[…] There is a Japanese philosophy called “Kaizen,” which focuses on continuous improvement using small steps.

Does your Web design suck? Do you use too many default design elements? Is it dated? Try these 10 CSS tricks to improve your Web site design and usability.

The design session - an article about collaborative workflow

a book of … self-produced tests … send to print … using the online print-on-demand system Lulu. The book project will therefore act as a colour/type/pattern test of the very system with which it is produced.

... beantwortet die gängigsten Einsteigerfragen und richtet sich an Unternehmen und Personen, die bisher noch keine Erfahrung mit Design haben und nun ein Logo, eine Webseite oder ähnliche Designarbeiten in Auftrag geben möchten.

Most business cards will have at least a name of a person or company but there are other essential and useful elements of a good business card.

A modern interpretation of a design classic, this stove top espresso maker combines classic Italian style with unprecedented functionality. The OTTO espresso maker is designed Read More

The Grid Layout Javascript enables web-developers to stick to a Grid Layout quickly and simply by including the Grid Layouts Javascript file and simple XHTML code. Currently, the Grid Layouts Javascript relies on jQuery.

NOTCOT.org was launched May 2006 to fill our need for a place to collect and share fascinating images/links [With a global team, we missed having a "studio bulletin board" to post everything from comics to design research]

Tastespotting = A Visual Filtration of Great Taste = Image + Link + Thought

Client contracts are essential, but if you're a small to mid-sized business, hiring a lawyer to create them may be beyond your means. The new "Standard Form of Agreement for Graphic Design Services" published by the American Institute of Graphic Arts can

How do you Rate? — Figuring your real hourly rate.

One of the most often asked questions by new designers, part-time freelancers and those wishing to make a go at freelancing full time is what to charge. […]

by - Raja Sandhu

So you consider yourself a web designer? Good for you. How long have you been designing, what skills do you posses, do you have a portfolio? These are the questions any employer will ask before choosing you out of an unlimited supply of design talent. Is

What happened to the mutual respect that web professionals are supposed to pay one another? I mean, I know there's not a formal guild or anything, but seriously - why on earth would anyone want to go out and throw a colleague under a bus without provocati

Every week, I get emails from potential clients who all want to know one thing: How much for a design? Nine times out of ten, my answer causes them to run for the hills. Scary thing is, based on industry buzz, my prices could actually be considered totall

Articles & Papers // Luke Wroblewski's writings feature interface design insights, tips, research, and more.

Web magazine about user experience matters, providing insights and inspiration for the user experience community

Mockup… The term itself brings to mind the duality inherent in this omnipresent design artifact. It’s both a direct representation of a product experience and a shallow portrayal of an interactive system at the same time.

Logotype, commonly know as a logo, is a design, a graphic representation/image/trademark symbolizing one’s organization. Designed for instant identification, a logo can appear on company letterhead, advertising material and signs as an emblem by way of

Logo design is one of the most difficult aspects of design. It’s one of those things you have a hard time separating personal taste from good communication and branding. Here are a few rules I have come up with for myself over the years when I work on a

Logo "touch-up" is one of our most frequent requests. Our final work must be more effective, more visually appealing, and most importantly, recognizable as a revision of the old logo. How do we go about this? I wrote this guide both to offer potential bus

Blogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author.

Blog Interface Design 2.0 by Luke Wroblewski // […] information that is frequently buried deep within archives and comments. This article looks at ways to bring that information forward.

A new magazine and an interesting new content destination for designers interested in branding and corporate identity. cidoc.net brings you an archive of corporate identity documentation, corporate design manuals, styleguides and also logo- und manual-rev

Guidelines And Standards Manuals

This site celebrates the use of corporate identity as a management tool, and credits corporate leaders and designers around the world for outstanding work.