Tag Archive: Design
Design Of The Times: The Floating-Over-Everything Button
Apr. 18, ‘13: A micro-trend in iOS apps? The new Facebook and Foursquare apps have buttons hovering over — and partially obscuring — the content below. In Facebook’s case (left), it’s a pill-shaped “New Stories” button that shows up at the top of … Continue reading →
“Here, again, technology’s getting in the way: It’s so advanced that technicians can’t figure out what’s wrong with it.”
Apr. 10, ‘13: — The never-ending Berlin airport fiasco, in this case. But it could describe a lot of things. Sometimes, we deserve ourselves.
Imagine This Chart As An Actual Hot-Air Balloon
Mar. 22, ‘13: ‘Skeuomorphism’ Curiosity Fades Fast:
Welcome To SplatF 3.0!
Mar. 14, ‘13: Less clutter, designed for mobile, and more room for creativity. A few days ago, I decided that I couldn’t write another post for the existing SplatF — there were too many things bothering me about it. (That’s also the same … Continue reading →
Book Report: Lufthansa + Graphic Design
Jan. 21, ‘13: American Airlines unveiled a new look last week, throwing out its decades-old, iconic branding for a modern feel. So it was timely and interesting to read this week about Germany’s Lufthansa, which also adopted a minimalist, Helvetica-based look in the … Continue reading →
Brace Yourselves For American Airlines’ Imminent Rebranding
Jan. 16, ‘13: In a recent New York Magazine, Paul Ford writes about “crowdsmashing” — the newish phenomenon in which people revolt online when companies crap up their branding. His examples include the “Gap Logo Debacle of 2010″ and the University of California’s recent logo … Continue reading →
Using Responsive Design To Rewrite Your Sentences
Jan. 11, ‘13: The basic idea of “responsive” web design is that you can use most of the same code to tailor a website’s layout and design to different screen sizes — PC, tablet, phone, etc. (If you want to learn a lot … Continue reading →
‘Check, Please: The challenge of creating a world-class restaurant — and turning a profit’
Sep. 8, ‘12: An interesting New Yorker feature (subscription required) by John Colapinto about today’s high-end restaurant business, focusing on New York’s Eleven Madison Park and its young, ambitious, perfectionist co-owners. As you might expect, there are parallels between a great restaurant and a … Continue reading →
Meet Nokia’s Jony Ive
Sep. 5, ‘12: Neat profile of Nokia design guy Marko Ahtisaari by Steven Levy for Wired. “Finland is a manic-depressive nation both by weather, and by its relationship to Nokia,” says Ahtisaari. “The noise level is high, but my work is to lead the … Continue reading →
Visiting Korea’s ‘SimCity’
Aug. 1, ‘12: I spent a week in South Korea earlier this year, researching Songdo, a city being built from scratch on reclaimed land that was once the Yellow Sea. (That’s “Central Park” above.) It’s a fascinating story of urban planning, technology, and … Continue reading →
