all of the wonderful things on the internet
by Laura Fischer
I want them all.
With companies like this selling everything directly from their own sites it is very difficult to not buy one of everything. For now I will satisfy myself with a travel mug… and perhaps a water jug.
Bodum started in the 40’s with coffee as the core of their products. Now their collection includes a variety of kitchen ware and has been so very well designed.
Compared to print — which is at least 1800 years old — web design is new. If you learned about design in school, you probably didn’t learn very much about web design. If you have been designing solely for print for the past x number of years, there are most likely assumptions being made or questions needing answers.
If we go over a few things that you already know, don’t fret or be offended. There is surely someone else who will read this that didn’t know it. (more…)
I love math. I use the grid and ratios all the time when I design websites. Here is a great article from Smashing Magazine about using the golden ratio, sine waves and kundli design in websites.
Oh what a pretty background. HiDef Inc. is a collaboration between a bunch of the guys who created Vimeo. So far they have created three sweet web apps: Superkix, Flavors.me and Goodsie. I am excited to see what they come up with next.