Category Archives: blog post

Last week we launched a new version of our process for creating QuickBase applications. The previous version has been around, with some small tweaks, for at least five years. The Application Era is still in its infancy, but already apps are available everywhere from the computer to the television to the phone.  Expectations on how [...]

I began posting some of my logo work. It spans almost 20 years, but the influence is clear – Paul Rand. Rand said, “I don’t think my work has changed much at all over the years. I could show you things I did 40 years ago that you’d think I did today.” I agree. Geometry [...]

This comic, “How A Web Design Goes Straight To Hell,” is making the Twitter trending rounds this morning. Yes, some clients do not understand the value of well-reasoned design. Sure, interactions with that type of client are difficult, frustrating and, looking back, usually funny. But such views only serve to paint the designer as victim [...]

A partner in the New York design firm Pentagram, Michael Bierut describes the process, from conception in his notebooks to final execution, of five projects. I love his presentation style – humorous, straightforward. He makes some amazing work seem so simple to produce.

I’ve used Google Wave sparsely over the past two weeks and recently found one part of the experience noteworthy in it’s difference from current email conventions. Because it is “live” or instantaneous, when you are participating in a thread other folks can see what you are typing as you type it. A cool feature until [...]