Robbie Manson » Notes http://www.robbiemanson.com Robbie Manson is an interface designer working at FreeAgent in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:15:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Designspiration http://www.robbiemanson.com/notes/designspiration/ http://www.robbiemanson.com/notes/designspiration/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:07:58 +0000 Robbie http://www.robbiemanson.com/?p=1448 Designspiration is an interesting new design inspiration resource by Wanken Blog owner and ISO50 blog contributor, Shelby White. The material on the site is right up my street, and there are some nifty ways of sifting through it like “Live Type” searching and searching by colour, not to mention handy navigational keyboard shortcuts.

Check out Shelby’s in-depth article about the development of Designspiration on the ISO50 blog, or head on over to the site now.

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I’m particularly taken with Frank’s  ’Atlantis‘, though that’s not to dismiss the others in any way. Each design plays wonderfully with it’s particular time-period while still embodying the style of the designer.

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]]> http://www.robbiemanson.com/notes/premailer-pre-flight-for-html-email/feed/ 0 Designing for iPhone 4 http://www.robbiemanson.com/notes/how-to-make-your-web-content-look-stunning-on-the-iphone-4%e2%80%99s-new-retina-display/ http://www.robbiemanson.com/notes/how-to-make-your-web-content-look-stunning-on-the-iphone-4%e2%80%99s-new-retina-display/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:45:36 +0000 Robbie http://www.robbiemanson.com/?p=1089 Aral Balkan offers great advice on how to take advantage of the iPhone 4s new Retina Display.

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