Happy Valentines Day

I’m not a big fan of holidays but I understand that others are and so sometimes it’s best to act accordingly. Valentines Day, for example, is one of those days where even if you don’t like the holiday, sometimes its best to act as if you do for the sake of maintaining a good relationship and standing with others. Continue reading “Happy Valentines Day”

Design “Just for Fun”

Just for Fun is a a section I just began that will consist of self initiated work rather than work I have done for clients.

It’s important for designer to design for themselves sometimes and not for clients. It helps to keep ones skills fresh–especially between jobs or during times when you might be doing the same task over and over again.

Currently the section only consist of wallpapers, but there will definitely be more in the future.

Design is…

How does one define design? Sure you could look in a dictionary and find something like “an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.” But, does anyone really think of design that way?

Most of us think of design in more simpler terms like “Design is just colors and shapes,” and “Design is just using the swatches palette in Photoshop.”

On September 13th, 2006, designer Jon Hicks created a wallpaper and posted it on his site. It said “Design is just making things line up.” It inspired other designers to create wallpapers that said what design meant to them. Eventually, someone decided to make a Flickr pool collecting lots of “Design is” wallpapers.

And now, I have wallpapers to add to the collection and they are below. I will provide different sizes later.

Design is Balance Design is Semantic