Front-End Web Developers have a more complex and elaborate job than it was 10 years ago. Web design has evolved from table-based to table-less, from fluid layout to fixed-width layout and back to fluid layout. We used to worry above putting everything above the fold and when a scroll button […]
Designers need to be inspired. One way of being inspired is through quotes that are not only intelligent but catchy. A good quote contains as few words as possible but still maintaining the full meaning of the thought being conveyed. This quote by Massimo Vignelli is very true. Styles and […]
A homepage should catch a few seconds of attention given to it, that is why it is important to have the layout convey the message well. Above the fold placement has been practiced by traditional print media for many years now, it is the upper half of a newspaper fold. […]
There are times when we design booths that started as a big space but the final outcome ends up a much smaller space. Dove Refresh booth is one of the example of those projects. This project started on a 5x10m space and was later reduced to a 3x3m space.
Seoul Design Competition “Design Is AIR” goal is to design environmentally-friendly designs for sustainable city life. The winner was announced last March 2008 and the competition four fields of design: Earth (Environment), Water (Communication in Flow), Wind (Experience in Media City Scape), Fire (Objects in Urban Culture). The entrees are […]
Many design studios and freelance designers have website designs that are rich in graphics and illustrations. Most of these sites are done in flash with animations, the only problem with flash is that search engines won’t be able to index the content of the site, thus lesser possibility of ranking. […]
I was thinking of something customized to give as a gift this christmas to my long time client for many years. Last year I have given them a small painting. I believe that a gift should have some meaning to it and should be something of real value like spending […]
The featured industrial designer for today is from the Philippines. He is Kenneth Cobonpue. I followed his site from a post by A Dialogue with K on edgy design. Kenneth studied Industrial Design at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1987. In 1996, he returned to Cebu Philippines to […]
I would like to share with you this remarkable product I found on the net. Switch table and chair is a completely handmade furniture made in Belgium. The furniture is made of leather, polyether foam and European oak. Switch table and chair consists of a u-shaped table or backrest and […]
Last week I have posted “Pepsi logo redesign” with description on what it might look like for the 3 variants of Pepsi namely; Pepsi Max, Pepsi Diet, and just the plain Pepsi. Now I received this page from a fellow author of this blog Ferdinand about the registered and trademarked […]
Cooper-Hewitt gives out design awards every year and this year’s winner was announced on October 23 at the National Design Awards gala in New York City. There are 276 entries for the Design Award and here’s the top nominated entries; Zon Hearing Aid, Design Observer, Bennington Bookmarks, Inhabitat, Zip tie […]
I would like to share with you all our design process in creating booth, exhibitions or store outlets. I am featuring our Elle Bags Store Outlet Design located in Rustan’s Makati designed by Ferdie. We began by visiting the location and taking some photos and measurements.