Tag Archive: communication design

How to design a website (when you’re not a designer)

I’ve never been good at visual art. I have friends who are: they combined talent with a bucket of practice until they can draw and paint and sculpt. They can visualise an object and create it. I can’t do that. But I can still design a decent website. Overcoming the fear We get scared about…

Stop tweaking your design

photo credit: mugley Design matters. But it only matters so far. Change your design until it has: clear and effective navigation enough white space to not look crowded a few effective images a defined visual hierarchy (where the most important elements are the biggest, boldest and most obvious) no more than two, maybe three fonts…

Remember when you used to suck?

Copywriting has a number of potential pitfalls. One of the biggest is this: “Oh my god, I must be really getting good at this… the training has started boring the shit out of me!” – Me photo credit: left-hand Yeah, you know what I mean. Becoming an expert means that more and more topics become…