Every design has a story. A website design has grids, fonts and colors, but how is it telling the story?
Jason Santa Maria took the time recently to re-evaluate his website and how he portrays the story he’s trying to tell. Read more about his journey on his site and see below for a quick review of his session titled, Storytelling by Design. (more…)
I have been reluctant to step into the micro-blogging phenomenon that is Twitter. I’ve never really seen the point; I have Facebook, all my friends are there, I update my status, the world keeps turning.
Then, I found this. (Make sure your sound is on for full effect)
I believe it automatically syncs up with Twitter, or something. I don’t even care. Just tell me where to sign up.
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Check it out: 20 classics recreated using LEGOS characters. Now, if only they went one step further and made the actual people into legos. I would be first in line at Toys R Us to buy ODB.
I found this list called the “50 Most Beautiful Icon Sets Created in 2008“. Best part is most, if not all, are free! I love coming across things like this ? even if you don’t have a use for any of these right now, they’re great to collect and file away in whatever personal design toolbox you have.
Building loyalty to your web site is never an easy task. Social networks, viral marketing, and regular sales promotions are all part of the usual bag of tricks, and they are not all bad. But the truth is, customers want to see what products will do for them. If you haven’t checked out the Adidas basketball site yet, give it a try. There are videos that expand on their new line of basketball shoes: the commanders and creators. This is an interesting idea in that the shoes are created for specific positions that you play; the point guards, shooting guards and small forwards are the creators while the commanders are your power forwards and centers. Using NBA players within the stories with regular kids, it connects an end user (usually kids ages 13-18) to what the shoe can do for them. Bravo, Adidas.
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