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Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks

I hate forms. Germany is full of bureaucrats that love them, but their forms are amongst some of the most poorly designed I have ever encountered.

The Back of The Napkin

The subtitle of Dan Roam’s best-selling book, The Back of the Napkinis “Solving problems and selling ideas with pictures” – a reasonable description of what designers do for a living.

Back on the Grid

I have been off the gridall last week in the Australian bush (see above) and then in the air for the excruciatingly long flight back to Germany, so I felt a little editorial news was in order.

This Rimy River: Vaughn Oliver and Graphic Works 1988-94

Guest review by Tobias Grime This Rimy River: Vaughn Oliver and Graphic Works 1988-94is probably the most worn out and dog-eared design book I have.

Indexed

Before we begin, I should admit that I think Jessica Hagy is pretty cool and her blog Indexed is not only a regular read, but also one of the things on my far-too-long a list of “things I wish I had thought of”.

Shapes for Sounds

Guest Review by David Sherwin A is for Aleph. B is for Beit. G is for Gimel… When I was a child, Hebrew was beaten into me by a series of well-meaning teachers.