Creating Consistent Text for Website UI Elements Can first-time users find their way around your site easily and locate what they're looking for? This extract from the Yahoo! Style Guide provides some pointers.
A Brief History of Markup Jeremy Keith provides a heads up on the history of HTML, from its creation in 1991 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee to the upcoming HTML 5.
Planning an African Photo Safari Ever dreamed of going on a real African photo safari? Wildlife photographer Uwe Skrczypczak shares his experiences in the East African Serengeti National Park.
Sharpening Part of an Image in Photoshop One of the most useful portrait retouching techniques you’ll ever learn is to accentuate your subject’s eyes and lips, as shown by Lesa Snider.
3D Typography: Beyond the Page and Screen Jeanette Abbink and Emily CM Anderson have sought out compelling examples of typography that don't rely on a screen or printed page.
Name Tagging: COST, EDEC, SURE and FAUST Noted graffiti photographer Martha Cooper profiles writers who have chosen the diminutive format of nametags for their work.
Logos: It's Often the Little Things that Count The initial work in designing a new logo for a major brand is the most personal, and perhaps the most creatively rewarding, assignment an individual brand warrior will tackle.
Selling Email to Your Design Clients Selling email services is a logical step forward for freelance web designers and developers. As Mathew Patterson asks, "Why wouldn’t you sell email services?”
Adding Social Web Submit Buttons to WordPress You don’t need to rely on plugins to add social bookmarking submit buttons to your WordPress site. Thord Daniel Hedengren shows us how.
Drainspotting: Japanese Manhole Covers Remo Camerota documents the rich tradition of Japanese manhole covers, a celebration of the role of the decorative arts in urban environments.
Idle Idol: The Japanese Mascot Edward Harrison and John Harrison provide a guide to the exotic world of the characters and mascots found all over Japan, from kitch to compelling.
Beautiful Visualization: How Do We Achieve Beauty? Given the abundance of less-than-beautiful visualizations, it's clear that the path to beauty is not obvious. Nonetheless, Julie Steele and Noah Iliinsky remain optimistic.
Presentations: Establishing a Strong Design Priority Design priority, another way of saying focal point, is based on a determined assignment of value or importance to different elements. According to Garr Reynolds, it can make all the difference in presentations.
Going Beyond Web Site Type Defaults Don't let the default values imposed by browsers or by perceived limitations dictate the voice of your site designs.
The Paintings of Nathan Ota Tina Ziegler features the work of Nathan Ota, who moved from graffiti artist to illustrator before focusing on exhibiting in galleries and teaching.
Photographer Profile: Darwin Wiggett David DuChemin profiles landscape and nature photographer Darwin Wiggett, who realized early on that he was wearing two hats—one as a photographer and one as a businessman.
Make Your Own Paper for Digital Design Robin Williams and Carmen Sheldon demonstrate that papermaking is a simple process with many possibilities for the graphic designer.
Photographs by International Graphic Designers Stefan Bucher provides a sampling of photos selected from the personal portfolios of some of the world’s most innovative and creative graphic designers.
How to Avoid Being a Work Addict Cathy Fishel points out that no matter how busy you are as a freelancer, there are simple ways to inject space between you and your work.
Artist Profile: Michael Knapp Steven Withrow
profiles art director Michael Knapp, known for his work on such titles as Horton Hears A Who and Ice Age 3.
Designing Social Interfaces: Sign Up and Sign In Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone demonstrate best practices when a user wants to access parts of a site or application that requires creating or saving personal information.
Creating Effective Website Marketing Plans In addition to the tactics needed to generate in-bound links, you need an overall strategy for increasing the visibility of your site.
A History of Panoramic Image Creation Harald Woeste outlines the development of panorama creation, from the paintings of the 18th century up to the digital images of today.
Social Networks: Choosing a Winning Business Model Depending on your motivation for starting a social network, generating revenue may or may not be a driving factor. Ric Mazereeuw suggests some possible revenue streams.
The Rewards of the Presentation Backchannel In the backchannel, the small drops that are individual tweets collect to become a Twitterstream that can change information in a presentation.
ABCing: Seeing the Alphabet Differently Colleen Ellis dismantles the Latin alphabet, shifting the focus from the subject — the letter — to the surrounding space.
Social Network Marketing Fundamentals Don't know your LinkedIn from your Facebook? Dan Zarrella provides first steps on the path to social media marketing mastery.
