Reviews

The McDonalds Refresh & Fast Food Chains

By Matt Davies on January 16th, 2007.

Ok, before we start I just want to say that this is a purely design and brand related article. I do not want to get into a debate about the terrible deeds that fast food chains have undertaken and how bad, in particular McDonalds is.

Great, now that that’s out of …

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Review of urbanfonts.com

By Andrew Faulkner on January 5th, 2007.

Disclosure: This is a paid review. Saying that, all our reviews are honest. It wouldn’t be fair otherwise.

urbanfonts.com presents the user with the ability to download free fonts from a selection of over 8,000 fonts.

So what? Free font sites are ten-a-penny nowadays. How is this different?

Well, fortunately, urbanfonts.com …

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Don’t make me think - A common sense approach to Web Usability

By Johan on December 25th, 2006.

Steve Krug is a usability expert. Basically he is hired to evaluate websites and see what possible can be improved on usability issues. Web designers normally do not have a budget for usability reports. Therefore we need to do that part in the design process ourselves. Luckily, Mr. Krug just …

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Access by design - A guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers

By Johan on December 20th, 2006.

The role of the webdesigner is partially situated around user-centred design. As a designer we need to provide functionality that makes a good user experience.

Sarah Horton, author of the book Access By Design - A guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers (2005) perhaps deliberately mixes up accessibility and usability …

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Designing Interactions

By Johan on December 15th, 2006.

In the book (a turf) Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge, the inventor-designer of the first laptop, and founder of IDEO, a design company one sees a complete overview of all key figures of interaction design from past to present.

42 designers who shaped our interactions with technology

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From Counterculture to cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism

By Johan on December 14th, 2006.

How we evolved to the Internet as we know it today — we all know bits and parts of it. Some think that Tim Berners-Lee from WWW started the Internet, others say ARPANET, the military communication network during the Cold War made the Internet happen. In fact, there is a …

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ReviewMe Launched

By Andrew Faulkner on November 10th, 2006.

Rather coincidentally, a few days after we launched our reviews section a new review service, ReviewMe, has been launched. This seemed perfect for us here at fadtastic and we’re definitely getting onboard.

First things first, our brand and book reviews will stay the same - don’t worry. We will …

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Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers

By Johan on November 10th, 2006.

For all of you: Shel Perkins wrote a comprehensive guide to teach you best business practices for your design business. Shel Perkins has a unique take on the design business being a designer, management consultant and instructor.

Book …

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Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional

By Johan on November 6th, 2006.

This CSS book entitled Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional is written by Simon Collison, a seasoned web designer, best known for his articles on his own blog collylogic.com.

We all have to start somewhere, haven’t we? And learn the tricks along the way. Learning …

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What’s so “Super” about Supermarket logos?

By Matt Davies on October 27th, 2006.

Supermarkets have become the heartbeat of retail industry. Not only can you pick up your traditional groceries and food shopping, but you normally expect to be able to purchase DVD’s CDs, kitchen appliances, children’s toys and even clothing, from the average supermarket.

With Supermarkets having nearly almost destroyed the independent retailer …

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