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Tobias & Tobias Green Tips

Brendan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:41:22 +0000

As a society, environmental issues are more important to us today than they’ve ever been. And the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico each day provides us with a stark, daily reminder of the impact we have on this planet.

At Tobias & Tobias we can’t solve problems like climate change, greenhouse gases, the extinction crisis or the crude oil soaking the Louisiana coastline. But we can do our part.

We’ve been trying to persuade staff to waste less paper, use less energy, and send less waste to landfill. To do this our design team has created a poster series called Green Tips that we’ve placed at strategic locations around the office. They’re irreverent, not po-faced, and we thought we’d make them available to the world at large.

Green Tips posters are available in PDF format for easy printing. Just right-click on the thumbnails below and select “Save As”.

Green Tip #1 – Save Paper (Download PDF)

Green Tip #2 – Your Machine (Download PDF)

Green Tip #3 – Recycle (Download PDF)

Usability & User Experience – Resources

Philipp — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:07:33 +0000

In human-computer interaction and computer science, usability often refers to the elegance and clarity with which the interaction with a computer program or a web site is designed. It is a qualitative attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use. Here is a list of resources that have proven useful to me in the past.

Usability Post
A blog about design. Design isn’t what something looks like, design is about how it works. Making something usable means understanding what people expect from your product and thinking of ways to make the use of the product simple and enjoyable.

Boxes and Arrows
Devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business.

UI Trends
A dynamic light-weight repository for interesting user interface designs and trends for website and web applications.

UXmatters
A web magazine that delivers compelling content about developing effective user experience (UX) strategies and designing digital product user experiences that optimally serve people’s needs and satisfy their desires.

User Interface Engineering
A leading research, training, and consulting firm specializing in web site and product usability.

Konigi
A community-authored and maintained resource for the user experience design field, covering information related to its practices.

Typography – Resources & Inspiration

Philipp — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:02:02 +0000

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers. It has long been a vital part of promotional material and advertising. I have collected some links to beautiful examples of typography in the offline and online world.

Lessons From Swiss Style Graphic Design

Gorgeous Typography Examples in Advertising Design

27 Bold and Beautiful Brochure Designs

Breathtaking Typographic Posters

33 Breathtaking Letterpress Designs

Showcase Of Beautiful Vintage and Retro Signage

Gorgeous Examples of Floral Typography