Weekly Roundup: Design Related Links #9

Design + Branding:

• A Merger that Doesn’t Add Up
• Penguin Classics team up with (RED) for typographic covers
• A new global visual language for the BBC’s digital services
• Ready for The Brand Quiz, Hotshot?
• Buy fonts at FontShop, host them on Typekit
• Design Multilingual Website: A Beginner’s Guide
• 60 Creative Flash Websites You Should Not Miss
• Speak Human by Eric Karjaluoto
• Google facts and figures (massive infographic)
• Measuring The Strength Of Brand Identity

User Experience:

• Using Light, Color and Contrast Effectively in UI Design
• Onboarding: Designing Welcoming First Experiences
• Five User Experience Trends I’ll be Watching in 2010
• Information Gathering: a Roundup of UX Applications
• 50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files
• Take a Step Closer for an Invitation to Shop
• Mobile Application Stores State Of Play
• Design Patterns – Proxy Pattern
• Augmented reality and the ultimate user manual
• 10 Beautifully Designed iPhone [UI]tilities

Other Tangents:

• Toronto Tech Week 2.0
• Adobe Opens Up About Apple, HTML5 and Flash [VIDEO]
• 13 Ways to Run a Kick Ass Webinar
• From Do It Yourself to Do It Together
• What We All Lost When Business Lost Respect

Weekly Roundup: Design Related Links #8

Design + Branding:

• Excessively Labeled Airplane Tells You Where the Big Cheese Sits
• Future of Employment in the Decade Ahead
• The Chief Marketing Officer – A New Boardroom Role
• Smart or Beautiful?
• Flaunt, our Book on Portfolio Design
• Economists encourage businesses to think design.
• Information Overload Isn’t New
• 2010 is the year of the app
• European + Organic = Euro-Leaf
• The Missile Defense Agency Logo Conspiracy Theory

User Experience:

• Search Suggestions, Part 1
• All aboard the virtual Trans-Siberian Railway
• 15 Amazing Interactive Installations
• Information Landscapes — Muriel Cooper et al
• Information Landscapes in 1994 (MIT Prof Muriel Cooper)
• 10 UX (User Experience) Blogs to Watch in 2010
• A UI Design and Prototyping Treasure Chest
• 35 Excellent Wireframing Resources
• Campbell’s Soup Neuromarketing Redux: There’s Chunks of Real Science in That Recipe
• 11 Blogs to Help You Become a User Experience Expert

Other Tangents:

• YouTube Turns Five Years Old, But Without Google, It Would Be Bankrupt
• LinkedIn Lands In Microsoft Outlook
• Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up
• Creating A Quality WordPress Theme: 12 Points to Consider
• The Fall Of The Purchase Funnel
• Work Smart: Stop Multitasking and Start Doing One Thing Really Well
• 7 Must Have WordPress Plugins For Every Blog
• MarketMeTweet: Will It Help You Find Clients on Twitter?
• How To Find Great Keyword Ideas For Your Articles
• 23 Ways to Get Fired

Weekly Roundup: Design Related Links #7

Design + Branding:

• How Color And Flavor Names Affect Choice
• With Copyright Protectors Like These, who Needs Enemies?
• Logos are Dead
• How will AIGA change in 2010 and beyond?
• CreativeMornings Video: Michael Bierut on Clients
• 28 Excellent Examples Of Typography Portraits
• Stunning Infographics and Data Visualization
• The Ultimate Ugly Showcase of Current Government Websites
• In questions of perception and behavior, font matters
• Green goes mainstream
• Coworking in Toronto – Camaraderie
• Are you sure that’s decaf?
• What is AIGA’s response to the NEA’s call for logos?
• David Innis: Where you go after being a successful Creative Director
• Project Never
• 286. It’s Xfinitastic.
• AIGA’s response to NEA’s call for logos
• Overcoming Creative Block
• Frank Chimero
• Trademark and Brand Naming Q & A

User Experience:

• Overlays in Web Forms
• Barcelona Database II: Zoomable Treemap
• Web Form Innovations on Mobile Devices
• An Easy Way to Make a Treemap
• Audio: Moving Beyond Web Forms
• Information Architecture & Experience Design: Benefits & Process
• Digital Nation on PBS
• Linchpin Table of Contents
• What Augmented Reality Could Actually Look Like
• Data Underload #8 – Unsolicited
• Anatomy of The Perfect Sidebar
• The Right Way to Wireframe — Russ Unger
• The Right Way to Wireframe — Todd Zaki Warfel

Other Tangents:

• YouTube to introduce live sports coverage
• 8 Tips for Rocking a Crowded Blog Niche
• Why Tumblr Is Kicking Posterous’s Ass
• 28 High-Res Vintage Postal Textures
• Vector Social Media Icons
• We built mocklinkr for ourselves
• Olympic Medals Made out of Recycled Electronics
• Are You Prepared to Lose Control of the Idea?
• Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address

Weekly Roundup: Design Related Links #6

Design + Branding:

• Why has AIGA withdrawn from Icograda?
• “Lost” posters by Ty Mattson
• 284. The Stork Delivers a New Logo & Livery.
• Most Interesting Design Trends Among Blogs: 2010
• What Makes Design Intuitive?
• Beautiful Helvetica Inspired Artworks
• Leading Brands And Being First In The Mind
• Better Bread. Better Subs. Better Logo?
• Vintage Posche Ads
• Professional Certification for Designers in UK?
• Penguin Great Ideas Series
• What are your country’s true colors?

User Experience:

• The Right Way to Wireframe — Will Evans
• World Map of Barcelona Natural Science Museum Biodiversity Data
• Radio Johnny: Jon Kolko’s Thoughts on Interaction Design
• Tablet + Illustrator: the Case for Electronic Sketching
• Understanding risk – play it safe or eat a bacon sandwich?
• Targeting your Audience with Twitter Local Trends
• Login Form Design Examples
• Track Mouse Activity On Your Computer
• The Problem with Passwords
• Words that Zing

Other Tangents:

• Social Media Lawsuits: Another 2010 Trend?
• Boxee’s Sexy New Software Available For Everyone
• 30 Best Blogs of 2009
• The American Cancer Society Wants Your Birthday!
• How To Say No To Spec Work Requests
• Perform a Landing Page Analysis on your Blog
• Powering Your Website With Social Media