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• Infographic of the Decade: I Met the Walrus

  USA Today, eat your heart out!  This is an incredibly beautiful animated short that depicts a 1969 interview between John Lennon and a young man who had snuck into his hotel room during John’s “bed-in” for peace phase.  The... Posted Aug 15 2008, 10:36 AM by nerdplusart.com Filed under: design, Life

• The Olympics are Not Just for Jocks

  Let’s face it readers, you and I are not jocks.  I try to run two or three times a week.  You like racquetball.  Other than that, we’re not really sports people.  Not sports people, that is, except when we catch some serious... Posted Aug 12 2008, 11:27 PM by nerdplusart.com Filed under: design, Life

• No Ideas But In Things

  In my mind, there is an undeniable relationship between UI design and graphic design.  They share a similar communication goal and are both concerned with things like layout, color, balance and type.  Whenever I mention that, though, Nate is... Posted Aug 10 2008, 09:31 PM by nerdplusart.com Filed under: design

• ThoughtBox: Visual Design

  The weekend is quickly slipping away.  I had a lot less time to spend on this than I had hoped (I guess that’s how it always goes).  I helped a friend move this morning and it took a little longer than expected and I ended up running some... Posted Aug 02 2008, 10:11 PM by nerdplusart.com Filed under: design, Code

• ThoughtBox: Wireframe

  Just finished the wireframe for the app.  I built the design around a principle from the book that really struck a chord with.  David Allen talks about horizontal vs. vertical task management.  The Horizontal tasks are all of your projects... Posted Aug 02 2008, 11:59 AM by nerdplusart.com Filed under: design, Code

• Banksy Not So Anonymous Anymore

  About a year ago, I read this great article in the New Yorker about Banksy. If you don’t know who Banksy is, you’ll want to do the same. It’s a great read, even if it is a little long (it’s the New Yorker after all). At the time... Posted Jul 29 2008, 11:55 PM by nerdplusart.com Filed under: design, banksy, art, Life, graffiti

• A Survey of Silverlight 3D

  A couple of weeks ago, I spent a little time trying to get my finger on the pulse of 3D in Silverlight.  As of today (version 2, beta 2) there’s no “official” support.  That’s a bummer.  Flash has Papervision and... Posted Jul 27 2008, 11:06 PM by nerdplusart.com Filed under: design, Code

• Moving Type

  That’s a play on words because not only do these videos have type that is literally moving (they are videos after all), but they are also great examples of how text can be a really powerful and emotional design element.  If interaction design... Posted Jul 23 2008, 09:43 AM by nerdplusart.com Filed under: design

• ISO50, Barack Obama and the Power of Design

  Regardless of your politics, I’m pretty sure that you can get behind Scott Hansen (Mr. ISO50 / Tycho Music). He’s a brilliant designer. His print work, in particular, is a major fount of inspiration. I saw this morning that the Obama campaign... Posted Apr 30 2008, 08:30 AM by notstatic.com Filed under: design, iso50, politics, poster, mainstream, obama, print

• Design Quiz

  Think you’re a designer?  Take the quiz and find out for sure.  I missed three.  I felt good about that and still stand by one of my "wrong" answers. Posted Dec 18 2007, 08:07 PM by notstatic.com Filed under: design

• Gift Ideas

  Looking for that rare gift that says both "nerd" and "art?"  It’s not an easy find, but in my holiday shopping quests so far I’ve come across some items that I wish someone would get for me.  So, in the spirit of... Posted Dec 07 2007, 12:48 AM by notstatic.com Filed under: design

• A Different Take on Scaling Your Design

  From Kotke.org http://www.kottke.org/07/11/surreal-printer Posted Nov 20 2007, 08:42 AM by notstatic.com Filed under: design

• 37 Signals on Personas

  The smart (alecky?) guys at 37 signals have an interesting post in which they share their perspective the value of personas in the software design process.  More interesting than the thoughts of the 37 signals guys (who come down on the side against... Posted Nov 07 2007, 01:08 PM by notstatic.com Filed under: design

• Old School Data Visualization

  Somehow Venn diagrams weren’t ever this fun in high school… Posted Nov 05 2007, 07:31 PM by notstatic.com Filed under: design

• Looking for Data to Backup Your Commitment to User Experience

  “A three-year study of more than 40 Fortune 500 companies by the research firm Peer Insight found that companies focused on customer-experience design outperformed the S&P 500 by a 10-to-1 margin from 2000 to 2005.”  Get the whole... Posted Oct 06 2007, 12:07 AM by notstatic.com Filed under: design