Tag Archives: trends

Josef Müller-Brockmann and the Grid System

 ith the re-emergence of grid systems over the last 10 years in web and print design, it reminds me of the advertising design of Josef Müller-Brockmann. Müller-Brockmann began his career in the 1930’s,  perfecting the Swiss Grid System and clearly…

Thinking Outside The Chunk

 Back in 1995 when I began my transition into web design and development, and there were literally thousands of sites on the web, every single one was designed in a way which accommodated the means to build the site –…

Evolution Media

 When developing marketing campaigns for your clients, creating a face and voice for that entity is the most important aspect of your job. Whether you’re branding a Fortune 100 company or an individual entrepreneur, how you interpret the branding in…

Color Predictions

 Color-trending is a fascinating subject. And when economic conditions combine with wartime sentiments, colors take on some interesting and unusual hues.

A List Apart Survey

 Just took A List Apart‘s yearly survey for people who create websites. Each year, the survey results are invaluable to our industry as they create predictors for the coming years. If you make websites, take the survey too!

When Typography Meets Clay

 An odd combination, if you think about – typography used on bowls, cups and plates. But then you see the works of Asya Palatova of gleena ceramics and see the natural combination.

Pixelated Pop

 Artist & designer Cristian Zuzunaga, a Barcelona-born artist & designer, captures sheer imagination in his pixelated fabric prints, clothing designs and architecural influenced pixel-pop prints.

Everything Old Is New

 Created in-house, the new Antropologie Home Catalog features a clever retro-scrapbook look. As evidenced by current trends of design and marketing today, the use of retro-colors and fabric patterns seem right at home on this home catalog site.

Felted Objects At Cooper-Hewitt

 from March 6 – September 7, 2009, the Cooper-Hewitt features the “Fashion Felt” exhibition containing incredible & beautiful felted objects from a traditional yurt (a trellis-frame tent covered with thick, humble felts made from raw sheep’s wool) to felted rocks…

14 Web Design Cheat Sheets

 This article provides a very useful list of downloadable cheat sheets for Photoshop, Adobe Tool Cheats (useful in multiple Adobe products), CSS and more. If you’re a web designer, or any designer who uses Adobe products (and who doesn’t), these…