Light on Dark Design
Web Design Ledger has a great roundup of dark designs with light text.
Deciding when to use light text on a dark background in web design should always be about enhancing the content and the user experience.
Font Squirrel
Font Squirrel aims to be the best resource for high-quality, commercial-use, FREE fonts. Even if that means we send you elsewhere to get them. Have a garbage-free day!
Photoshop’d!
Ha…this is what happens when graphic designers get bored….
Messing with ads in subways is becoming an artform, but this “Photoshopping” of ads in Berlin takes things to the next level by creating a Photoshop interface with stickers. This is pitch-perfect adbusting right here.
30+ Awesome CSS Websites
Spoonfed Design is in with 30+ Awesome CSS Websites.
Here are over 30 amazing websites that are based on CSS. What makes these so good? Well, I picked these because of the use of color, the layout, and some for simplicity.
Web Design Trends For 2009
2009 has only just begun, but Smashing Magazine is in with their predictions of 2009 design trends. Trends include letterpress, PNG transparency, and the magazine look.
You’ll even find little old Creattica featured :)
Snook Redesigns
Johnathan Snook explains the thoughts and process behind his redesign of Snook.ca. Interesting article that delves into the css and how to of the design.
Cube Font
A nice free font from Font Fabric: Cube Font.
Cube font is applicable for any type of graphic design – web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items like logos, pictograms.
The Campus Code And The Quest for the Silver Ring
Designer Duncan McKean sent us this link to a puzzle filled treasure hunt he put on last year at the University of the West of England. He told us he did it because he was bored :)
I hid a silver ring somewhere on the campus, wrote a series of puzzled that needed to be solved to find location of said ring, slapped up a LOT of posters of the puzzle, issues press releases with the student paper and with the local newspaper the Evening Post and waited to see what happened.
WritersUA Conference – Seattle Mar 29-Apr 1
WritersUA will be holding a conference in Seattle from March 29 – April 1 2009. The conference provides comprehensive and timely information specifically designed for user assistance professionals.
Success in improving the software user experience depends on applying the right skills and technologies to maximum advantage. We’ve targeted this need by providing an array of sessions demonstrating effective techniques, case studies demonstrating best-in-class designs, technology updates, and much more.
Olly Moss
Check out these sweet, retro, and simplistic movie posters by Olly Moss. Also check out the rest of his portfolio. Talented guy!