The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- Virtual Meetings Will Erase Face to Face – BusinessWeek
Forget hauling your briefcase on a no-frills airline flight to attend a stuffy convention. Online events are the best, most cost-effective places to exchange information and meet and greet. Pro or con?
- 8 Tips for Running a Virtual Meeting Like a Rockstar
Many companies, like us, now have dispersed team members. We love the freedom to hire amazing people regardless of where they live. As a manager, however, how do you run meetings like a rockstar when your entire team is not around the same phys…
- SkyMall files for bankruptcy
The magazine’s parent company, Xhibit Corporation, said SkyMall revenues were $15.8m in 2014.That is a nearly 50% decline from 2013.
- Variable Fonts for Responsive Design
Today’s web fonts are not living up to their potential. What if the stylistic parameters of a typeface were fluidly variable? What if the design of a typeface could be as flexible and responsive as the layout it exists within? Nick Sherman shows us where we’ve been and where we’re going as we move toward truly responsive web typography.
Tags: typography
- xScope Update Introduces New Tools for Designers
xScope’s powerful OS X app for designers has added color spaces in Loupe, PDF creation with full CSS styling, and full support for Font Awesome.
- Do these 10 big brands look better stripped back?
What would happen if you stripped the packaging of well-known brands down to their basics?Tags: Packaging
- 8 Useful Subreddits for Designers
Reddit isn’t just a great site for finding cat photos, it’s also an excellent resource for designers. This is a roundup of design-focused subreddits.
- 9 great examples of customized typefaces
A customized typeface can make your design sing. Check out these examples for a burst of inspiration.
- The World’s 59 Most Beautifully Designed Country Currency
Almost all country currency are different and beautiful, but we are selecting following 59 most beautiful currencies of the world that will take back you into the world of art. Hope you enjoy them.
- 10 Social Mobile Apps That Breach Your Teenager’s Privacy
It’s time to get concerned, and take control. Various services and apps purport to offer privacy, or claim that they are aimed at adults, but really fail to live up to these claims. Teenagers around the world are using Snapchat, Instagram, 4chan, Yik Yak, Tinder and more, none of which they should really be handling without parental approval.
Tags: Parenting
- Musicians don’t get ALL the girls (just most) – Taking Artsy Photos is 7th in List of Sexiest Creative Behaviors, Scientists Find
“The taking of artistic photographs” was chosen by participants as the 7th sexiest creative behavior, behind playing sports, taking a date on a spontaneous road trip, recording music, making a clever remark, writing music, and performing in a band (#1 through #6, respectively).
Tags: photography
- 6 Strategies for a Powerful About Page on Your Website
I’m going to show you why nailing your About page is one of the best things you can do for your business, helping you secure ideal clients and make them fall in love with you – just by following a few simple tips.