Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

To help, I've compiled this list of the 37 best design books covering various specialities – from typography and layout to UX and web design. Concise and heavily visual, the book examines the core elements designers use to communicate visually, including form, narrative, grids, patterns, typography, colour and more.

Publication 52

Publication Graphic Design Publishing Publishing 52

Template Monster

MAY 3, 2023

How the History of WordPress Started The story of WordPress started in 2003 when the young American blogger Matt Mullenweg posted in his blog the article “The Blogging Software Dilemma”, where he submitted the idea to use b2/cafelog code to fork the software. 2004 - Reales of “Mingus” The next significant update was in May 2004.

Internet and Software Development 98

Internet and Software Development Theme Coding Media 98

UX Collective

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Several designers answering a questionnaire I posted online said the aesthetics of interfaces can be defined by “ Colors, Typography, Icons… “. It is explored by researchers by varying typographies and colors in experimental tests of printed information perception (Alter and Oppenheimer). A basic approach is to code colors by hue: eg.

Color 126

Color Internet and Software Development Production Art 126

SpeckyBoy

JANUARY 12, 2022

From sloppily hand-coded HTML documents to complex (and still sloppy) PHP, the files run the gamut of design fads and of-the-moment technology. It was one of the first tools I used that featured code highlighting. The version I run is from 2014, but the oldest installer on my drive dates back to 2004. Eye Candy.

Web Design 134

Web Design Web Design Digital Coding 134

Creative Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Founded in 2004, SocioDesign is a London-based design and strategy agency that works with consumer-facing brands ranging from tiny startups to household names like Sonos. The post Good Reads: Sociotype Journal is pushing the boundaries of typography appeared first on Creative Review.

Typography 63

Typography Theme Coding Agency 63

Canny

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Philadelphia City Code defines the flag as “divided vertically in 3 equal parts, of which the first and third shall be azure blue and the middle part pale golden yellow” with the city seal on the center of the yellow stripe. Philadelphia Flag. The flag of Philadelphia was adopted on March 27, 1895. Philadelphia Seal.

Brand 78

Brand Branding Color Education 78

Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This spartan typography signals how subsidiary companies handle operations themselves without needless hierarchy or overlaps from above. Choosing lowercase letters made Facebook more accessible, less formal, and stuffier than older tech titans in 2004. Do logos no longer matter for digital native companies?

Digital 93

Digital Fonts Travel Brand 93