MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer
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Frank Chimero: The Shape of Design
Seems like the time’s come ~ @frankchimero’s book is finally here ;) Having heard Frank speak at the #naconf in January – I can only tell you that I found him to be one of the most inspiring people. I am sure that this book will not only be a brilliant read but also a wonderful insight into design.
Head over to Frank Chimero’s Shop and grab a copy ~ it will be worth it :)
Font Awesome
Inspired by the Glyphicon set that comes with Twitter Bootstrap 2.0, Font Awesome embraces and extends the full array of web-related actions.
This amazing font comes with 150+ icons, free for all uses and easily implemented. Where other icon fonts can cause problems with screenreaders - this one is compatible and will not give you any headaches. Just brilliant ;)
Make sure to follow @fortaweso_me on Twitter for icon updates and styling tricks.
Make—Break Collect—Connect
A masterpiece of design and concept – the new design of frankchimero.com ~ by @fchimero
This design really speaks to me – its seems to summarise the wonderful talk Frank gave @naconf this year, full of insights, ideas and sparks of inspiration. Can’t wait for his book The Shape of Design :)
Insights on Symbol Design
A new post on the blog of The Noun Project. Jon Hicks goes through aspects of taking an icon from sketch to the digital final, considering size, context, balance, grids and detail, a delightful must-read :)
We are proud to have designer Jon Hicks do a guest blog post and give us a quick design tutorial about symbols and icons. For those of you who don’t know, Jon is a designer from the UK and is well known for designing the Firefox and Mailchimp logos. You can view more information about his studio and his work here.
read now: Insights on Symbol Design
Redesign Week: We Are Happy Cog.
Today saw the launch of the new site design of HappyCog - a fresh look, new layout and lovely responsiveness :)
It is a design produced in only one week, "Redesign Week".
An Important Time for Design
Having seen Cameron Koczon speak at the New Adventures conference last week – I was chuffed to see this article published on A List Apart. If you fancy getting an insight into what Cameron’s talk was about – this article sums up his core points very nicely :)
read now: An Important Time for Design
The New Web Typography
OpenType has arrived on the web. Once-inaccessible design features such as small caps, swashes and fractions are now accessible through CSS, allowing for heightened control and extra typographic muscle.
Small caps, ligatures, kerning and more will be revealed as your mouse hovers across this beautiful page.
Part of the Use The Whole Font demo by The Font Bureau, Monotype Imaging and FontFont.
via @cameronmoll
design discussion in 140 characters
An interesting exchange of opinions just now on Twitter ~ about the golden section, grids by @markboulton, @jasonsantamaria and @soulellis. Just wanted to capture a quick snapshot of this - food for thought ;)
@markboulton :@jasonsantamaria :Tutorials: 7 column compound grid, 2 column golden section grid (with nested non-uniform columnar). #chapter5 #designinggrids
continue reading »@markboulton Please, no more golden section! :)
The Organic Type
Created by graphic designers for graphic designers, SketchType™ and Letterpressed Type make it easy to incorporate the texture of handcrafted lettering into any project without ever picking up a pencil.
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Each letter form or graphic element will need to be hand set and composed.
→ view theorganictype.com
found via this tweet from @vpieters