By Randa Clay on May 31, 2010
I really don’t PLAN to redesign every year. It just seems that I’m happy with a design for only a year or so, and then something I see strikes me and I’ve suddenly got redesign fever. This time, it was a font- League Gothic. I have long been a fan of Trade Gothic, especially in [...]
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By Randa Clay on February 9, 2010
Once upon a time a running group decided they wanted a new web site design. They thought that going to one of those “crowdsourcing” sites would be a great way to go because they could hold a design contest and get lots of ideas and then take a vote on which was the best. This is what they ended up with…
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By Randa Clay on September 21, 2009
I was excited when Deb Ng of the Freelance Writing Jobs Network approached me about creating a business card design. I knew Deb would be fun to work with, and I also don’t get the chance to design business cards as often as I might like. Deb is a writer and social media consultant and wanted a unique business card design that would reflect her business as a freelance writer, professional blogger and social media consultant.
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By Randa Clay on June 22, 2009
Like many designers, I can only go so long with a site design before I start getting the itch to have a new look. While I’m still tweaking here and there, it’s mostly complete- what do you think? It uses the 960 Grid, CSS sprites and some awesome plugins.
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By Randa Clay on June 15, 2009
Historically, a monogram was used as a royal signature. Romans and Greeks used them on coins to identify their rulers. Then, in the Middle Ages, artisans began to use them to sign their work. Victorian-period high-class persons adapted the monogram for personal use as a symbol of their place in society.
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By Randa Clay on May 4, 2009
I recently heard a report on NPR about how Queen Rania of Jordan was using YouTube in an effort to spread her message regarding stereotypes about the middle east. They played a clip from her Letterman Top 10 spoof, and I was impressed with how she was using the internet and social media to connect [...]
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By Randa Clay on March 31, 2009
One of the more challenging aspects of working on web sites is the process of communicating the “vision” the client has for the site. They usually have a picture of the site in their head, or at least lots of ideas floating around in there, and imparting that vision to the designer can be difficult. [...]
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By Randa Clay on January 19, 2009
I received the book, Universal Principles of Designfor Christmas. This book was recommended as a foundational text for anyone interested in design, and after only getting through a portion of the book so far, I have to agree. The book has definitions, explanations and illustrations of 101 principles, and I am learning a lot as [...]
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By Randa Clay on August 15, 2008
As I’m always interested in other designers’ process, I thought I’d share mine along with some of the tools that I used for the recent redesign of my site.
Concept
As I begin the design process, I look through my inspiration folder in my bookmarks, and through inspiration sites like Best Web Gallery. I particularly liked [...]
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By Randa Clay on August 5, 2008
At long last I have found time to work on my own site! I have needed to redesign with a theme of my own for at least a year, but have just been too busy until I took this “maternity leave” time. I’m still doing some tweaking but for the most part it’s [...]
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