design

Web design - If you watch, if you help

A famous and funny, “If you watch, if you help,” web design cartoon. From the book, The Non-Designer's Design Book.

By Alvin Alexander on May 10, 2013

ESPN's poor tablet design

Some times to understand good design, you have to see examples of what not to do. I have no idea what ESPN is thinking with this dark background and small font when their content is displayed on an iPad.

By Alvin Alexander on April 20, 2013

Veerle Pieters - Duoh! design inspiration

From time to time I visit Veerle Pieters' Duoh! website for some design inspiration. Fonts, colors, art, web design, it's all good. This image is from http://veerle.duoh.com/belgiangraphicdesign/

By Alvin Alexander on April 19, 2013

Jonathan Ive - Objectified video (and quotes on design)

A great video where Jonathan Ive talks about design, and Apple products:

Jonathan Ive design quotes

Some of the great quotes from Mr. Ive during the interview process:

A designer ... it's the way you look at the world ... you're constantly looking at something and thinking, "Why is it like that? Why is it like that, and not like this?"

By Alvin Alexander on May 17, 2013

The Nest "chameleon" design

I love how the Nest “chameleon” design reflects the colors around it. According to this blog post, Nest is “encased by a premium solid stainless steel ring that clearly reflects the wall colors around it.”

See that blog post for several more photos of the second generation Nest thermostat design.

By Alvin Alexander on April 16, 2013

The Nest learning thermostat

The Nest learning thermostat, from Tony Fadell. At Apple he led the team that created the first eighteen generations of the iPod, and first three generations of the iPhone.

By Alvin Alexander on April 16, 2013

Ever notice that 'What the heck?" is always the right choice? (Nancy Davis)

Ever notice that 'What the heck?" is always the right choice?

Quote from Nancy Davis, design by Robin Williams, in the book, The Non-Designer's Design Book.

By Alvin Alexander on April 4, 2013

What can a budget iPhone design look like?

A "budget" iPhone prototype design from Nickolay Lamm. According to this page (where the photo/prototype is from), Mr. Lamm is fascinated with trends in the technology and business world, often illustrating these interests in illustrations. He graduated the University of Pittsburgh’s College of Business Administration in 2011 and his life goal is to create a startup which changes the world.

By Alvin Alexander on April 3, 2013

Zen Foundation "bookshelf" postcard designs (before and after)

This photo shows two attempts at creating images for my next Zen Foundation postcard. The first image represents my first "final" attempt. In this case I knew I wasn't blown away by the image, but it was the best I could do that night. I posted it on Facebook, got some feedback from a friend, and eventually came up with the second image, which is what I decided to go with.

(Click the image to see a much larger version of it.)

By Alvin Alexander on April 4, 2013

Zen Foundation "bookshelf" postcard design

This might be the next postcard I send out for the Zen Foundation ... I don't know ... I'm really frustrated with the front side ... #argh.

By Alvin Alexander on April 2, 2013
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