Start Your Own Business
This article was published in .Net magazine before Christmas last year. I was asked to write a small article on making the leap to working for yourself (as it was still fresh in my mind). It’s by no means a … Continue reading
Icons, Symbols and a Semiotic Web
Semiotics, loosly speaking, is the study of signs. Simple enough. What becomes difficult is defining what a ‘sign’ actually is. When we think of signs we think of the things on the left there don’t we? We think of something … Continue reading
Five simple steps to designing grid systems – Part 3
The third installment to this series is going to be a little different. The previous installments have been talking through some of the basics of grid construction using ratios as the primary device. They’ve also dealt with grid construction for … Continue reading
Five simple steps to designing grid systems – Preface
Following my article in Design in Flight I’ve received countless emails to elaborate, in some way, on how to correctly design grid systems. It’s quite a complicated field and so distilling it into ‘Five Simple Steps’ has proven to be … Continue reading
Five simple steps to better typography – Part 5
The final part in this series, I’m glad to say is a little more cut and dry than the last in the series. It’s more about historical typographic theory but with a simple, practical guide to ensuring a balanced use … Continue reading
Five simple steps to better typography – Part 4
I’ve struggled a bit with the latest addition to this ‘simple steps’ typography series. Mostly because it’s not so simple and it’s a bit more of a grey area than the previous three articles. Typographic hierarchy, put simply, is how … Continue reading
Design In Flight – Issue 4
Well, here it is. After a few weeks in February, several late nights and a lot of help from my wife and the Design in Flight’s Editor Andy, my article “Feeling your way around grids: Making sense of the Golden … Continue reading
