http://sleepygoat.com/1300 the (un)official site to help you survive your first design course. really. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:35:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You didn't think I was done, did you? Here's a handy tool for your design future: typetester The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its’ primary role is to make web designer’s life easier. As the new fonts are bundled into operating systems, the ... http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/25/typetester/ (via Merlin) http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/18/paddlin/ Back story. Results. Use wisely. (via) http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/17/we-heart-grafix-msu-aiga-student-show/ Freelance Switch has a good article about the various types of clients you're likely to come across in you design life, your regular job, and pretty much anywhere else. And good heavens, have I met all these peeps at least twice. Know any of them? Are you any of them? ... http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/16/working-with-clients/ To further your journey into the wonderful world of creating identities, I present to you Brand New, a blog that in its own words discusses "opinions, and focusing solely, on corporate and brand identity work." Groovy. I can't say I always agree with their breakdown, but they almost always have ... http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/16/id-the-identity/ Way back when we discussed Cameron's article about inspiration vs. influence. Well, the natural extension of that article is After the Brief: A Field Guide to Design Inspiration. This was a SXSW presentation given by Jason Santa Maria and Robert Weychert (Cameron was supposed to be there but came down ... http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/12/creativity-power-post/ The odd thing is that no one sets out to design something that's mediocre. So why does design go wrong so often? Let's set aside the rational reasons why projects can fail - like budgetary constraints, deadline pressure and lack of talent - to concentrate on the scenarios that should ... http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/10/design-flops/ Josh Penrod over at Amishrobot has a quick post about advertising. Be sure to catch the humor/sarcasm and check it out. Very funny. Advertising Is Easy http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/05/funny-ha-ha/ This is old, but worth looking at and evaluating. Back in the summer of '05 a call went out to the design community for logo design submissions for Simplified Standards. Sixty-four (ish) entries were submitted and voted on by the community. Some are great. Some are not so great (see ... http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/04/when-im-64/ Whitespace is one of the least understood yet most abused concepts by new designers. Mark Boulton takes a moment to clarify some of the finer details in his recent article for A List Apart. See the article here. http://sleepygoat.com/1300/2007/04/04/meet-whitespace/