Craig’s (Probably) Temporary Blog

The other day, I picked up a copy of a book I’ve been wanting to read for a while – Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design by Michael Bierut.
It does exactly what it says on the tin – it’s 79 short-essays (essentially blog posts) on a wide variety of issues, truths, myths and experiences as seen [...]

It’s a sad fact of life that as a designer, I work with a lot of mediocre design. Examples of beautiful, nice, or even good design are usually so few and far between that when some examples of truly gorgeous design does surface, I feel like I must celebrate this fact by posting one of [...]

Yes, I’m sticking with this before any of you start.
99% of the time, I hated the old design. It was difficult for me to read, so no doubt it was difficult for you to read too. So I decided to freshen it up a bit with a modified version of the very first theme I [...]

Whoops, I appear to have completely missed yesterday’s update. It wasn’t intentional; I actually did think about what I would write yesterday, but then it completely slipped my mind after getting caught up with several things as per usual.
It’s nice sitting down again and reflecting for 10 minutes when I get the chance, and it’s [...]

A good designer cares about the world.

Over the years, I’ve made lots of mistakes with the way I’ve designed websites. Below, I’ve listed 10 of the top things that from my own personal experiences of using the Internet, and from my experiences of using websites.

Absolutely, under no circumstances, use Microsoft Silverlight for anything on your website. Nobody uses it, and nobody [...]

When people ask me what I do for a living, I tell them that I’m a graphic designer. They look at me as if I’ve just spoken to them in another language. This is an almost universal reaction when speaking to people outside of the industry.
It’s understandable. Graphic design is a somewhat secluded profession, and [...]

You may have just noticed that I’ve redesigned the blog. Yes, I’ve finally gotten around to giving this place a proper redesign, and not just that boring old white thing I had before. I’ve done it over two evenings when I should have been relaxing mind, but I’m glad to say that as of 23.26 [...]

I love LOVE’s work, but they really need to lose the centred text on their blog.
Please LOVE, get it sorted.

This is useful. And a very good idea.

Apparently, nobody noticed this when it was in development.

Oh yes. It’s even used on her website.

Walmart. Arseholes.