Design on a square grid, part 2
A followup to our Design Talk post "How many squares?" Runtime 5:45 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Design on a square grid, part 1
A followup to our Design Talk post "How many squares?" Runtime 6:26 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
PowerPoint: Keep your backgrounds simple
Simple backgrounds keep audience attention on your talk, not your slides. Runtime 3:40 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Supersize it!
An oversize image makes a great design fast. Runtime 4:23 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Cutout photo brings the viewer close
Two approaches to illustrating a short sidebar about the Titanic. Runtime 3:51 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Three suggestions for your next logo
Got a message from Clayton Moore, who’s designing his business card . . . Runtime 8:19 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
How to design a business card fast
Our “invisible square” technique is easy, versatile and fun! Runtime 3:06 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Issue reference: Issue 32
The power of empty space
Empty space can have mass and weight. Here’s how it exerts pressure on an image — and helps tell the story. Runtime 2:35 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0647
Expressive type alignment
How one web site set its type to blend formal with informal. Runtime 4:56 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
How to typeset a list of names, part 2:
Set the list
Skillful typesetting can make even the most ordinary document look great. Runtime 5:17 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0638
How to typeset a list of names, part 1:
Design the header
Skillful typesetting can make even the most ordinary document look great. Runtime 8:50 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0638
Fill the page
How do you fill a wide page with a tall image? Three cool possibilities. Runtime 3:43 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Add QR codes to your business card
Design a card with print and smartphone functionality. Runtime 3:42 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Nine captions on one photo!
There's more to a photo than meets the eye. Here's a great way to unpack the stories it has to tell. Runtime 4:07 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0638
Cool stickout photos
A basic photo-cropping technique with countless uses! Runtime 4:02 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Make the important photo small
Is your primary photo just ho-hum? Switch it with the less-important one -- and get great results. Runtime 4:22 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
How to design a second page
You’ve designed a beautiful outside. How do you follow it up inside? Simply. Runtime 1:35 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0607
Extreme photo cropping
How to convey a lot of visual information in an extremely narrow space. Runtime 2:47 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article references: 0645, 0601
Do you need a second logo?
For use in big sizes and small, you may need two logos. Runtime 3:33 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Big type, small type
To make big type small or small type big, you need to make some adjustments. Here’s what to do. Runtime 3:21 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Design a cover the simple way
How do you show off a great photo? Easy. Clear everything else off the page. Runtime 4:44 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0688
Do you really need a logo?
Kathy Thomas is a babysitter — for pets. Her friend designed a logo for her, but does she really need one? Runtime 5:04 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
How to design without graphics
Reader Karen Crumb writes lamenting her “image-free” company’s insistence on text-only documents. Runtime 3:54 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
How to design a logo fast
Need a logo to brand a project or event? Try this.
Runtime 2:39 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
The visual oxymoron
What happens when your words say one thing, but your graphics say something else?
Runtime 1:32 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0670
Bavarian-style gold edging
It’s the look of the Black Forest. We’ll show you how to gild the edges of those ornate letters.
Runtime 1:49 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes
Condense your layout
Designing a whole page? Instead of enlarging everything to fill the space, think small and focused.
Runtime 1:57 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0623
Working in a tiny space
When designing for a tiny space, think simple.
Runtime 1:24 | Watch | YouTube | iTunes | Article reference: 0641
