[6 Minute Video] How to Avoid InDesign Gotchas
Your humble Adobe instructor, AJ Wood, has these two bits of advice about InDesign preferences: “The great thing about InDesign is that preferences live with... Read More
[8 Minute Video] Customize Your Brushes in Photoshop
The regular brush settings are sometimes not enough in Photoshop. You need tweak your brushes, as you create your next masterpiece or masterstroke. Bringing you... Read More
What are the Delighters and Business Requirements on Turntable.fm?
Business requirements are those characteristics required to satisfy your customer’s general need. Delighters are the elements that differentiate your product for your customers, but they... Read More
[4 Minute Video] How to Correct Your Photos With Red Eyes
You probably have photos where see people with red eyes. We’re not talking Cylons or Iron Man, either. If you want to remove those red... Read More
Designing for Each Stage of Life
Assume you need to design a series of products used by people in different age groups. For example, you have a website tailored to show... Read More
[6 Minute Video] Using Shape Builder Tool in Adobe Illustrator CS 5
You humble Adobe Instructor, AJ Wood, teaches you how to use the Shape Builder tool to speed up your workflow in Adobe Illustrator. Running time... Read More
[8 Minute Video] Create a Graphic Watermark to Use in Lightroom
You humble Adobe Instructor, AJ Wood, teaches you how how to use Photoshop to create a graphic watermark that you can place in Lightroom. Running... Read More
Sign-Up for Big Design Week: November 14-18, 2011
Big Design Week is five days of UX workshops, where you can increase your knowledge of existing tools, learn practical methods, and build new skills.... Read More
How Your Multiple Senses Help You to Remember
In Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me”, the filmmaker asks a group of tourists to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, while standing in front of the... Read More
5 Ways to Improve Your Next Agile Project with the RITE Method
If you have been designing or researching on agile teams, consider using the RITE method to validate your design decisions on your next project. If... Read More
[9 Minute Video] Creating Dynamic B&W Images in Lightroom
I Create Content (Episode 28). Your humble Adobe instructor, AJ Wood, teaches you how to create awesome black and white images in Lightroom. Running Time... Read More
[5 Minute Video] Using the Width Tool in Illustrator CS5
I Create Content (Episode 27) Learn how to use the Width Tool found in Illustrator CS5. Running Time is 5:45.
Listen to a Designer’s Mix from Cameron Moll
You will love the Designer’s Mix site, which plays mixes of music created by designers for the listening pleasures of other designers. I really enjoy... Read More
Are You a Digital Native or a Digital Immigrant?
A growing body of research on digital natives is started to emerge. A digital native can be defined as a person who was born after... Read More
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Kitchen Nightmare
“It’s easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.” (Leonardo Da Vinci) In a previous article, I wrote about the 5 Sketching Secrets... Read More
Designers Inspired by Loved Ones with Disabilities
Sharon Rush of Knowbility presented at Big Design Conference 2011 on Designing for Disabilities. In her talk, Sharon gives several examples of designers innovating because... Read More
[Video]: Bill Scott’s Designing with Lenses
Bill shows us how to use other media and concepts from other design disciplines to flesh out our own designs. You may want to subscribe... Read More
Speaker Spotlight: Nathan Shedroff on Sci-fi Interfaces and Tangible Design
Nathan Shedroff, chair of the MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts, talks with Big Design about sci-fi interfaces, what UX designers can learn from industrial design, and making smart career choices.
[Video] Bill Scott’s Designing with Lenses: Learning from Other Design Crafts
Bill Scott, Director of UI Engineering at Netflix, discusses how different design lenses can inspire the Big Designer in each one of us. For example,... Read More
5 Sketching Secrets of Leonardo Da Vinci
You can improve your sketching and paper prototyping by adopting some of the methods used Leonardo da Vinci in his sketch books. Leonardo was a... Read More