Tag: design
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One set of hands behind it all
One of the things that makes a design look good is if it looks like it was created by one set of hands. This kind of cohesion is hard to get right, but it’s easy to see when it’s wrong. I do a lot of presentation design and it’s that problem you see where someone…
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Designer = Master or Jack?
In reading slide:ology by Nancy Duarte, a book all about presentation design, I begin to wonder whether a great designer is a master in one area or a jack of all trades. There are general design principles that everyone must know and use regardless of their medium (composition, color, content, flow), but what about the…
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Lessons from Pragmatic Programmer
I’m about half-way through the book right now. I’m skimming through some of the more technical sections since I don’t know the programming languages they are using for their examples. (I really only know HTML/CSS with any level of mastery.) Still, I’ve found that some of the more general concepts can easily apply to design.…
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Design Principle: Weakest Link
I finished reading Universal Principles of Design and thought I’d post about some of the topics covered in it. One reason I like design is that fact that a lot of the basics are common sense, things like alignment and spacing. Other things are obvious, but you never take the time to consider them until…
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