July 2009
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A Few Simple Ways To Design a Better Form
We all have to fill out forms from time to time…at Dr.’s offices, taxes, shipping…you know—the almost archaic kind that are printed out and you have to use an ink pen to complete. I don’t know if this is just because I am a designer, so I notice these things, but rarely (if ever) have I filled out a nicely designed form. It always makes me furious when I realize that I have...
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Fail-Proof Design Process
I have been noticing a pattern in my designs—not the kind that I use as a design element, but a pattern in my design process. When I start a design, I have all these ideas swarming around my head, I start sketching, then quickly get to the point where I want to start implementing. Hours go by, I continue to dump all the stuff from my head into the design. Frustration sets in—because my...