December 20th, 2009 | Links
Since I started my new job at Electronic Arts (EA), I haven’t been blogging too much. Instead, I’ve been using my spare time working on other web sites and playing video games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2, and Assassins Creed 2. All sequels, but all good.
But through all the gaming, writing was always in the back of my mind, so I decided to start a column at EA.com. I call it Breaking into the Gaming Industry. In each post, I’ll be interviewing people at EA about what they do with an aim of helping readers get job in the gaming world. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Tags: ea, games
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August 17th, 2009 | Advice, Links
Smashing Apps recently published a post titled How Popular Website Designs Looked Like In Late 90’s. They went in the wayback machine and grabbed screenshots for current commonly praised sites such as Apple.com and Google.com, and like one would expect, the sites from the 90′s were horrible.
Note though that both Apple and Google’s site, which have both always been fairly simple in design, have barely changed. Take Apple…
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Tags: apple, design, google, wayback machine
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August 16th, 2009 | Advice, College
Anyone who visits LucianTucker.com immediately learns three things about me—I’m a designer, a writer, and an avid gamer. I’m very passionate about all three, and I believe everyone should follow their passions, no matter what. Following your passion is one of the secrets to happiness people often deprive themselves of.
I once knew someone who washed windows for a living, and was passionate about it. He told me that if you can find something you’d do for free, you should do it for a living. For him, it was washing windows. Makes you think, doesn’t it?
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Tags: ea, electronic arts, games, jobs
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August 13th, 2009 | Advice, Inspiration
Just about everyday, I tweet a quote (@luciantucker). The quotes are usually not directly related to design, but they help to exercise the mind, and the mind is an important tool in design.
The mind is an important tool—I know it’s so obvious it sounds weird to say, but really, it’s important to note. Designers need to read, travel, sketch in their spare time, and things of that nature, if they want to stay sharp.
One tool I use to keep sharp is reading and analyzing quotes, and I’ve decided that I will make a habit out of sharing these quotes with you, thus the title “Twittered Quotes: 2nd Edition.”
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Tags: design, quotes, twitter
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August 6th, 2009 | Inspiration
I was walking home from work the other day and stumbled upon a mother with her 3-4 year old son. While walking, the boy suddenly plopped down to the grown—legs crossed—and starting drawing on the pavement with chalk his mother had provided. His mom stood patiently as he scribbled.
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Tags: artwork, kids, power wheels, repetition
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July 31st, 2009 | Inspiration, Philosophy, Technology
London Garden. Imagine it—a city consisting only of buses, taxis, and bikes, where energy is constantly being collected and recycled between all pieces involved. Aside from public transportation, this would make London a car-free zone.
See, as described in one of the images in this post, traffic is so bad in London that the average speed is 10mph, “which is nearly the same speed as when we used to travel with horse and carriage.” So more and more, bikes are becoming the preferred mean of travel.
Envisioned by Sweden student Mårten Wållgren and three others, London Garden won a Seymour Powell award for best concept in the “Future City Mobility” design competition.
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Tags: bicycles, design, energy, london garden, traffic
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July 20th, 2009 | Advice, Philosophy
Whenever I think of how a person designs I think of the term “design style,” but I’ve been thinking recently maybe it’s not the right word to use. “Style” seems to imply that a person visually designs a certain way all the time.
I think a better term is design “philosophy.” What I’ve always been interested in is why someone designs the way they do, not how. A person can potentially design different ways visually, but there will seem to be a connection between their designs if they have a certain philosophy.
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Tags: design, design philosophy, design style
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July 16th, 2009 | Advice, College, Recommendations
I was never much of a fan of English when I was growing up.
Well, I take that back. As a child, my mother read me books, and I was a reading-level ahead of most of my classmates. In elementary school, they gave test in every English class to see what kind of textbook to give to each student, and I was always one of the few using the textbook a grade-level ahead. Also at this point in my life, I was obsessed with R.L. Stine and read Goosebump novels whenever I had free time, including my lunch periods.
But somehow when I got to middle school I lost a passion for reading. I don’t remember liking books at that stage of my life at all actually, and I have no idea why. After my English grades began to slip, I came to the conclusion that I hated English, and acted as such.
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Tags: journalism, langston hughes, passion, poetry, short stories
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July 15th, 2009 | Case Study
A little while ago, two co-workers and myself were asked to each create some exploratory redesign mock-ups for our business-to-business (B2B) web site SonyPicturesTelevision.com. Unfortunately, things have been put on hold and it is unlikely our designs will ever see the light of day. But that doesn’t mean I can’t share it with you.
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Tags: design, mock ups, sony pictures
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July 14th, 2009 | Inspiration, Philosophy
Bloggers seem to be fixated on list. I frequent design blogs, and everyday I see blog post with titles such as 35 Beautiful Photography Websites, and 50 Creative and Inspiring 404 Pages, and The 4 essential web writing tips. I can see the appeal of numbered list, but it’s just not my thing.
Nevertheless, I have a few quotes I would like to share, but I refuse to number them and title this post “10 quotes I like.” I’m taking a stand.
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Tags: design, quotes, twitter
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