The Golden Leading
Leading is defined as the space in between lines of text, such spacing is often a tough thing to set yet is so important to establish a good vertical rhythm in your web or print project. I thought over and over what could be a good formula that can set a balanced, organic that ease ...
Tasty Makes Logo
It’s been a while since my last post, I had 3 very intense months and didn’t have much time to write anything.. but I did work on many things! I wanted to share with you one of the things I’ve been working on, a big personal project I’m sharing with Melissa (my wife), it’s our ...
If you don’t try you’ll sure miss the shot.
This morning felt like having fun with some old stamps I had in the house. Thanks for installing the Bottom of every post plugin by Corey Salzano. Contact me if you need custom WordPress plugins or website design.
Is not about Perfection, is about Direction.
I heard this quote some time ago, and although I can’t find who actually said it – I could’t agree more. So often I find myself caught at work in the perfection loop waiting for something to be perfectly executed…but often that never happens. There is ALWAYS something to improve upon. A better approach ...
What do you see?
In November when I was in Milan with my family I was very exited to be home and I have found myself walking around the city looking at my childhood streets. I was surprised to see that not much had changed! The weather wasn’t great – foggy, wet and cold – however, I found ...
I’m glad I did.
New year, new focus. Here are few things I want to accomplish this year: letting go of regrets. focus on what I have, not whats missing. focus on what I am, not what we I’m not. focus on what I want, not what I don’t want. Here’s to a bright new year! (click image ...
Web Challenge: What spices are in your UX design kitchen?
Think of how many ways there are in the world to carry around a new born baby, can you come up with a few? From a school research project that I made in 2004 I have found there to be over 40 major ways to transport a baby with hundreds of alternatives. Those different ...
Learn, share.
We would still be trying to figure out how to light a fire if someone wouldn’t have shared with others the technique to do so. Sharing it’s at the basis of evolution and life. Spontaneously sharing with others keeps things circulating. This constantly happens at a cellular level in order to keep organisms alive; ...
Meet Brendan Ciecko
A few weeks ago while in Boston for a couple of days, I had the pleasure to meet, over a super Indian dinner, Brendan Ciecko, a web and graphic designer from the Boston area. Brendan runs Ten Minute Media, a creative design, marketing and branding company with a focus on the music and entertainment industry. The ...
How to design memorable sites
Why do some websites stick in our memory so easily and for so long while others you forget immediately after you close the window? Early in my career I had the privilege of working with Gianni Golfera who besides being the man with the largest memory in the world, is a very talented researcher and teacher ...
How to be a good traveler (and designer)
Here is a self reminder from Lao Tzu, that helped me understand how in life, just like in design, we cannot be too attached to any direction or solution. When things don’t work out as expected, let’s try something else! Flexibility it’s the right approach. And be able to enjoy the journey, the process ...
Why keeping PSD files organized
Very often collaborating with other web designers I receive Photoshop files that seem to have no structure nor follow an organization system, causing me unnecessary difficulties and frustrations. I have heard some designers say: “As long as the final result looks ok…” Nope! I disagree. Design is not about how it looks at the end but ...
You are important.
Would’t be nice to see a street sign like this on your way to work each day? Just a reminder for something we sometimes tend to forget. (click image to enlarge) Thanks for installing the Bottom of every post plugin by Corey Salzano. Contact me if you need custom WordPress plugins or website design.
Timeless UX from 1998
Last week, while digging in the pile of books I have somehow acquired over time I found the Web Usability – A designer Guide by Jared M. Spool, this book was published in 1998, so we could consider it pretty outdated, especially for being a Web Usability book… But since it was written by a UX guru that I ...
Free happiness! Today only.
What a great deal! Free Happiness! But get it fast, it’s today only. You better feel good and smile today. Don’t wait till tomorrow! (click image to enlarge) Thanks for installing the Bottom of every post plugin by Corey Salzano. Contact me if you need custom WordPress plugins or website design.
The hidden message – Happy captcha
Yesterday I registered another of my 20 thousand on-line account and I got asked as usual to type the characters in the image, it was not a tough one but influenced by the course of my day and some dirty jokes from friends (were of course I dind’t take part of :) I read ...
Back to the present. The importance of time tracking.
Time tracking is one of those things that I discovered many people talk about it but few people actually do it as every day practice. I have learned my lesson the hard way about time tracking some time ago when I realized that the amount of time spent on most of my projects was more than I predicted… ...
Gemvara.com design process
. I have recently collaborated with the UX designer and friend Brian Kalma and the Gemvara team on the redesign of the Gemvara homepage. The were no particularly restrictive boundaries, the redesign could have included pre-existing visual elements as well as exploring new styles and approaches. Here is how the homepage looked before August 2011. ...
Slide to smile
No particular reason for this.. just little bored today. You can make your iPhone smile too. (Save the image to your phone » Display it full size » Mess around with friends) Thanks for installing the Bottom of every post plugin by Corey Salzano. Contact me if you need custom WordPress plugins or website ...
2 Dribbble invites (WERE) available
I have 2 Dribbble invites available! If interested please: Tweet This Leave a comment below with links to share your passion. All done! On Oct. 7th I’ll chose who will be the next Dribbble player! You might want to follow me on Twitter (@ignaziolaci) ‘cuz that’s where I’ll be announcing the winner! Looking forward to ...
