Posts Tagged: Graphic Design and Designers
Focus on Groups
I stumbled across an old copy of Critique magazine, which Heather had left at our office, and came across a fascinating article about the design of the United States Census forms. The article covered the design process of the forms and explained the amazingly extensive user testing that the design …
Happy Birthday from Nullsoft
It's my birthday today and the good folks at Nullsoft must have taken notice as they released Winamp5 yesterday just in time for the celebrations. This release is a huge step forwards (and backwards in a good way) from the previous versions of the program. I've always thought these guys were …
Bravo Mr. Sam Brown
I've been a big fan of Sam Brown's beautiful drawings at Exploding Dog for a long time. If you haven't visited before, you must be the last person on the internet and you should head over there right now. • However, almost as impressive as his drawings is Sam's prolific and steady additions to …
The Forgotten Goose
Before Air Canada swallowed it several years ago, Canadian Airlines had one of the most beautiful logos in the skies. The company's goose was an absolutely elegant logo that looked striking at its tickting booths, on its print materials, and most especially on its planes. Kudos to its designer and …
Advertising Dr. Seuss
Matt Rainnie's recent comment about Dr. Seuss reminded me of a site I visited a few months ago. I hadn't realized that Theodor Seuss Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) had illustrated commercial advertising during his career. This gallery contains some neat examples from NBC to General Electric to Standard …
Someone's Listening to Tufte
I've enjoyed reading Edward Tufte's books about displaying information effectively and have found them immensely informative and helpful for my work. I encourage anyone, no matter what your professional background, to purchase and study any of his books (you should probably start with Envisioning …