Tag Archives: Design

Silk icons

Posted on Wednesday 3 September 2008 by

I was recently needing a number of small (16 x 16 pixel) icons for a project and came across the Silk Icons collection from FamFamFam, which I can thoroughly recommend. “Silk” is a smooth, free icon set, containing over 700 … Continue reading →

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My fold isn’t your fold

Posted on Monday 21 April 2008 by

At the moment at St Andrews we’re working on some design tweaks for our website, based on user-feedback from current staff and students, to make the pages easier to read (more white-space, better line-height, etc.). As part of this redesign … Continue reading →

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University Web resources

Posted on Tuesday 25 March 2008 by

A couple of useful websites pointed out to me by a member of the Information Architecture Institute: University Web Developers A social network for anyone involved with implementing and maintaining web sites in a University environment. Mostly US-based, but still … Continue reading →

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Interaction Design Pattern Library

Posted on Saturday 16 February 2008 by

Stuck for how best to display your navigation? Needing to present your data in a usable way? Need help deciding how to enable users to make a choice? Great online resource for design patterns: Interaction Design Pattern Library. Also check … Continue reading →

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Control: interactive design vs print design

Posted on Tuesday 8 January 2008 by

Interesting annotated presentation about why interactive design is different from print design. I thought this quotation was particularly helpful: Digital media looks like writing, but it’s actually conversation. Gareth

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