Tag: usability
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My response: “Lorem Ipsum Fails: Why Real Graphic Designers and Advertisers Use Real Content by Paul Barth”
I feel like real content is the fastest way to get your layout, headlines, fonts, possibly images, red-lined and marked up with unnecessary comments about the content that are irrelevant to the mission critical task of making visual decisions. This article is nice, but misguided. Lorem ipsum requires one conversation with the client about its…
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The Giff vs. Jiff battle rages on…
This year I realized that the Graphics Interchange Format is likely here to stay. So how do you pronounce GIF when your friends send you an animated five seconds from Harold and Kumar? If something is done in a jiffy, it’s done quickly, an advantage of the GIF. The format creator is on record calling…
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A Narrative on Usability
Jonny asked me to make a film about usability so I created an MOV in 16:9 at 4K for MacBook Pro, a WMV at 1080i for his Dell, an MPEG4 in 4:3 for his iPhone, an AAC in 25cm diagonal for his iPad, an FLV in 8K for Facebook, a 600px squared MP4 for Instagram,…
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UTD Research Redesign 2010
Design, Photography and Copy.