent of the their LHF Garner, a classic sign font akin to the ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 20th, 2008 Great Scenes from TV and Film, Told Using Only Typography (and Sound) Always Watching posts an article from David Chen with an excellent collage of Great Scenes from TV and Film, Told Using Only Typography (and Sound). Enjoy it!
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 12th, 2008 Apple's Design Process An interesting overview of Apple's Design Process from a senior engineering manager at apple. Interesting as a designer is the Pixel Perfect Mockup, though I imagine they still go ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 9th, 2008 New beginnings Dotfive needed to end. Although I have a back log of clientele both within San Francisco and the Chicagoland Area, the challenge of design has become a mundane set of ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 4th, 2008 Wired news: Babies see in pure color Douglas Hahn, of Sink Review, found this interesting article on the perception variations of color between Babies and Adults. While adults translate color information, for the most part, in ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 3rd, 2008 Microsoft Online gets rolling CNET is pitching Microsoft's online system adds some big names, but I feel underwhelmed by the idea of Microsoft doing anything big in regards to the world wide web. ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 3rd, 2008 The new $5 A unique flash application that showcases the new $5 bill, including a history of the bill design dating back to 1861.
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 26th, 2007 LogoMaid rips off their logo designs In the interest of the discussion: "Art is a lie that makes us realize truth." -Pablo Picasso ...or any other quote that justifies the theft of experienced design, LogoMaid has apparently taken ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey October 2nd, 2006 Falkner Winery rips off Cork’d Or maybe it was design inspiration. Nevertheless, Falkner winery has taken the disgusting tactic of removing said complaints from their blog, without apology or otherwise. I'm thinking of ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey September 2nd, 2006 “Get your Blog on…” I spoke recently on dotfive about our experience at the new Wordcamp - openly I am not a blogger by trade... it's simply a tool for our design and ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey August 26th, 2006 Semantic Code for CubeCart CubeCart is one of many standards-compliant shopping cart systems at the forefront of the new internet. Its focus is on pursuing an entry level store system for the average ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey July 25th, 2006 Web 101 Web development, as we've discussed many times, is a varying hodgepodge of misinformation coupled with varying experts; many of them are geniuses and fantastic leaders of this industry, although at ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey July 14th, 2006 The web is not print: helping a client in the transition Every web designer finds himself grounded by the volumes of theory, recommendations, and standards when they first step into this industry. It can be a little more than intimidating when ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey July 7th, 2006 Typography for the Web, a client overview Often times we're asked about unusual bugs that transfer from content typed at the office into our the beautiful content management system we designed for our clients. Those of you ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey June 11th, 2006 Print Production: Color for print, color for web – 1 of 3 Color Science, Color Theory, Color Calibration; much of it in our industry is still a psuedo-science -- filled with much speculation, and, to tell you the truth, professional confusion. In ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey June 11th, 2006 How not to redesign your store by Converse.com Converse has done a fantastic job at creating an online store catered to a more interactive shoe search... trouble is, it has some newbie failure that's almost instantly apparent ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey June 10th, 2006 Print Production: A many part series Recently Mark Boulton published his Web Designers guide to Print Design, a needed and well founded discussion about the variations of print to the new media web. Playing off this ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey May 18th, 2006 “Design Inspired”, maybe more than just inspiration? Maybe it's just me, but when I see the term 'inspired' within a design companies title, I almost always become suspicious -- it's akin to a car sales man asking ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey May 5th, 2006 Panic’s Rip-off Express looking for new passengers Ripped off a website or website icon lately? Ripping off Panic's will get you a first class ticket to the "Panic Rip-off express"; and it's a hilarious ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 24th, 2006 folietto borrows simplebits design? Wow, less than a week and we see Folietto already has decided to borrow Simplebits design... I'm hoping this is a learning experiment for folietto and not simply ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 16th, 2006 quark’s new logo loses big Quarks new logo is reviewed, and I must say, it's uninspired...
• Author: Brady J. Frey March 10th, 2006 oriugly Microsoft finally unveils the goods on the new Origami. Another look and feel disappointment that took less cues from apple's stunning iPod innovations, and more from 98 Sony laptops. This ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey February 28th, 2006 microsoft’s ipod packaging redesign The truth hurts when middle management leads your design and marketing. Enjoy: The Video Be sure to Digg this as well. Edit: So it was Microsoft who made it themselves. ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey February 27th, 2006 origami — microsoft continues to ignore web design The recent buzz of a potential Microsoft tablet/media handheld device is impressed upon the public with this roughly coded and developed site: http://www.origamiproject.com One page. 14 errors. Flash scripted with ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey February 27th, 2006 brady j. frey’s logo design featured in logo lounge 3 My logo design for the explore portion of the Smithsonians Luce Foundation will be featured as one of the top logo designs of 2005. The publication will be Logo Lounge ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey February 17th, 2006 high5advertising & ylunch borrow stopdesign’s… design? High5advertising was nice enough to 'borrow' the design look and feel of the well known Stopdesign his response to our inquiries of their inspiration? And I quote, unedited ...
• Author: Brady J. Frey February 8th, 2006 design without all that… design. It's good to see that Microsoft makes an acknowledgment that there are designers in this world, notably so, in regards to the web. While most of us can cite page after ...