Using examples of compelling visual & interactive techniques in print & online, Sara Quinn offers tips on concept, craft and collaboration.
In photography’s equivalent of the after-life, “no one can hear you scream.”
At least let’s hope that’s the case because, if not, W. Eugene Smith – the 20th century’s master of the photo story — would be creating a… Read more
I recently had the privilege of serving as a juror for the World Press Photo’s multimedia contest in Amsterdam.
This was, by far, one of the most organized contests I’ve attended. (For eight years I oversaw judging for the… Read more
‘Tis the season for election maps. Big ones, small ones. Red ones, blue ones. They’re out there, despite the fact that big maps of the U.S. don’t really come into play until it’s time to tally electoral votes in… Read more
Where are all of the truly great Sunday, front page designs in the U.S. these days?
As I do my daily run through the Newseum’s collection of front pages, Sunday looks a lot like Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
“Papers… Read more
Smashing Magazine | Gizmodo | How Interactive Design
The Internet fell in love with giant infographics for a while, but now a backlash is building. Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo pleads with us all to “Stop Already With [Freaking] Infographics“:… Read more
Letters on a computer screen were two-dimensional blips and characters that rolled along as you typed them in before Steve Jobs and his team created the windows interface.
Jobs gave visual depth to things.
He put drop shadows between elements… Read more
The Huffington Post hit a nerve in the professional design community when the website announced a contest to design its new Politics icon.
“To ask designers to work for nothing suggests that design has no value,” said Richard Grefé… Read more
Taking cues from readers in a recent poll, The Hartford Courant has opted to return to a traditional, horizontal nameplate on their front page. The oldest… Read more
Around Poynter, we often say that when it comes to using color, gray can be a designer’s best friend. A neutral, balanced gray is an important tool in your larger color palette, because it can support the natural color that… Read more
A usability expert like Bruce “Tog” Tognazzini spends time thinking about making things, well, easy to use.
How many buttons do you have to push to start your microwave oven, for example?
Or how much time do keyboard shortcuts… Read more