The Fukuda Cube
Fukuda was expert at communicating messages using minimal graphic means. His spare style was universal, his symbolism bridging cultural divides.
Read MoreWhat is Real?
In quantum physics, what does it mean for a particle to exist in multiple places at once until you "look" at it? Forgetting the math, what's physically happening? The book does a good job of guiding the reader through the history of those rebels who have questioned the Copenhagen Interpretation and put forth some possible explanations for what's physically happening in the Forbidden Question Zone.
Read MoreA Trip to the Glass House
It’s a beautiful object from the outside; a glass box with a rectangular footprint held together by what seem to be impossibly thin ribbons of black metal. From the outside, you can see a brick silo and a few pieces of furniture. it’s pleasurable to look at. From a distance, I couldn’t wait to get inside, to experience what it was like to be inside.
Read MoreCarousels are Bad. It's Conclusive.
Carousels are one of the first things that customers ask for on a home page. I resist but often lose the battle. Maybe, just maybe, if I had this kind of cogent, data-driven rebuttal in my arsenal of professional guidance, I might be more successful in prevailing. In the end, the customer would be the winner, not me. This article, lifted from Joni Halibi’s blog, explains the issue.
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For the Love of Goodness, Don't Click Here
This is a lazy post, but there’s nothing wrong with capturing someone else’s Good Thoughts when you see them. Emily Smith recently posted this concise thread about why you shouldn’t use “click here” as link text. I’ve written about this before as it’s one of my favorite pet peeves, but Emily sums it up even more directly, so here we go…
How an Infographic Comes Together
I’ve started to build up a significant portfolio of published infographics and I thought this is a good point at which to document how I work. Like any finished project, each graphic looks relatively simple, but the birthing process of any work of this kind is longer than you might think.
Read MoreThere are rules
Graphic design has rules. And they work.
Read MoreThe Success of GOV.UK
Take a few minutes to peruse GOV.UK. Where the design consistency of most large bureaucratic websites falls apart within a couple of clicks from the homepage, GOV.UK remains remarkably consistent.
Read MoreSome Favorite Quotes
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser men so full of doubts.
Read MoreDART Commission
I completed this commission on the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission for American Scientist, May-June 2021, Volume 109 Number 3.
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