I’m in a genuinely positive mood this evening, partially because dbushell.com survived another automatic WordPress update* but mainly because my MacBook Air arrived today! Since this is the first laptop I have ever owned I’m not going to write a comprehensive product review but I’d like to point out a few things that are brilliant: The multi-touch pad works amazingly […]
I’ve written a little web design article for Base Creative. Here’s a snippet: There is more to design than making things look attractive and truth be told that’s the easy part. In regards to web design the actual aesthetics of a website have very little bearing on its success. Style is superficial and becomes more subjective the heavier […]
Font Squirrel is one of the best online resources for finding high quality (and almost free) fonts. I do rate it very highly, and @font-face generator is the work of magic elves in my opinion. “Font Squirrel is your best resource for FREE, hand-picked, high-quality, commercial-use fonts. Even if that means we send you elsewhere to […]
I love typography! To celebrate my love I have set myself a new challenge: design 6 fonts in 12 months. My last “creative challenge” was to fold 1000 origami cranes before the end of 2010. I think I’ve done about 100 so far (having folded nothing since March). Some may say I set the bar too high on that […]
If you’ve been following my Design Heroes blog you’ll know I’ve recently been impressed with two (1, 2) different excerpts from Simon Garfield’s new book Just My Type. So much so that I purchased and read it as fast as humanly possible. The book starts with a chapter on Comic Sans, illustrating the significant impact a font can have. It […]
I’ve been suspiciously silent on this blog lately. Not sure what’s wrong with me! I’m still blogging daily at designheroes.co.uk. That’s where I post all my inspiration, interests and opinions on the latest design news & events. I’ve also been rapidly developing LoveDsgn which has gone from a small to monumentally massive project in the space of […]
Did you hear? Print is dead! That’s what they’ve been saying for years, decades even. The decline in newspaper sales is often the evidence for such a statement, citing that ‘digital/social/new media’ is what the kids are craving. I’ve always felt that the bullshit and lies printed on the front page (and every page thereafter) is […]
