porcupine colors http://www.porcupine.gr/ Forward thinking & design crafts en porcupine@porcupine.gr Copyright 2010 2010-09-02T06:45:+00:00 Would you buy from Oxxford Clothes? http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/would-you-buy-from-oxxford-clothes http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/would-you-buy-from-oxxford-clothes

After seeing this video, I think you would. I would.

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Categories: Video

]]> 2010-09-02T07:45:+00:00 The Wilderness Downtown http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/the-wilderness-downtown http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/the-wilderness-downtown Arcade Fire and Google present you The Wilderness Downtown.

The Wilderness Downtown is actually an experiment made with HTML5.
A video, several popup windows which add to the main story, an interactive letter to the younger ones and of course some HTML5 magic make the experience original and worthwhile.

Categories: Bookmarks

]]> 2010-08-31T09:07:+00:00 What do people talk about? http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/what-do-people-talk-about http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/what-do-people-talk-about Here’s a universal truth.

Great people talk about ideas.

Average people talk about things.

Small people talk about other people.

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]]> 2010-08-26T08:28:+00:00 TotalFinder http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/totalfinder http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/totalfinder Here’s the thing: Finder lacks features.

Most MacOS users require more from their most important app. Fact.

I’ve been using Path Finder for more than 3 years. It is really good. It can do anything I need. And it can do a lot more. So here comes a minor complain: it’s an overkill.

TotalFinder is the new kid on the block. I downloaded it, played with it for a while and I like it. It feels native and it is very promising. Yet in Alpha. I’d bet my money on it.

 

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]]> 2010-08-25T16:00:+00:00 You’d better avoid copying a famous site’s design http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/youd-better-avoid-copying-a-famous-sites-design http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/youd-better-avoid-copying-a-famous-sites-design This is what conventional wisdom says and Jacob Nielsen confirms.

Every paragraph of the article is insightful but I would like to focus on:

On Apple’s site, users had to hunt around to find the button to purchase an iPhone. Not only was the button in an unconventional location relative to most e-commerce sites, apple.com used internally inconsistent colors and labels for its Buy buttons.

Interestingly, having a (deserved) reputation for good design came to Apple’s rescue. Users were forgiving because they knew that the iPhone had high usability, and they were sufficiently committed to spending the extra time to find out how to purchase one.

See? Context counts.

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]]> 2010-08-24T10:44:+00:00 Philippe Starck and design http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/philippe-starck-and-design http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/philippe-starck-and-design That’s an absolutely amazing talk. Philippe Starck calls himself stupid, but don’t believe him. He’s a genius. And this talk is not only about design. It is about our life too.

Categories: Video

]]> 2010-08-24T07:44:+00:00 Good vs. Great design http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/good-vs.-great-design http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/good-vs.-great-design A bit late to the party.

Cameron Moll talks about Good vs. Great design. It’s a quite lengthy video but worths the time. Go, enjoy.

Categories: Bookmarks

]]> 2010-08-23T19:22:+00:00 Advice for students http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/advice-for-students2 http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/advice-for-students2 I don’t believe in advice. I believe in transmitting knowledge. And experience.

Frank Chimero does it in an extraordinary way.

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]]> 2010-08-21T10:33:+00:00 Unsuck it http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/unsuck-it http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/unsuck-it How about this:

We don’t care, but our lawyers do.

instead of this:

At [company X], we take [Y] seriously.

Eat this losers: Unsuck it.

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]]> 2010-08-18T09:17:+00:00 Current status II http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/current-status-ii http://www.porcupine.gr/web-design/comments/current-status-ii

Rebooting. Again.

Categories: Photography

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