Pages tagged “design”
I wrote the "C25K" training program for new runners over a decade ago. Its philosophy overlaps neatly with my philosophy of software design.
Your faithful correspondent fell under the browbeating eye of authority on a few recent and essentially trivial occasions, making me think a bit about the effects of control, rule enforcement and tone in my own work.
Tons of cool historical design in the Paris subway is getting gutted.
When behind-the-scenes systems replace common sense and customer expectations. A parable at the coffee stand.
This week, I finally got around to printing a new set of business cards. Here’s what I came up with, along with some of the thoughts that informed the design.
With a touch of JavaScript and a little help from Google, it's easy to generate slick chart graphics from simple HTML tables.
A coffee tasting leaves a caffeine buzz and a lesson that applies to design, too: In matters of taste, subtlety is everything.
I'm looking for Big Medium-savvy designers to whom I can refer inquiries from customers looking for design help.
A park bench becomes a subversive design element. Every project needs one.
Shout out to The Nightingale Company, a film, TV and interactive production company which just relaunched its website with Big Medium 2.
A neighborhood landmark gets a garish transformation, and thoughts wander to designer responsibility and online communities.
For anyone working to craft a happy and creative existence (and who isn’t?), this seems like a good list to crib from.
User communities own and define technologies as much or more than the inventors. A piano from 1817 is the perfect example.
An Acropolis visit is an object lesson in the value of quiet design decisions amid colossal projects.