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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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!
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
The new $5 A unique flash application that showcases the new $5 bill, including a history of the bill design dating back to 1861.
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
quark’s new logo loses big Quarks new logo is reviewed, and I must say, it's uninspired...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...