Category: Design
Not only for designers, but also developers who get the opportunity to provide input to the design process.
Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston
Delicious: One of the best free fonts around
I’ve done a few small tweaks on the design of my blog; it’s still not the way I had it in my head - my design skills don’t match my ideas, unfortunately - but it’s getting there, at least. I’ve had a first pass at creating a logo and a matching favicon, both of which […]
SVG in background-image
If adopted widely, the use of SVG in <img /> and background-image could be responsible for some big changes in website design.
Take a look at this example of images in SVG (you’ll need an SVG-capable browser), which displays four photos at random positions and sizes on the page. Images could be pulled at random from Flickr […]
Font Aliasing: Managing Expectations
Last week, we delivered some designs to a client who had asked us to refresh the content areas of their website. We worked hard on getting the typography clearer & more readable, and when they saw the printed designs they declared themselves ‘thrilled’ and couldn’t wait to see the styles applied to the website.
Today we went […]
Creating page layouts from magazines
This is an idea I first read about in Andy Clarke’s excellent book, Transcending CSS (if you don’t have a copy already, you should really think about getting one), and was then reinforced by Jon Hicks’ presentation at @media 2007, How To Be A Creative Sponge. In both cases, they suggest using magazine layouts as […]
What I saw at @media 2007
So @media 2007 is over and, after a little breather, here’s a short breakdown of what I saw, in chronological order, along with links to presentations where possible.
There were lots of great, inspiring ideas, which should spin out into a few more posts in the near future.
@media, CSS 3, and browser news
I’ve been at @media Europe 2007 today, watching some top-notch presentations about the current and future state of the web. I think Dan Cederholm’s Interface Design Juggling was the pick of the bunch, although it was a close-run thing.
Six hour-long sessions, interspersed with a couple of work-related emergencies, then home for dinner and more work, leaves […]
Aside
Not only did I correctly predict Firefox 3.1, but one of my visions was that they implement the remaining CSS 3 selectors - which has just been announced. My uncanny powers are beginning to scare me.
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