Category Archives: Web Design

Illustrators & Designers who’s Work Rocks

05-Oct-09

Between tweeting, obsessively feed reading, and collecting inspiration (check out my Ember Account, formerly Little Snapper) I come across designer’s who’s work just makes me drool. Here is a compilation of a few I thought you should know about, if you didn’t already.

SXSW 2009 Wrap Up

24-Mar-09

This year’s SXSW was a very special experience for me. Many people have blogged about the fact that the “people” are really what makes this conference unique, but this year I didn’t just feel like I left with new networking connections, I felt like I left with friends. Along with the strong the DC community [...]

The Redesign, For Real

23-Feb-09

The new design is up, and what a relief! This design is the third iteration of badassideas.com, and I decided to take it in a whole new direction than the previous two. Inspired by a piece of paper I bought in the art store and all of the different snippets from my inspiration board, I [...]

Typography is the Foundation of Web Design

23-Nov-08

When I was in college my typography teacher was trying to explain to me how I should beef up some Univers in a project. After unsuccessfully  dictating to me instructions over my shoulder she asked if she could sit down and use my mouse. With a few simple clicks she demonstrated to me how to [...]

9 Tips for Making the Transition from Print to Web Design

11-Nov-08

Read these books, keep them on your desk.
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Don’t skim through this book, read it… cover to cover, and do every tutorial one at a time. The copy is terribly cheesy and the tutorials don’t have you building an entire site, but if you do each one in small steps [...]