The new Old Guard – Part 1 – Design
I wrote this article about a previous version of Old Guard so a few things mentioned are no longer on the site. I am really pleased to be launching the fourth version of oldguard.co.uk and I want to...
View ArticleThe new Old Guard – Part 2 – Technical
I wrote this article about a previous version of Old Guard so a few things mentioned are no longer on the site. In the previous article I covered the history, design, branding and the aims of this new...
View ArticleDesigns on your CV
When we recruit I see a lot of CVs from web designers. Some are amazing, but unfortunately the majority suffer from one or all of a checklist of issues. A few improvements really could make all the...
View ArticleSoft personalisation
Personalisation is a great way to improve a user’s visit to your site. Recently I have been really interested in the different ways of approaching this – the traditional and what I am calling ‘Soft...
View ArticleThe re-re-re-re-design
I am very pleased to be launching version 5 of oldguard.co.uk today. The process of designing and building this iteration has been ongoing for the past few months and it feels great to get it live. A...
View ArticleCalifornia is a place
I first spotted a film from the ‘California is a place’ series whilst combing through Vimeo for things to post on my Hey look, bikes! site. Since then I have featured a few of the cycling themed films...
View ArticlePlanned Obsolescence
One of the announcements yesterday at WWDCSpecifically not supporting the iPad under iOS6 when the specs are comparable to, if not better than, supported devices! reminded me of this great video by...
View ArticleMargin notes
I have used margin/foot notes on Old Guard for a couple of years now;I use notes from time to time for asides or comments I add into an article later, or just for a bit of narrative that doesn’t quite...
View ArticleMonome
Monome – two fifty six model a monome is a reconfigurable grid of back-lit keypads which connects to a computer. interaction between the keys and lights is determined by the application running on the...
View ArticleLicensing design work and the WTFPL
I am planning on releasing some free vectors on this site in the near future and have been looking for a license that makes it as easy as possible to use them. I want a license that basically says ‘Use...
View ArticleWTHR
Two things: I am a big fan of Dieter Rams,If you are interested in Rams’ work Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams is an excellent and comprehensive overview. especially his work for Braun...
View ArticleIs it time for an Audacious Proposal?
Dalton Caldwell’s proposal for a social platform without adverts: App.net is a real-time social feed without the ads App.net is a different kind of social platform. We’re building a real-time social...
View ArticleSpherikal
Spherikal is a short film by Ion Lucin This is a small animation I did as an exercise to experiment and explore all the graphical possibilities of representing the idea of the SPHERE, always thinking...
View ArticleR. Buckminster Fuller
I know that I am not a category, a hybrid specialization, I am not a thing – a noun. I seem to be a verb – an evolutionary process - an integral function of the universe, and so are you. — R....
View ArticleResponsive navigation roundup
A few weeks ago, whilst researching techniques for complex navigations, I was hunting for a responsive design pattern gallery. I couldn’t find one,This could be a great side project if anyone is...
View ArticleFinding the ‘one true way’ of the web
As designers and developers we seem to be constantly in search of the correct way of doing things – the one, singular, true way – the definitive, and only, method of accomplishing a task. All...
View ArticleTeenage Engineering
Teenage Engineering is a studio for future commercial products. We design and create everything from electronics, software and industrial design in-house. Our mission is to create amazing products with...
View ArticleAkihabara Majokko Princess
I am a big fan of Takashi Murakami. Some of his stuff is pretty crazy/odd and this video, Extra bonus points for anyone spotting Nigo and Murakami himself in the videoof Kirsten Dunst singing a cover...
View ArticleTaking notes is meant to be easy
Adventures with Simplenote, Notational Velocity, Dropbox and Notesy This sounds like one of those ‘How many *something* does it take to change a lightbulb’ jokes… Just how many apps does it take to get...
View ArticleConnecting
I think everybody is a little too fascinated with making interfaces that look like they can be touched. — Andrei Herasimchuk, director of the design team at Twitter Connecting, from Bassett &...
View ArticleSun
Sun is an experimental weather web app from Jakob Henner that was released last year, but was stalled due to Google discontinuing their weather API. A replacement API was found and version 2.0 just...
View ArticleTidy up your life
Just over a year ago I was able to visit the Vitsœ show house/office in Munich. It was filled with amazing artwork and design pieces, with an obvious focus on Dieter Rams. This new short film from...
View ArticleWord. Notebooks
Meeting notebook tactics My working week typically contains a lot of meetings, and there are usually two types of notes I need to take: Useful things to remember, inc. stats and progress updates....
View ArticleEames lounge chair launch
Fascinating recording of Charles & Ray Eames launching their Lounge Chair during the Arlene Francis Home show on NBC in 1956. What would the modern equivalent be? James Dyson going on primetime TV...
View ArticleFlip the script
The intersection of graffiti and calligraphy is a really interesting one. A new book from Christian Acker, of Handselecta, looks to cover this in great detail. The book also has a great strapline – “A...
View ArticleJessica Hische – From Berlin With Love
I have been lucky enough to see Jessica Hische talk twice in the last six months at Inspire and Naconf. Both were great, and her extended lecture at Inspire was probably the best talk/lecture I have...
View ArticleSign Painters film Trailer
Sign Painters from Faythe Levine and Sam Macon looks great. I can watch people with this much skill and craft talk about something they love all day. There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when...
View ArticleThe Save Icon
This conversation on Branch has been getting quite a bit of coverage over the past couple of weeks. The discussion opens with this statement: The Save symbol is years overdue for a rethink. How can...
View ArticleDieter Rams
When he was asked about doing consumer research during his time at Braun, he simply said, “Never. We wanted to change the world.” — My lunch with Dieter Rams
View ArticleHartmut Esslinger
I explained that to make design a core element of Apple’s corporate strategy, it would have to be seen as a leadership issue; world-class design can’t work its way up from the bottom, watered down by...
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