Blogs about Design

Polish is a word that gets thrown out in conversations about craft, quality, and beauty. We talk about it at the end of the design process, before the work goes out the door: let’s polish …

Picture it now. You’ve just gotten dressed after a dip in Lake Como. You’re dressed in your Sunday casual-best, and you’ve been asked to grab a few bottles of wine and some bread for dinner. …

Someone had fun writing this. Tidy your hammers.

This year, I’ve helped 5 design teams draft their charter. At the outset of this work is a series of 4 2-hour group sessions (it used to be a one-day workshop in a conference room) …

Denn die Todten reiten schnell A few days ago I was looking for a font similar to an inktrap typeface I saw on a TV Literary show on TV Brasil. I found it. So I …

A few years ago, we interviewed Jen Cardello for Finding Our Way, and she shared that her team (UX Research) is peered with “market research, behavioral economics, brand, and advertising research, and customer loyalty” in …

A Faber Castell pencil grade chart, found at the flea market in April.

[Mr. Bingo, Fuckofftopus] Over the last year I’ve started to feel like an Octopus. This feeling began when I got an eerie sense that part of my brain had been damaged through the isolation of …

Today was my last full day in Toronto which meant it was time to take a bit of time for myself to go downtown, catch up with a friend and enjoy a delicious lunch from …

I love this… and reacted immediately with the word Woodpunk. It is a Masterplan of the Luna block in Sodertalje, Sweden, by Alison Brookes Architecture & BAU. (I saw it via Dan, but you’d guessed …

The post Dieter Rams Braun Product Colour Palettes by Chad Ashley appeared first on Smithographic Logo Design All Original Content © 1996 – 2022 Smithographic.uk | Chad Ashley @cgpov has created these beautiful images of …

Got asked to do a manual for Play All Day's PlayFader, and I think I'd love to do more of these. PlayFader is a lovely freeform CV/Gate/MIDI sequencer looper effects controller which you should absolutely …

The 2024 Kei-Truck Gardening Contest took place over the weekend. In what is perhaps the most-Japanese contest, professional gardeners and landscapers compete to create a beautiful, seasonal, and unique landscape , all within the bed …

– I like the idea of a Hello Page. Explained here. (via) – Wow! I had no idea what the different colors on the twist ties on loafs of toast bread meant: How to Get …

Chestek PLLC has filed a petition for writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to review the CAFC's decision [TTABlogged here] upholding the TTAB's affirmance [TTABlogged here] of a refusal to register the mark CHESTEK …

Just a while ago a website project went live that I have designed and fully coded myself, using Craft CMS. Now with version 5 and its new features, the process has undoubtedly become more streamlined …

Creatives for Change is a Manchester-based art collective responding to the biggest challenges of our time by raising money for charity. Using creative skills as a force for good. Each year they set a different …

Representational Image Your phone is an absolute jungle of sensors – it can measure temperature changes, pressure changes, touch input, voice input, environment brightness, gyroscopic tilt, movement, among quite a few other things… and now …