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I Have So Much Teux Deux

We live in a world chock full of ToDo list apps.  The problem with most of these tools is that they all tend to be too complex and suffer low adoption rates because of it.  To that end, Teux Deux...

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HOW Slides: Web Design For Non-Web Designers

Last week I presented at the HOW Design Conference Denver, CO. Our objective for HOW was to present well-formed technique, design solutions and inspiration to designers looking to work online. The...

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A World Without Photoshop

Last week we set forth upon the internets (YouTube) a fun little short film/project envisioning what the daily life of a creative team might be like if Photoshop had never been invented. The project...

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Viewpoint Perspective Trickery With Photoshop

One of the sight gags planned in the World Without Photoshop video was to make MacBook Pro’s look like shiny aluminum “CopyBook” scanners. We needed to replace the keyboard and trackpad with the guts...

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Why You Should Use Webfonts

Cost of image production > Cost of web font licenses. (Okay, there are plenty of other great reasons, but this one is pretty hard to argue with)

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Photo-Lettering is New Again

Thanks to the typographic nerds at House Industries — the old practice of photo lettering is coming back again. An idea so simple that it is amazing nobody had built this until now. You simply go to...

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Speaking in Virginia Beach June 23rd (Updated)

Virginians! I will be speaking this Thursday at AIGA Hampton Roads in Virginia Beach, VA. I will be presenting on “Web Design for Non Web Design People”, my ongoing quest to demystify the complexity...

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Speaking @ HOW Interactive Design Conference

This Fall the design forces behind HOW Magazine are unleashing the first-ever HOW Interactive Design Conference in San Francisco November 2–4. This new event is designed for creatives who are looking...

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CSS Grid Generation with Sass

When it comes to writing the CSS for a big, complicated page, CSS Grid Systems are an invaluable tool. You get consistency across your code and speed in writing the CSS. There are plenty of options out...

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Chop Cards: Mobile Design Index Cards

Our Chop Cards are ideal for making your mobile dreams come true! We just got another batch of mobile design index cards back from the printer. Now you too can brainstorm like a pro with one hundred...

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