Dublin Web Summit gets a new site
I had the pleasure of working with the team behind Dublin Web Summit on the recent relaunch of their website.
Read More… Posted on May 7, 2011 | PermalinkFfffashion!
I recently handled the design for a new Irish fashion awards program – Ireland’s Most Influential in Fashion Awards. I’ve been very happy with the general response on what was a fun project. The feel was to be angular and aggressively “fashion-y” but then offset by a more organic feel.
Read More… Posted on March 21, 2011 | Permalink
Sometimes you just want to hug…
...a typeface!
Something I always try to explain to clients is that different typefaces evoke different emotional responses from people. This new release from Sudtipos , for example, is crying out to be hugged — it has a curvacious exuberance that is just so tactile.
Branders
Nice site by Branders Group AG that explores the jargon and people behind some very successful brands. I'm not a fan of jargon around design in general, and branding is one area that tends to be notorious for over-use of so-called "industry terms". Having said that I do feel enriched by now knowing exactly what the Employer Value Proposition is. R
Posted on March 20, 2011 | PermalinkEames on design
We work because it’s a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next.
— Charles Eames
I started in newspapers, but am currently working on a mobile app UI. Business people talk about organic growth, but for me the most fascinating organic growth has been in my own design horizons.
As Charles said, “each subject leads to the next”. Long live the polymath designer.
Hat tip to Frank Chimero for highlighting the quote
Posted on March 20, 2011 | Permalink
If you can design one thing…
This sums up my view on design quite neatly – design isn’t a set of skills, it’s a way of thinking. So if you can master “design thinking” then the medium becomes largely irrelevant. Or as Vignelli is quoted here, “If you can design one thing you can design everything”.
The image is from this year’s Art Directors Club “Festival of Fame” speaker series. It was designed by Pentagram’s Michael Bierut, a Hall of Fame inductee in 2003, and Joe Marianek, a winner of this year’s ADC Young Guns 8. See more here.
What is this?
From time to time I like to share my thoughts about design, links to good articles or projects and the work of other designers. I keep this journal to remind me of interesting things. Hopefully you will find it interesting too.