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Troels NÃ¸rlem of Designit: On Mobile

Posted on February 14th, 2012 by Paul Stonier

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2012/02 Troels NÃ¸rlem from CreativeMornings/Aarhus on Vimeo.

Troels NÃ¸rlem 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 addsâ€¦

“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

Posted on August 31st, 2011 by Paul Stonier

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 â€˜realâ€™ 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 readabilityâ€”it all sends a powerful signal. When your business card is nothing but Arial on a piece of cardboard, youâ€™ve just told people how they ought to think about youâ€¦ precisely the opposite of what you were trying to do when you made the card in the first place” From Seth Godin

Read the rest here.

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Friends of Type

Posted on November 22nd, 2010 by Paul Stonier

Graphic Design, Typography

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If you don’t already know about this amazing group of typographic heroes, you will soon be as obsessed with their work as I am. Check out their About FoT page for all their background.