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Sep 25

How good is this logo, it works on so many levels, love it!

“The old Northwest Airlines logo has a very clever icon. Not only does the icon on the left of the text spell out N and W, but the arrow and circle symbolizes a compass pointing in the northwestern direction.”

Clever graphic design, BUT WHAT’S THE EFFECT ON THE BOTTOM LINE?

(Is what I might say if I didn’t have an appreciation for art and the aesthetics of life).

I do wonder with things like logos though: does a clever, interesting design like this provide any better ROI than a simple-yet-recognisable graphic knocked out in 5 minutes? I know brand perception is sometimes unquantifiably beneficial but…

Sep 11

Substance over style

Colleague: If you wouldn't mind [having a think about some website stuff], that'd be great. Don't worry about the design though.
Me: I spend my whole life not worrying about design.

Sep 4

Live updating counter on the cereal company’s site. I like.

(Was looking at it for design inspiration. While I like eating Weetabix, they’re not that interesting to me).

Sep 3

Pattern Tap

“Organized Web Design Collection of User Interfaces for Inspiration and Ideas”.

Thanks to Tom Martin for pointing this out to me. I’m rather unreasonably excited by it, and it’s gonna prove very useful for some work stuff.

Aug 27

UX Hero: “believe it or not, these screenshots are of the same iPhone app, Ambiance, just one update apart”.

Why would you break your own product like this?