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L. Jeffrey Zeldman
The Next Generation of Web Layouts
Who will design the next generation of readable, writerly web layouts? Who will design them? Layouts for sites that are mostly writing. Designed by people who love writing. Where text can be engaging even if it isn’t offset by art or photography. Where text is the point. With well considered flexible typesetting, modular scaling, and readable measures across a full…
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L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Women: Monika Burman
Welcome to Automattic Women—conversations with some of the remarkable women working all over the world to design and develop Automattic software and make the web a better place. Today’s interviewee is Monika Burman of the Designer Experience team. Who are you, and what do you do? I’m Monika, I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and…
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Christy Nyiri, L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Women: Christy Nyiri
We’ve grown three-fold (!!) since I started two years ago, and I’m proud of how we’ve refined and matured our design processes, and continue to do so, as our team scales.
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Yvonne Doll, L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Women: Yvonne Doll
“My team is a ton of fun. We’re all true friends and have created a very supportive work environment.”
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Elizabeth Pizzuti, L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Women: Elizabeth Pizzuti
Welcome to Automattic Women—conversations with some of the remarkable women working all over the world to design and develop Automattic software and make the web a better place. Today’s interviewee is designer Elizabeth Pizzuti. Who are you, and what do you do? At Automattic, I’m the design lead working on improvements to the admin experience…
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Michelle, L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Women: Michelle Langston
Welcome to Automattic Women—conversations with some of the remarkable women working all over the world to design and develop Automattic software and make the web a better place. Today’s interviewee is designer Michelle Langston.
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L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Designers – No. 1: Allan Cole
With music, design, and really any creative endeavor I take on, the idea of making “something out of nothing” drives me. The “nothing” here is the often unpredictable process of capturing small, abstract ideas and finding subtle and unexpected inspiration in them.
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L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Sticking To It
If I wanted a career like his, I would have to seek deeply in my soul.
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L. Jeffrey Zeldman
The Web We Lost: Luke Dorny Redesign
Like 90s hip-hop, The Web We Lost™ retains a near-mystical hold on the hearts and minds of those who were lucky enough to be part of it. Luke Dorny’s recent, lovingly hand-carved redesign of his personal site encompasses several generations of that pioneering creative web. As such, it will repay your curiosity. Details, details. Check Luke’s…
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L. Jeffrey Zeldman
The Beauty Trap in Design
My primary responsibility as a UX designer and creative director is to get inside the mind of the client and their customer. To think like they do, anticipating stumbling blocks they may encounter even if a trained professional web designer would sail briskly through.
A fully distributed team making the web a better place.
A fully distributed team making the web a better place.
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