tips archive

Build the best paper airplane

This far outshines the bombers I used to make in class waaaaay back when… Link

Web Icons

Don’t have to be unoriginal and deriviative. Link

When less is more

A list of five ways to do more with less in graphic design. Link

TypeCulture Academic Resource

From the foundry of the same name, a whole archive of typographic information. Link

Raw Image Format

Why you should use the “raw” setting on your camera instead of a “jpg” setting. Link

Recyclable Information Architecture

Blue Flavor posits that the original wireframes from a site design should be actual working documents instead of use once and throw away diagrams. In IA and web design projects, it doesn’t make sense to keep remaking the same thing when you could just build on what you started with. Link

Developer Cheat Sheet Roundup

More than 30 handy sheets, for everything from Python to hex codes to PHP. Link

Design Trends 2006

Brown is the new black, color is ok, illustration is back, and industrial never went away. Ultra-minimalism is so over, tho. Link.

Graph Paper

…And grids too, all dowloadable and printable PDFs. Link.

Sliding Doors

An oldie but goodie from A List Apart. Link.