Category Archives: Design

Templates for Rapid Interactive Prototyping on 960 gs

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Stephen Bau has created a collection of useful web elements built on Nathan Smith’s 960 grid system. The Fluid 960 Grid System templates have been built upon the work of Nathan Smith and his 960 Grid System using effects from the MooTools and jQuery JavaScript … Read More

The Known Universe by AMNH

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If you haven’t watched this yet, you should.

An animated homage to Josef Müller-Brockmann

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An oldie, but worth taking a look. A video remix of Josef Müller-Brockmann’s work by garythebutcher.

Analysis of the Top20 Private Banking Websites

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The Private Banking websites of UBS, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse come out as winners in the benchmarking of the online presence of the world’s top 20 Wealth Managers by MetaBank, an online Swiss banks database. In the study, UBS ranked first, with a total … Read More

Grid Style In Modern Web Design: Showcase and Resources

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A great introduction to Grid-basd web design by Instant Shift, with plenty of inspirational resources and hints and tips to using grid systems in your web design. At the bottom of the list you’ll also find some free word press themes that follow the grid … Read More

Basel Pilgrimage

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Oliver Bothwell of noclichésallowed spent the last week with the Information Design pathway exploring the typographic history of Switzerland in and around Basel. noclichésallowed is a collaboration started by seven graphic designers all of whom have a link to the LCC. Oliver has put together … Read More

swissmiss selected as one of 50 world’s best design blogs

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The Times Online has listed the best 50 blogs that are full of inspired home-styling ideas, suggestions of how to support small-scale, affordable designers selling handmade items and vintage and modern homeware, as well as tips for upcycling old furniture. Well done swissmiss for coming … Read More

Business Plan Book Design

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Sad Bird Design, A Collective Design Firm in St. Louis, USA, announced the release of their friend’s business plan book that has been a few months in the making! Well done, chaps :0) They are also offering a PDF download of their finished article, along … Read More

A conversation with Josef Müller-Brockmann

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In an interview with Eye Magazine shortly before his death in 1996, Josef Müller-Brockmann, when asked “What do you regard as your best work?”, by Yvonne Schwemer-Scheddin, replied “The white reverse sides of my posters!”.

This site appears on Grid-Based

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Just like to say a big ‘Thank you’ to Grid Based Designs for featuring the Josef Müller-Brockmann site on their gallery. Cheers guys.