Talking of Design
Blog shaped articles about design, web, illustration – & all the other stuff I do. Your eyes want my words in their life ...
The show must go on
This is a bit of a smoke and mirrors way of dealing with FOUC (flash of unstyled content) on your website, while still getting the “Look Mum! I’ve got green on my Google page speed analysis check!” I c... more
Breathe life back into designing
A post about how life drawing might be a helpful activity for the tired designer, and also how the problems of life drawing are similar to the problems faced by designers — web, print or other. Oh and ... more
Flat has some depth
A post in-which I discuss the fact that flat web design is more than a passing trend, and also some reasoning as to why it perhaps isn’t taken as seriously as it should. So we’re well into the new year... more
The best and only CSS framework you need
Is your own. Yes, I know has a faint whiff of link-bait, but that doesn’t stop it being true. This post has come about in-part from @csswizardry’s question: “Why don’t you use a CSS framework? What is w... more
The business of responsive web design
As web designers and developers, we’ve been aware as to the meaning and methods of responsive web design for quite a while. It’s become mainstream, with a number of high profile brands adopting the me... more