design process

A collection of 65 posts

design process

The Nothing Burger

Imaginary nicotine and banana guns.

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An Inconvenient Convenience, Too Nice, And The Trap

Not a year in review.

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Revisions

The biggest time suck in design isn't design.

color

Boring on Purpose

Not not a post related to Pantone’s Color of the Year.

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Visuals to Words to Visuals

What happens to visuals when we need to turn them into words?

mechanics of design

Unseen Structures

How joke writing illustrates that everything has a structure.

mechanical

The Frankenstein

Can you put a little of this and a little of that together, and still make it come to life?

very small business

L, M, S, VS

Three simple things Very Small Businesses can do.

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A Framework For Decisions

Controlling the flow of decision making.

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Design Is An Idea, Not A Tool

Design lives above any tool you might use to execute it.

design process

Mommy, Where Does Content Come From?

One of the biggest hangups on just about any website project.

design process

The Measurable And The Unmeasureable

When to throw away the numbers.

design process

Making It Better, Making It Worse

Why your idea died a slow death.

it's relative

Unknown Unknowns

Feel OK about uncertainty, and even use it to your benefit.

time management

The Other Way to Manage Deadlines

Ask this one question.

design process

Who Your Visuals Hang Out With Matters

Using Context and Boardsmanship.

design process

New Year's Card Breakdown

A design execution case study.

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McNuggets

Why we still need brands, the lost tip for presenting, and a call to not be average.

design process

How Technology Shapes Design

Both style and revisions are a result of the technology used.

design process

There Is No Magic Button

Some of you are nodding your head; some of you are shocked.

design process

Design is Visible Language

Three ways that designers are translators.

design process

Conceptual vs Executional

One is not the other. Know the difference to use your time wisely.

design process

Connect the Dots

How do designers get from text to visual?

photography

Looking vs Seeing

The difference is what makes a photographer or director really good.

exploration and research

The Idea Or The Execution?

Which is more important? Don't all say "both" at the same time.