Comments on: Five Design-Related Lessons I’ve Learned Lately http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2009/02/06/five-design-related-lessons-ive-learned-lately/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:28:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: M. Turner http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2009/02/06/five-design-related-lessons-ive-learned-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-225294 M. Turner Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:28:20 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=7129#comment-225294 1. Bringing up Josef Muller-Brockmann in a social situation in like wearing skinny jeans with accompanied wilderness beard. People think you're a poser. 2. Josef Muller-Brockmann if brought up in a social situation makes you a poser. 3. YUI bases their grid system on a 950px standard width. You can't equally split the grid in three using 20px of padding. I hate it worse then Michael Bay if he had Ron Howards love child. 4. Colors are hard. Details are good. Gradients are for interfaces. Photoshop CS4 has issues. Fireworks is like, "really dude, maybe I should give it another shot." 5. FFFFOUND! is like Gods Hammer if on impact it made you understand your creative inferiority. 1. Bringing up Josef Muller-Brockmann in a social situation in like wearing skinny jeans with accompanied wilderness beard. People think you’re a poser.
2. Josef Muller-Brockmann if brought up in a social situation makes you a poser.
3. YUI bases their grid system on a 950px standard width. You can’t equally split the grid in three using 20px of padding. I hate it worse then Michael Bay if he had Ron Howards love child.
4. Colors are hard. Details are good. Gradients are for interfaces. Photoshop CS4 has issues. Fireworks is like, “really dude, maybe I should give it another shot.”
5. FFFFOUND! is like Gods Hammer if on impact it made you understand your creative inferiority.

]]> By: Steven http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2009/02/06/five-design-related-lessons-ive-learned-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-225293 Steven Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:00:36 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=7129#comment-225293 I couldn't agree with #1 more.... One thing that I'm learning more and more, too, is to get plenty of feedback from a variety of people. It always makes what I'm doing BETTER. I couldn’t agree with #1 more….

One thing that I’m learning more and more, too, is to get plenty of feedback from a variety of people. It always makes what I’m doing BETTER.

]]> By: Grant http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2009/02/06/five-design-related-lessons-ive-learned-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-225287 Grant Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:38:57 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=7129#comment-225287 #5 is also true for development - or, frankly, creating anything. It's my overarching rule when starting a project. #5 is also true for development – or, frankly, creating anything. It’s my overarching rule when starting a project.

]]> By: M. Turner http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2009/02/06/five-design-related-lessons-ive-learned-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-225286 M. Turner Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:34:25 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=7129#comment-225286 1. Comps/Mocks never look right when coded and uploaded. There's always changes required due to limitations concerning browsers, programmers, color and consistency. 2. Some people don't "get" Helvetica. Other people saw the movie and think they do and but then hate it because they think they get it and but then judge it because of same. 3. Wireframing is an essential part of web design that I haven't dedicated enough obsession over. 4. Making a "product" or "package" requires immense planning and foresight and dedication and fortitude and attitude and reevaluation. 5. I tried to make a wireframing package for mass consumption and realized I should wireframe the wireframe package before diving into the design stage. 1. Comps/Mocks never look right when coded and uploaded. There’s always changes required due to limitations concerning browsers, programmers, color and consistency.
2. Some people don’t “get” Helvetica. Other people saw the movie and think they do and but then hate it because they think they get it and but then judge it because of same.
3. Wireframing is an essential part of web design that I haven’t dedicated enough obsession over.
4. Making a “product” or “package” requires immense planning and foresight and dedication and fortitude and attitude and reevaluation.
5. I tried to make a wireframing package for mass consumption and realized I should wireframe the wireframe package before diving into the design stage.

]]> By: Mike Jones http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2009/02/06/five-design-related-lessons-ive-learned-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-225283 Mike Jones Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:45:02 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=7129#comment-225283 Great lessons! Great lessons!

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