Category Archives: Visual Design

Most designers are comfortable prototyping physical products, complex interactions, and even experiences. The time saved in such instances make the benefits pretty obvious. But I’ve found that fewer designers think of using a similar process for visual design. Continue reading Prototyping Visual Identity >>

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I love our office. Huge windows, great light, interesting people, and the periodic blast of traffic down Bryant. It’s a great place to work. But it’s always fun to shake up the routine. Two very different workshops last week did just that. Continue reading Getting Flexible and Physical at Design Workshops >>

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I have to admit: I don’t follow the latest in graphic design, and don’t know many of the big names in the field. So a lot of the people Debbie Millman interviews in How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer were new to me, but no matter; they are fascinating interviews nonetheless. Continue reading Review: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer >>

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Like almost nothing I’ve done, a model that I put in my first book Designing for Interaction showing the overlapping disciplines of user experience/experience design has been referenced repeatedly in various places. The problem is I was never very happy with the diagram. For one thing, it’s missing architecture in there, which is… Continue reading The Disciplines of User Experience >>

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I came across this site after reading The Daily Heller this morning. I love this. It’s a side project done by Substance, out of Portland, OR. Continue reading Logobama: Inclusive Brand >>

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Earlier this week I attended a talk at Adaptive Path by Dan Roam. It’s not surprising that the author of “The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures” would be pretty handy with a pen, but the talk provoked more thought than I anticipated. Continue reading On Drawing >>

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