Guiding Principles for Design
5 Apr, 2016
An attempt to articulate the ‘why’ behind how we design, and what should guide us Over the past five or...
Writing & rambling
Stories, goings on, and a bit of whatever else comes to mind
Design as a profession is at a crossroads
27 Oct, 2015
Will it evolve to a higher level of thinking or fall into commoditization? james denham [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons...
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10 Feb, 2015
Heemong Kim, our instructor for Graphic Design 1 (and 4 & 5) at Rhode Island College had a rule for...
Love-all
14 Nov, 2014
by Ellen Diamond i was first introduced to layer tennis more than 5 years ago–well before i dipped my toe...
Responsive Typography is out!
16 May, 2014
Responsive Typography by Jason Pamental Just a quick note to announce that my long-overdue book on web typography is out...
A little look back & an exciting view ahead
31 Dec, 2013
Well - this is the last day of the first year of our new firm, and it’s fitting we take...
This is our craft. This is our art.
24 Nov, 2013
I read a thread on Twitter today between (among others) Harry Roberts ( @csswizardry ) and Aral Balkan ( @aral...
Content modeling & the trouble with too many parts
19 Feb, 2013
Content modeling is a pretty interesting emerging topic these days. Karen McGrane (@karenmcgrane) and Jeff Eaton (@eaton) had a great...
Fateful detours
17 Jan, 2013
by Ellen Diamond The right way to wholeness is made up of fateful detours and wrong turnings. I first came...
Change is good
4 Jan, 2013
It’s time. After two years (and another previous as a consultant), it’s time to wind down involvement with Schoolyard. While...
Curiosity: not just for killing cats anymore
22 Aug, 2012
It’s what drives innovation. It’s what drives the web. It’s the force behind the questions ‘Why?’ and ‘What if?’ If...
Do It With Drupal 2011 triple-play madness
14 Oct, 2011
So I went to Brooklyn this week pretty excited: I’d been asked about giving a talk on web typography at...
90 minutes out
28 Aug, 2011
I left for DrupalCon London last Sunday night, flying overnight and heading right into a day-long discussion about Drupal in...
London Calling: Headed to #DrupalCon to Put Arial Out to Pasture
21 Aug, 2011
Heading to London tonight for DrupalCon this week! I’ll be giving a talk on web typography, web fonts and Drupal,...
Design Thinking: it’s what designers do
13 Apr, 2011
Design Thinking (DT) is a pretty big ‘buzzphrase’ these days, it’s true. Big in business education, business innovation writing and...
Catching up: DrupalCon Chicago
11 Apr, 2011
guess I should be clear: this is going to be way too short a post to catch up on ALL...
Interviewed by Kimberley Donoghue from the Providence Business News
28 Feb, 2011
I was interviewed by Kimberley Donoghue ( @kydonoghue ) recently for the Providence Business News and it just came out...
Sketching isn't about drawing well - it's about capturing an idea, a moment - as you experience it
28 Feb, 2011
I wrote this initially as a post to my students - I’m teaching a graphic design course this semester at...