Paul Stonier

Troels Nørlem of Designit: On Mobile

Business, Graphic Design, Web Design

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2012/02 Troels Nørlem from CreativeMornings/Aarhus on Vimeo.

Troels Nørlem of Designit shares his experience with mobile app design at the inaugural CreativeMornings/Aarhus.

I absolutely love the term that Troels uses to describe how people use mobile web experiences. He describes it as “service snacking”. He elaborates with the analogy of watching a movie with a bowl of popcorn, just grabbing piece after piece at a time. If you think about how you use for smartphone, this is an excellent description.

Also, he adds…

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”

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Seth Godin on Typography

Advertising, Branding, Business, Graphic Design, Social Media, Typography, Web Design

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“Typography is what sets Apple, at first glance, apart from just about everyone at the mall. Typography is what makes a self-published book often look pale in comparison to a ‘real’ one. Typography (or the lack thereof) is a safety hazard on airplanes (who decided that all the safety labels should be in ALL CAPS)?

The choice of a typeface, the care given to kerning and to readability—it all sends a powerful signal. When your business card is nothing but Arial on a piece of cardboard, you’ve just told people how they ought to think about you… precisely the opposite of what you were trying to do when you made the card in the first place” From Seth Godin

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Lettercult Alphabattles

Typography

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Lettercult Alphabattles result in an amazing and inspiring set of beautiful custom drawn letterforms. Simple enough…enjoy.

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TypArchive: Found Typography

Typography

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The Journal of Urban Typography

Typography

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This is a wonderful collection of found typography. It is an intriguing thing trying to understand the perspective or lack-thereof the creators of this work. Rather, I’ll just sit back and take it in.

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Marian Bantjes: Intricate Beauty by Design

Design Thinking, Graphic Design, Typography

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The Beauty of Typography on Smashing Magazine

Typography

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An excellent article on the Beauty of Typography through Writing Systems & Calligraphy from around the world.

Part One

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