Subtle Patterns

“Nice subtle backgrounds for your next web project”

NounProject

“The Noun Project is a crowd-sourced collection of icons that can be downloaded as SVG files.”

The design of a signage typeface

“The design process itself was also very different to that of designing a typeface for print. Usually a type designer first sketches out the outlines of certain letters. But naturally, this focuses on the final design and its stylistic details. However, these very details will be the first to disappear when the text is read from a distance. What matters here is the skeleton of the letterforms.”

HTML5 element flowchart

Try to decide which HTML5 elment to use?

CreateJS: A suite of Javascript libraries and tools designed for working with HTML5

Includes:

• Library for working with the HTML5 Canvas
• Tweening and animating HTML5 and Javascript properties
• Provides an API working with audio
• Manage and co-ordinate the loading of assets
• Stand alone tool for exporting SWF animations as EaselJS sprite sheets that can be used in Canvas and CSS

Making the Transition from Development to Design

“Designers who understand and can work with code are becoming the prototype. Your transition is not going to happen overnight and a lot of your thinking will need to bend. However, I think you will be surprised by how much of your thinking will not.”

• Don’t stop building things
• Learn design in order of dependency
• Design everything you do
• Care about your audience
• Talk about design and listen even more
• Learn from the time-tested—and emulate it

Information Surfacing: Communicating through Design

“Conceptual models are nothing new, but often become unintentionally obfuscated during the design processes. “

Flat Icons & Icon Fonts

The Best Browser is the One You Have with You

Direction-Aware Hover with CSS3 and jQuery