Category: Designers

  • What a year that was.

    What a year that was.

    Know your web design history.

  • My weekend project

    My weekend project

    By controlling what I listen to, and the order in which I listen, I’m slowly designing an infinite collage of my evolving musical tastes.

  • Of Books and Conferences Past

    Of Books and Conferences Past

    Of books and conferences past: A maker looks back on things well-made but no longer with us.

  • A List Apart contributors list on Bluesky

    A List Apart contributors list on Bluesky

    I’ve started a Bluesky list featuring some of the brilliant writers, designers, coders, editors, and others who’ve contributed to A List Apart “for people who make websites.”

  • Web Design Inspiration

    Web Design Inspiration

    If you’re finding today a bit stressful for some reason, grab a respite by sinking into any of these web design inspiration websites.

  • Designer Jonathan Lee

    Designer Jonathan Lee

  • This Web of Ours, Revisited

    This Web of Ours, Revisited

    Why did leading designers in 2000 look down their nose at the web? And are things any better today?

  • “Where the people are”

    “Where the people are”

    Fortunately, on that day, I allowed a strong, simple idea to penetrate my big, beautiful wall of assumptions.

  • Fly, my designers, fly!

    Fly, my designers, fly!

    Designers can either become drivers of business within their organizations, or they can create the businesses they want to drive. We’re entering an era of design entrepreneurship, in which some designers are realizing that they’re…

  • Looking Back, Looking Ahead: artist Dan Licht

    Looking Back, Looking Ahead: artist Dan Licht

    In 1999, I had the good fortune to work alongside Dan Licht at an NYC digital startup called SenseNet, RIP. Back then, although still in his early 20s, Dan was already an accomplished art director and digital…

  • My Night With Essl

    My Night With Essl

    Herewith, a scene from last night’s interview with legendary web & book designer (and Dean of The Cooper Union School of Art) Mike Essl, who shared his portfolio, career highlights, early web design history, and…

  • Amplifying voices

    Amplifying voices

    To inspire the next generation of black and brown designers…

  • Never give up

    Never give up

    The really good designers stand up to the misfortune of a killed idea.

  • Pro Fonts for iPad

    Pro Fonts for iPad

    Designer fonts for your iPad (and iPad products).

  • The Web We Lost: Volume One

    The Web We Lost: Volume One

    I don’t miss Flash but I sure miss this level of creativity and experimentation on the web. As today’s “The Web We’ve Lost” exercise for designers, please take a look back at Matt Owens’s historic…