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Video: How Developers Can Contribute to the Ethical Tech Paradigm Shift

Fasten your seatbelts! Because while many of us were raised during a generation of “click-it-or-ticket” public awareness campaigns, the true story of how seat belts...more.

Documenting User Flows in FigJam

Hugh Sato
23 Sep 2021
Design

Recently, I've come to discover the power and beauty of using FigJam as a way of defining user stories. For whatever reason, I hadn't spent...more.

What Matters When Designing For Safety?

My first book, Design for Safety, is now available for purchase! This book is the culmination of more than 10 years of work. Before joining...more.

From 0 to 60 in Brand Design

Kelly Rauwerdink
02 Apr 2019
Design

This article was originally published on Medium on April 24th, 2017. How I approach and create a small brand from scratch in a day. For...more.

Fundamentals of Design: Colour

Daisy Mølving
12 Mar 2019
Design

Colour is an important part of daily life, and also an important design element. Just as it informs us about our environment, it can also...more.

Rachel Wendte on How to Boost Learning Through Finding Your “Design Foil”

Recently, 8th Light University had the pleasure of hosting UX designer Rachel Wendte. She taught both designers and developers alike how to boost learning through...more.

Introducing The Design Studio

I'm happy to announce 8th Light's freshly re-branded design department, The Design Studio. 8th Light has always been passionate about building great software, and we...more.

Keep Left, Right?

Nick Meccia
25 Aug 2014
Design

"How many more hours to the lake?" "I don't know, like, three? Something like that." My dad maneuvers the van out of the Ruby Tuesday...more.

On Designing By Hand

Nick Meccia
08 Aug 2014
Design

With great power comes great responsibility. And as our lives become more entwined with technology, it’s a designer’s responsibility to ensure that each experience remains...more.

Designing Irrationally

Nick Meccia
23 Aug 2013
Design

Combining The Fibonacci Sequence And Typography Design Is Communication Design is separated from other visual disciplines by the emphasis it places on communication: a designer's...more.

It's the Small Things: Browser Tabs and Usability

Ben Voss
05 Aug 2013
Design

One tool of user experience and usability intrigues me and I never see any discussion about it online: the browser tab. They are simple and...more.

HTML5 Form Elements

In December of 2012 HTML5 gained Candidate Recommendation status by the W3C, and with it comes a large number of updates that browsers are officially...more.

Vertical Rhythm In Typography

Chris Peak
30 Dec 2012
Design

Vertical Rhythm is simply when a body of text is aligned to evenly spaced horizontal lines (think of your lined paper from grade school), making...more.

CSS Typographic Flourishes

Quite often typography is one of most ignored aspects of website design. Poor typography can make your website feel bland or boring, and at worst...more.

Design Craftsman Swap

My first ever craftsman swap was with Relevance a little over a month ago. I went to Durham for a week and Relevence's Kevin Altman...more.

Designing in the Browser: Web Inspector Prototyping

I'd like to tell you a little about one of my favorite tools; my browser's web inspector. I'm often asked what I like to use...more.

The Many Ways In Which Past You Could Be Ruining The Future Internet

Hey! Younger Self! Yes, you— eating Cocoa Puffs and watching Dragonball Z in your pajamas! I am you from the future, and I am here...more.

R(a|ela)tional Design

Billy Whited
28 Oct 2011
Design

In my last post, I talked about Expressive HTML and the importance of writing your markup from the content out. This idea—that you start at...more.

A Brief Primer on Typeface Selection

Billy Whited
25 Aug 2011
Design

When choosing typefaces, we need to be cautious. As typographers, we are responsible to our readers and to our texts, so it’s imperative that we...more.

Readability

Billy Whited
23 Aug 2011
Design

Readability relates to those important typographic factors that are not rooted solely in the DNA of letterforms. In this realm, the typographer rejoices. For it...more.

Legibility

Billy Whited
05 Aug 2011
Design

When we judge the usability, or clarity, of a text passage, we usually do so according to two different criteria: legibility and readability. And while...more.

What is the purpose of typography?

Billy Whited
29 Jul 2011
Design

You might be wondering why you’d bother to gain an understanding type: what purpose does it serve? What’s the point? Set it and forget it!...more.

What is Typography?

Billy Whited
26 Jul 2011
Design

Let's first take a moment to talk briefly about what typography is not about. To be clear: it‘s not just about choosing pretty typefaces. To...more.

Type Camp California Day 4

Billy Whited
22 Jul 2011
Design

On day 4 of Type Camp California, our final full day, we devoted the majority of our time to another hand-lettering project. This time, we...more.

Type Camp California Day 3

Billy Whited
15 Jul 2011
Design

On Day two of Type Camp California we were given a short “homework” assignment: write a six word autobiography containing your name, at least one...more.

Type Camp California Day 2

Billy Whited
23 Jun 2011
Design

After having a day and half to gel as a group and get fully immersed in the esoteric and challenging world of type, we hit...more.

Type Camp California Day 1

Billy Whited
20 Jun 2011
Design

While I've been fortunate enough to attend a few great conferences during my career, I've always left wishing for a little more. Having grown tired...more.

Humane Form Errors

Billy Whited
06 Jun 2011
Design

Forms. Does anybody like filling them out? They can be annoying, maddening, time-consuming and sometimes, yes, even soul-crushing. Yet, everywhere we look on the web...more.

Found Type and Graphics

Billy Whited
13 May 2011
Design

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about keeping inspiration catalogs. In an effort to demonstrate that I practice what I preach, I thought...more.

A Tale of Two Forms (Part 3)

Last week, we took a closer look at some simple “under the hood” changes you can make to your forms to improve their usability and...more.

A Tale of Two Forms (Part 2)

Last week, I wrote a brief article that demonstrated how to build a form with well structured, semantic markup. In that article, I started with...more.

A Tale of Two Forms (Part 1)

A few weeks ago, my co-workers asked me to demonstrate how to convert a form built using HTML table elements into a more meaningful form...more.

Inspiration Catalogs

Billy Whited
07 Apr 2011
Design

Inspiration is perishable. And, unfortunately, it often strikes when I least expect it—when I don’t have a pen or pencil handy, or a piece of...more.

The Near Space Endeavor

Billy Whited
30 Mar 2011
Design

Recently, I’ve been doing a fair amount of blogging about topics related to web design, so I thought it was time for a little artistic...more.

Design Resources for Aspiring Developers

In a web saturated with numerous opinion blogs, gallery showcases, tutorial sites and technical references, where should an aspiring web developer go to seek knowledge...more.

Tangible Typography

Billy Whited
09 Mar 2011
Design

I am a trained sculptor and have always been comfortable being creative within the constraints of the three-dimensional realm. Ironically, I now find myself gainfully...more.

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