Articles

Reinforcing location : 14 July 2007

Getting lost within a website is not uncommon. The lack of tactile pages and a table of contents presents a challenge that many designers fail to consider—how do you help users understand where they are?

Logo woes : 15 May 2007

I’m almost ashamed of myself. The good people at Typophile graciously offered their advice while I toiled over my new logo for Addison Hall Design.

Look Ma! No pixels! : 28 March 2006

Well, almost. The redesign of this site was my first expedition into the realm of ems and percentages—and being stripped of the controlling comfort of pixels.

Jack of all trades? : 16 January 2006

Website design in itself involves several disciplines, so if you compound that with the more traditional medium of print, it’s easy to become overwhelmed.

Pairing typefaces : 17 September 2005

Rarely does one select only one typeface or font-family for use in a project. Even the most meager typographic needs require two fonts—a serif and a sans-serif.

All by myself : 5 May 2005

I’ve had three different employers since I graduated college in 1996, all which have taught me certain skills that have propelled me forward in my career.

Sneak peek : 28 January 2005

This has been sadly neglected for some time now, but I’m trying to make time and give it the attention it needs.

CSS house of cards : 23 January 2005

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) offer a world of possibilities, but trying to get them to work consistently takes me back to the days when I first began learning the quirks of table-based layouts.

Signed by Dwiggins : 21 January 2005

Yup, that’s his signature—he laid his hand on that page to write his name. Who is he? Why he’s William Addison Dwiggins, of course!

They did it right : 16 December 2004

‘Tis the season to shop, so my wife and I shop online.

How much do you have? : 10 December 2004

I often struggle with my internal process for design, mainly on two levels: visual and practical.

Obsessed : 24 November 2004

I’m quitting for a while to enjoy Thanksgiving.

Young whipper-snapper : 17 November 2004

Yesterday I followed a link from What do I know to the portfolio of Isaac Tobin and was blown away.

Designing for me : 20 September 2004

Visual design is always challenging to some degree—usually the more difficult the problem, the more rewarding the solution.