Since the news of the Kit Kat and Android partnership, Kit Kat has released a new and improved mobile themed website that uniquely integrates tech and smart phone campaign ideas. Their delivery of “the future of confectionery” is very user friendly yet sophisticated. Personally, I was reminded of Apple’s sleek…
Not too long ago, I attended a talk by Jeff Johnson hosted by BayCHI. He introduced his new book Designing with the Mind in Mind, which reveals the psychology behind user interface design. His lessons covered everything from Gestalt theory to blind spots, but what I found most interesting…
I recently completed a series of workshops at the Center for the Book in San Francisco in order to be certified to rent their letterpress printing equipment. After spending so much time on the computer designing complex interfaces and using programs to layout pages of content, it was refreshing to…
I received an alumni newsletter the other day that announced the retirement of my college professor, Hanno Ehses. After 35 years as a professor in the design department at NSCAD University, Ehses is signing off. It is during a time when the communication design industry should be looking back at…
The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) once again brought together a spectacular panel of design leaders in the Bay Area to discuss issues in design. This event, hosted by the AIA on June 23rd, focused on environmental user experiences. These are not the type of experiences we go through…
Information design is adopting more ways to reach out to its audience through technology. Designers are also expanding their knowledge on how people experience information and how interaction enhances the learning process. This is a big subject to cover in one blog and I’ll likely come across other great examples,…
