design archive

Foldschool Cardboard Furniture

They provide the plans, you provide the cardboard. Cool stuff! Link

19 Things

Not to do when building a website. I’ve worked through most of these issues with clients, and I agree with just about all of this. From josiahcole.com. Link

Screen Fonts: An Abbr. Hist.

From the Font Bureau’s Type 101 series, a look at how typefaces for the screen have been developed over the last 30 years. Link

Web Typography Sucks

Richard Rutter and Mark Boulton’s presentation from SxSW07 Link

Eyetracking on the Web

Useful for designing efficient and useful layouts while also revealing a major difference between men and women. Link

R2-D2 Mailboxes

In honor of George Lucas and the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, The US Postal Service will install mailboxes dressed up as R2-D2. I think it’s brilliant. If only Christo’s stuff was this good. Link

50 Years of the MINI

One of the finest designs ever, efficient, stylish, and desirable. I love mine. Link

This is My Process

Over on Design Observer, Michael Bierut discusses his process for coming up with design solutions for his clients. For designers, it’s a handy lesson, for non-designers, it’s a peek behind the curtain as to how we work. Link

Essential Design Texts

… at least according to PingMag. If you want to learn more about design, you can’t go wrong with any of these. Link

12 CSS Lessons

12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards, from A List Apart. Amen. Link