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Summary

Q: Are link pages useful?
A: No.

The slightly longer answer:

It depends what you mean by links page.

What I mean by link page is a page on your site that is dedicated to listing various websites that you have linked to in exchange for them to publish your link on a similar page on their website.

If that is what you have a links page, I would say that is definitely not useful. (more…)

Pass it On are a new company based in Southwold that I’ve been working with to put together various elements of branding. My lastest piece of work for them is their website.

You can view the site at: www.wearitpassiton.co.uk.

Google web fonts growth since June this year. Taken from this blog post

There seems to be quite a bit of momentum behind web fonts at the moment, which is as it should be in my opinion. After dealing with the hassle of font-replacement it seems like web typography has taken a massive step forward in the last year or so.
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I’ve had a few requests recently for decent books to learn about typography. So I thought I’d share a few here that I’ve found particularly helpful in developing my knowledge of type.

Thinking With Type

A great book, which also has a great companion website. Distinguished by the clarity and simplicity with which it deals with it’s subject. Typography is a big subject and Lupton does a great job describing the essentials without drowning you in detail.

If so, where does that leave your common or garden web application or site? Only Facebook, Google and handful of others

whydesignsgoastray

Reading through The Design of Everday Things by Donald Norman, I came across an enlightening section entitled ‘Why Designers go Astray’. It prompted this rough thought about what makes designs go right, and thinking about the different concerns that need to be

The Outer Cover

The Inside

In no particular order, I’m beginning the process of documenting some of my work that isn’t online. In this case, it’s Big Monster.

Big Monster are a couple of Manchester-based musicians who are(were?) signed to the Fat Records label. I’m a total perfectionist, so I’m rarely happy, but this is