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The Basics (Colour Theory)
Design & Coding It’s one of the key components in design, colour; we see it everyday, but do we understand it’s meaning and better yet how to use it effectively? Our reactions to colours are instinctual but also a product of the society we grow up in. Here are some guides to help you better understand colours and their place in our society and those of other cultures. http://colortheory.liquisoft.com/ ...
Continue readingDesigned Annoyance
Design & Coding Pop ups; one of the great annoyances of the Internet age. A design annoyance that turns off many consumers, yet somehow not everyone has got the message. In the “tab” era pop ups are increasingly unwelcome, opening a new browser session when the user no longer wants multiple windows but rather opting for tabbed browsing instead. I see plenty of design portfolios even still make use of pop ups to display their work, having users land ...
Continue readingHTML 5!
Design & Coding HTML is back! It never really left us but it never really did anything with itself after hunkering down in its parents basement eight years ago watching Star Trek reruns. But Apple, Opera, and the Mozilla Foundation came a knocking one day and decided to give HTML some money to go to night school and learn some new tricks. Some new additions I’m really excited about are the section, header, footer, nav, and article elements. Instead of ...
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