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Unusual Maps
A forum moderated by author and artist Edward Tufte, including discussion and questions dealing with information design.
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A new Curl logo
The original logo for the curl project was created in 1998 by Henrik Hellerstedt. When we started version controlling the web site contents in June 2001 it had already been revised slightly and it looked like this I subsequently did the slightly refreshed version that's been visible on the site since early 2003 which…
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Adobe: The Psychology of User Offboarding
Discover the user offboarding tactics used by Adobe and how to design a great subscription cancellation flows without relying on unethical dark patterns.
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Data looks better naked
Rather than dressing data up, strip it down—remove to improve.
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Pixel Art Tips for Programmers
Programmers are known to not have a strong suit for art related disciplines, pixel art is no exception.
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Mental models for designers (2019)
At Dropbox, our Brand Guidelines help us infuse everything we make with identity. From icons to illustration, logos to language, this collection is the foundation for how Dropbox looks, feels, and sounds like Dropbox.
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An Encyclopedic Treatment of Type Design, Typefaces and Fonts
An encyclopedic site about typefaces and type design, managed by Luc Devroye
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Updates to form controls and focus
HTML form controls provide the backbone for much of the web's interactivity. They're easy for developers to use, have built-in accessibilit...
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Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used
In 1914 Hamburg built a park for people to use rather than admire, and more than a century later that is still what it is.
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NeXTSpirit: high-res NeXTSTEP Icons for macOS
I’ve always liked icons, make some occasionally for my personal use. I like especially old systems ones, from Mac OS Classic of course, but others too, Like BeOS, NeXTSTEP. Always found NeXTSTEP to have the most elegant interface of all, with that very sober windows and buttons style, yet beautifully detailed icons…
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Medieval Photoshop
Manipulating and enhancing images may seem something that is particular to the current digital age. The Kattendijke Chronicle, a late fifteenth-century manuscript from the Low Countries, contains fascinating examples of analogue image editing.
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Making a Menger sponge in stained glass
Over the course of six weeks in January and February 2019, I took an introduction to stained glass course from Olivia Vavroch at Vavroch Glass Studio in north Portland, OR.
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Principles of UI design
A list of important principles of user interface design.
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Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire
Richard Sapper may not be a household name, but he's on the same level of greats like Dieter Rams and Jonathan Ive.
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The Kawaiization of Product Design
Over the last year or two, I’ve noticed a certain style emerge in brand and product design. Look at the graphic below and you'll see it. The colors are soft and muted, the shapes rounded and the typography unobtrusive. It’s what you could describe as clean. It’s approachable. It’s inoffensive. It’s almost… cute. Zoom…
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