Adventures in typography

Have you ever seen the documentary Helvetica and been inspired to see what you can do with typography? Do you spend hours browsing sites like Font Squirrel? Is your computer bogged down with thousands of extra fonts besides the ones provided by default? If so take a look at this amazing collection of glyph based drawings. Created by students at the Cleveland Institute of Art these recreations of local landmarks are executed using only a single typeface, lots of creativity, and patience.
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Essential skills for the new UX designer (Part 1)

So you are bored of your current career. Having heard a little about this thing called "User Experience" you want to dig deeper and start building a skill set. Having done the same thing myself here are five areas that I believe are essential over the long term. The first part looks at how to get your idea out of your head. The second will delve more into realizing it as a working system. This piece looks at sketching and wireframing. Good starting points are provided for diving deeper into the world of design deliverables for people with all sorts of budgets. If you are serious about getting into the world of user experience there is no excuse for waiting any longer.
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Evolving design

During Midwest UX a few weeks ago there was a series of paintings that caught my eye. It was six interpretations of the same cow which becomes progressively more abstract. The first one was clearly a cow. By the final one it was simply a series of triangles, squares, and other geometric shapes. This evolution started me thinking about the way that designers do the same.
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