A list apart’s website has a great article on this new problem with pixels and pixel based screen designs. As if designers didn’t have enough to worry about trying to cater to 500+ screen resolutions and devices, we now have a number of different types of pixels to measure by. Hardware pixel or reference pixel? To find out what the difference is and how to use media queris to fix this – read the full article here: www.alistapart.com/articles/a-pixel-identity-crisis/.
This made me want to scream & pull my hair out – and you may have the same reaction. But keep in mind we live in exciting times with design and technology. We are creating the future of how people will interact. These are obstacles we need to overcome and standards that need to be built for us to move forward

Here’s a great little video to watch. An example of how you need to have multiple ways to advertise to your customers these days. Having an ad just on tv will not get the reach you need. Read Google’s full article on this here:

google-cpg.blogspot.com

quitecurious.com has come up with a great article on why designers should learn to code. I agree with the points made here. The important things about design are BOTH form and function. If you’re doing all form without designing the function I don’t know if you can still call yourself an effective designer… User experience design jobs popping up everywhere should be an indication of how important planning strategy and function is. If you want to make beautiful things that’s wonderful, but they need to be beautiful things that serve a purpose and function in a way that makes people want to keep using them instead of tossing them out the window or deleting them.

Please read the full article here.

I’ve been approved for a research project to create an App with Red River College and the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. A student approached me a week or two ago and asked a few questions for an article in the Projector. I’ll be working on the design of the App and some front end work, while Tom Lepp, another instructor who teaches in the DMD department at RRC will be working on developing the Augmented Reality portion of the App. I could not do this without him! We’ll be working with Scott Gillam and Corey Timpson at the CMHR to create the concept, design and user experience.

Check out the online article here.

Check this out. The Boston Globe has just launched a new web site design that is responsive. Very nice!