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MIX11: 21st Century Design

CSS Lounge — Mon, 09 May 2011 09:38:29 +0000

August de los Reyes, Design Director of Artefact Group (formerly of Microsoft Surface) argues that we should rethink the design process and focus on motivation, learnability and adaptability in contrast to a user-centric design which puts faith in the users (who often don’t know what, why and how they like something).

The Interaction Design Bauhaus

CSS Lounge — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:58:49 +0000

The Bauhaus’s philosophy was that form should follow function and all other distractions and decoration should be avoided. Read more.

Tweet2Download WordPress Plugin

CSS Lounge — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:35:50 +0000

If you have a blog that provides downloads, this plugin is the perfect twitter marketing tool for you. Tweet2Download allows you to require a tweet and a follow in exchange for a download on your blog. Read more.

The Cicada Principle and Why It Matters to Web Designers

CSS Lounge — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:26:58 +0000

I’m going to start off on a seemingly wild tangent today, but stick with me — I do have a purpose. A few years ago, I read some interesting stuff on periodical cicadas. Read more.

Chartwell, Data Visualizing Font

CSS Lounge — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:46:04 +0000

Interesting font for data visualizations. Read more.

Skeuomorph

CSS Lounge — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:08:54 +0000

Interesting read about the user interface chrome—not Google’s browser. More. Discussed here too.

Graphic Design can change your life

CSS Lounge — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:23:56 +0000

Interview with Erik Spiekermann for Gestalten.tv. Read more.

CSS background image hacks

CSS Lounge — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:04:45 +0000

Emulating background image crop, background image opacity, background transforms, and improved background positioning. Read more.

Progressive bars

CSS Lounge — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:59:22 +0000

Neat progress bars tricks. Read more.

Real-time video processing with html5

CSS Lounge — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:34:58 +0000

Real-time video processing with html5 video + canvas + javascript + css Read more…