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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Birth of the Biohazard Symbol
Charles Baldwin, a retired environmental-health engineer, explains his role in developing the biohazard symbol, and it’s peppered with tons of user research: “The color was blaze orange, one of the colors chosen in Arctic exploration as being the most visible … Continue reading
Is your Designer fluent in Cultural Generalism?
Todd Roeth, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the School of Fine Art, contemplates Lorraine Wild’s idea of cultural gemeralism as it relates to effective design. Designers need to be students of all corners of their culture’s playing field. Designers need to have … Continue reading
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“Comic Sans is Illegal”
Stephen Woowat drops five pages of design-snob hate - available for download to print, cut, and as Josh Spear so eloquently puts it: …to gleefully place on bad kerning and other layout tragedies whenever you see fit. These five comprehensive pages of design-geek glory … Continue reading
Six! Count ‘em: Six Layers of Information.
All six have unity, and can be read as one. All six have independence, and can exist alone. This is a fantastic example of successful information design. The viewer is lured in, and invited to explore. The subject matter, loaded … Continue reading
Blame Comprehension
I saw this a few days ago and had a chuckle. But the damn thing has been stuck in my head like a bad Mickey Avalon song. I mean, WTF? Really? Even when you were writing it down, didn’t you … Continue reading
When Dynamic Data Attacks
How many more Amazon customers have to die before you take the “Suicide-bot” offline? How many more Mr. Bezos? One hundred? A thousand? Via sickbastard’s blog, poor guy. (Here’s the book’s entire title.)
New Year’s Resolution: A Pictorial
Via the Centennial Society.