by Gene Crawford | Jul 7, 2010 | Podcast, UMS Video Podcast
In this episode of the UMS podcast Matthew Smith (@squaredeye) of Squared Eye and patterntap.com gives us the spill (sorry that was supposed to be a beer pun…) on why beer has been so influential on his design career and we also talk about how the work on...
by Gene Crawford | Jul 7, 2010 | Gallery, Portfolio
I really like this design, it’s really monochromatic and looks like it would be soft to the touch somehow. The colors used for contrast are also chosen well. There are some nice little details in this design as well, the ‘up’ arrow that disappears...
by Gene Crawford | Jul 6, 2010 | Gallery
There are some really good things happening in this site design. First I love the minimal aspect to the home page, presenting the blog posts in a slideshow/side scrolling setup like this works great. Second, I love the bright colors and illustrative quality to the...
by Gene Crawford | Jul 6, 2010 | Interviews
How or where do you find inspiration? I look for inspiration all over the place but often times talking with and collaborating amongst really talented people can be the best inspiration. I just got back from SXSW Interactive in Austin and I am having a hard time...
by Gene Crawford | Jul 6, 2010 | Gallery
Really cool landing page for Alex Swanson’s main site. I really like the idea of doing a landing page for yourself from time to time and marketing that page. It would be much quicker than re-working your entire site and you can experiment a bit with it. I like a...