Findability, Orphan of the Web Design Industry | A List Apart article that has some really good, common sense suggestions for Information Architects and designers.
Apr 142008
Do Real People Really Use Tag Clouds? | If I had a penny for each time that question was asked…
Breathtaking Typographic Posters | Some stunning designs. One of my perennial complaints about web design, particularly in Sri Lanka, is the lack of graphic design knowledge that is displayed. As a result, one of the most useful books I have is Stylepedia. The book also proves an invaluable tool for generating ideas with clients.
Mar 132008
The Secrets Of Grunge Design | As with the music genre, the key is in the execution and not merely aping the stylistic elements.
Mar 122008
Graphik Typeface | As the article says ” one of the most beautiful, restrained sans serifs designed in a very long time.”
Mar 082008
Dashboard Spy | Enhancing Dashboard Value and User Experience | Great resources that are proving very helpful for a project I’ve been heavily involved in the last week – the design for an information dashboard for one of my clients. It’s proving an interesting challenge given the audience it is intended for. Instead of the traditional corporate environment, we’re trying to present user data within a certain niche social activity (forgive the the obscurity but I’m under an NDA).
The people using the system will be from diverse backgrounds and initially may have only a passing familiarity with what they are looking at. The dashboard therefore has not only present data in an easily interpreted manner but also clearly indicate what is presented. We can’t make too many presumptions on the users degree of familiarity with the terms, statistics etc being employed.
