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The 25 Most Audacious Companies by Inc Magazine

byderekj — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:08:30 -0500

The 25 Most Audacious Companies by Inc Magazine: These companies were not selected because they...

nevver: The Evolution of Video Game Controllers (larger)

byderekj — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:56:44 -0500

nevver:

The Evolution of Video Game Controllers (larger)

Warby Parker: Welcome to 121 Greene!

byderekj — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:04:52 -0500

Warby Parker: Welcome to 121 Greene!: Beautiful! We’re incredibly excited to open the doors to our...

b.jonw.com: Making a physical product.

byderekj — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:45:52 -0500

b.jonw.com: Making a physical product. : Good read. I had been kicking around the idea for some...

On April 3, 1988, the Los Angeles Times Magazine published a...

byderekj — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:10:46 -0500

On April 3, 1988, the Los Angeles Times Magazine published a 25-year look ahead to 2013.

Digg Blog: We're Building A Reader

byderekj — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:01:06 -0500

Digg Blog: We're Building A Reader: Like many of you, we were dismayed to learn that Google will...

Introducing a New Article Experience

byderekj — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:06:51 -0500

Introducing a New Article Experience

"Since copywriting is interface design, you can do an awful lot of great design in a text editor...."

byderekj — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:17:53 -0500

“Since copywriting is interface design, you can do an awful lot of great design in a text...

RubyMotion Success Story: Jukely

byderekj — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:08:16 -0500

RubyMotion Success Story: Jukely: Bora Celik and Andrew Cornett created Jukely for music lovers...

Offscreen Magazine: Offscreen × Watsi: our first fundraiser!

byderekj — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:32:59 -0600

Offscreen Magazine: Offscreen × Watsi: our first fundraiser!: With so much love we received from...

Designing a Phenomenon: Student Designs Inspire a New Approach...

byderekj — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:19:23 -0500

Designing a Phenomenon: Student Designs Inspire a New Approach to Voting - by Matt Luckhurst

Our class “Designing a Phenomenon,” taught by Brian Collins and me, is an intensive fourth-year honors class at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. It is solely focused on a designers’ ability to influence and change behavior.

Inspired by the GOOD community’s Take Back Tuesday challenge, we asked our students to create a new phenomenon around the act of voting. The election of the president should be cause for a celebration around the most important act every American can do: get out and vote. Every four years we debate the reasons for the deep interest in the election on one hand, but the apathy people exhibit around voting on the other.

Continue reading on good.is

Featured design by student HeeSang Lee: For election day “We’re Closed”

I like simple things, I like to simplify things, I always have.

byderekj — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:26:57 -0500

I like simple things, I like to simplify things, I always have.

Apple unveiled many updates to many of it’s products and...

byderekj — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:06:00 -0500

Before Apple's October 2012 Special Event

After Apple's October 2012 Special Event

Apple unveiled many updates to many of it’s products and introduced one new product earlier today. Even when I looked at the current Apple Online Store webpage and speculated along with every other major news publication about an “iPad mini” I began to think about a new store layout.

Why?

To make the product fit in their current layout they would have to retire a product and was that going to be the iPod classic?

Then I started to look at the layout and wondered why some items were grouped and some weren’t. There was an inconsistency in organization of products. If the store layout was to remain unchanged it would have to be grouped with the iPad just look the new MacBook Pro 15” with Retina Display was grouped under MacBook Pro.

Then I thought well maybe everything is grouped by similar form factor and the difference between the original MacBook Pros and the ones with that Retina Display were so similar they could be grouped together. Even perhaps it was a high end computer that could be hidden, which then contradicts why the MacPro is on the front page but I suppose it is its own category.

This all got me thinking more…

The new iPad mini would have to have its own section as the iPod touch and nano have their own sections.

What had to happen is what ended up happening shortly after the special event was over. There was a new layout with simpler organization, but deeper navigation. How much deeper? Just one more level.

Now you decide whether to shop for Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod. That’s it.

The new design is fresh, clean and modern, and easy to...

byderekj — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:54:40 -0500

The new design is fresh, clean and modern, and easy to navigate. The top box lets us highlight a story that we think is really important, and enables us to run big, beautiful photos and illustrations.

Creating the Designer Fund Visual Identity A logo alone cannot...

byderekj — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:13:00 -0500

Creating the Designer Fund Visual Identity

A logo alone cannot communicate all these values, but we knew if we could capture one or two of the important ones we would have a mark that would resonate with the community. The first few months involved a lot of sketching and ideating. We worked with Matt Stevens, a talented designer out of North Carolina, to visualize many of the concepts we had in our sketchbooks and to produce a few new ideas. He also really helped us think through tone/voice by producing various mood boards. Though many concepts came close, none of the marks quite nailed it and we decided to push further.

Behind the build of the new Element site

byderekj — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:06:24 -0500

Behind the build of the new Element site: A new creative shop called Element based in Austin, Texas...

explore-blog: So clever – the human body visualized as a subway...

byderekj — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:37:26 -0500

explore-blog:

So clever – the human body visualized as a subway map by designer Sam Loman, a fine addition to these visual metaphors using he London Tube map.

Also see these vintage illustrations envisioning the body as a machine.

"Look at other types of art, as much as possible."

byderekj — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:17:10 -0500

“Look at other types of art, as much as possible.” - Jonas of 37signals

From coming up with a brand name to deciding how content sits...

byderekj — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:49:53 -0500

From coming up with a brand name to deciding how content sits with what pays the writers A.K.A. advertisements.

This is the new SB Nation. It is more beautiful than you could possibly imagine.

byderekj — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:55:31 -0500

This is the new SB Nation. It is more beautiful than you could possibly imagine.

Resimplify

The 25 Most Audacious Companies by Inc Magazine

nevver: The Evolution of Video Game Controllers (larger)

Warby Parker: Welcome to 121 Greene!

b.jonw.com: Making a physical product.

On April 3, 1988, the Los Angeles Times Magazine pub­lished a...

Digg Blog: We're Building A Reader

Introducing a New Article Experience

"Since copywriting is interface design, you can do an awful lot of great design in a text editor...."

RubyMotion Success Story: Jukely

Offscreen Magazine: Offscreen × Watsi: our first fundraiser!

Designing a Phenomenon: Student Designs Inspire a New Approach...

I like simple things, I like to simplify things, I always have.

Apple unveiled many updates to many of it’s products and...

The new design is fresh, clean and modern, and easy to...

Creating the Designer Fund Visual Identity A logo alone cannot...

Behind the build of the new Element site

explore-blog: So clever – the human body visualized as a subway...

"Look at other types of art, as much as possible."

From coming up with a brand name to deciding how content sits...

This is the new SB Nation. It is more beautiful than you could possibly imagine.

On April 3, 1988, the Los Angeles Times Magazine published a...