December 21st, 2009
in UI Design
The way we consume information is changing at a fast pace. Print publications are slowly dying. Everything is translating to digital and we’ve sen a lot of exciting new devices that are supposed to take the place of printed books and magazines. This video shows what the future can be like and I think I like it:) More about this concept on Bonnier’s blog
December 18th, 2009
in Personal
The magic of this film, though, happens as the inky black expands. Pulling farther and farther from Earth, you see the deep blue of the Pacific give way to night as the Sun comes into focus, the orbits of the solar system shrink smaller and smaller, the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpio stretch and distort, and, as the Milky Way receeds, the spidery structure of millions of other galaxies come into view. Then, you reach the limit of the observable universe, the afterglow of the Big Bang. This light has taken more than 13.7 billion years to reach our planet, and you return, back to Earth, to two lakes that are nestled between Mount Kailash and Mount Gurla Mandhata in the Himalayas.
More about the movie on amnh.org
Something worth watching in HD, full screen. Via David Airey
December 14th, 2009
in CSS
A great article by Tim Van Damme about CSS animations. Thanks for bringing back the excitement, Tim!
CSS has never been more exciting than it is right now. I’m even prepared to say CSS is “cool” again, both for the more experienced front-end developers as for the new designers discovering CSS every day now
Read the article on 24ways.org
December 11th, 2009
in Personal
A few days ago Tim Van Damme tweeted about a website that he designed being replaced with an inferior design. Ok, inferior is an understatement here.
It’s always though seeing an old website you made go away or being butchered, but this one breaks my heart: http://www.tenforce.com/ #rip
http://twitter.com/maxvoltar/status/6440205714
Today I was browsing through the websites I worked on and noticed that one of them got so many elements added to the design that it no longer resembles to my original design. I am sure this happens a lot. Sometimes, as it is in my case, the original designer isn’t consulted when new elements are added to the website.
It’s good when there’s still a designer overseeing updates but what happens when developers do the design work too? In my case, my design looks like a christmas tree now: no logical hierarchy of the elements, poor use of typography and new colors that don’t blend with the design. Probably the client thought everything is equally important so every element screams for attention dressed in red and yellow. I kid you not 
What do you do when this happens? Do you ever contact the client? Do you just let it go?
December 3rd, 2009
in Web design
There are business websites that are very well designed that just miss the point and fail to accomplish the business objectives. Then there’s craigslist that just works because it does exactly what was supposed to do.
Do not misunderstand me. I do believe design, usability and code matters. I just believe that they only matter if the fundamentals are already in place. These things improve a solid foundation but are no use in their own right.
What makes a website successful? It might not be what you expect!
December 3rd, 2009
in Personal
This magnets shaped and printed like the Photoshop user interface would make a great Christmas gift
Too bad it’s currently out of stock.
December 2nd, 2009
in Web design
Paul Irish has a nice blog post about the various ways of using @font-face. He promotes this to be the best @font-face declaration and it’s the same one I’m using:
@font-face {
font-family: 'Graublau Web';
src: url('GraublauWeb.eot');
src: local('Graublau Web Regular'), local('Graublau Web'),
url('GraublauWeb.otf') format('opentype');
}
Andy Budd talks about the state of web design education. I personally share his opinions and I think the best way of learning web design is by learning on your own.
I think one of the biggest problems stems from the faculty members themselves. In the early days people didn’t know what to do with web courses so gave them to the departments that resembled them best; computer science, graphic design, library sciences or HCI. Each department bought their own spin and their own set of prejudices and pre-conceptions. If you want to teach front end development, don’t give the course to a Java developer. Similarly, if you want to teach web design, don’t run the course out of the graphic design department. They may share similar DNA, but the differences are a lot stronger than they may first appear.
Read the rest of the article on Andy’s blog
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