What is quality web design and what makes a quality design look good? We’ve heard the stuff about spacing and organization, but liam went all out in this article to find precise examples from all over the web, each well edited to emphasize the respective points of interests, and even before-after comparisons.
The result? Beautifully illustrated old design principles clear enough for anyone, designer-or-not, to figure out for himself. Another great article on wefunction.com
Can’t spot the last difference in photohunt? Whip out your iPhone and take a photo of each image, the app would match the 2 photos and search for the differences for you.
Recently, while I was researching into user interface design, an interesting article from A List Apart gave me a new way of looking at this UI business:
Flow, as a mental state, is characterized by a distorted sense of time, a lack of self-consciousness, and complete engagement in the task at hand. For designers, it’s exactly the feeling we hope to promote in the people who use our sites.
Fortunately my current project is still in the design stage and I shall try to apply this concept and see how it turns out .
Why is this docummentry doing here? Well I think Melih Bilgil did a good job visualising the development of the net through simple icons and animation (icons are from picol.org, by the same creator). The pictograms are clear and straightforward, and technically sound too, that’s what i like abt it. It clearly shows that the author knows what she is doing, artistically and technically.
Enjoy the brief and engaging piece here or on youtube: