Designed by students, built by Tierra

[ 9.23.10 ] by Jennifer

Opening Act’s theater programs provide students attending New York City’s most under-served public schools the opportunity to gain confidence, pride, and the knowledge that they can succeed at anything in life.

Suzy Myers Jackson, Executive Director of Opening Act had some very nice things to say at the recent launch party for their new website.

The new site was designed by students at Pratt, and developed by Tierra. We’re thrilled to support an organization that carries out such amazing work!

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Trend Alert? The Navigation/Promotion Hybrid

[ 4.30.10 ] by Jennifer

Lately I’ve noticed some sites cropping up that display promotional elements in their navigation. Bona fide trend? Clever innovation or crime against UI? The jury’s still out…

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99% Perspiration

[ 4.22.09 ] by Jennifer

Last week I had the good fortune of attending the 99%Conference, hosted by Behance and Cool Hunting. The name comes from Thomas Edison’s saying, “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” – very appropriate for a conference focused on execution rather than ideas.

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Lunch, Tierra-style

[ 3.11.09 ] by Jennifer

MONDAY

Todd:
</lunch>

Jamie:
Todd – you forgot to put your open lunch tag…so the chat looks busted to me

Mike:
That explains why all I see are sandwiches

TUESDAY

Gerard:
<lunch>
</lunch>

Jonah:
<lunch time=”20″ hunger=”3″>

Todd:
that could have all been done with css

Mike:
don’t care what they say, lunch is easier using tables. sammiches fall right through a div.

WEDNESDAY

Todd:
<style type=”text/css”>
lunch { font-weight: bold; color: #000; }
</style>

<lunch>Going to eat</lunch>

Mike:
Can’t wait to see how he closes the block when he gets back …

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For the love of ligatures

[ 1.26.09 ] by Jennifer

Wouldn’t the internet be a fancier place if ligatures were a more common sight? Now that I spend most of my waking days looking at a screen, when I actually come across a ligature, it’s downright sexy.

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Book Review: “Designing Audiences”

[ 12.12.08 ] by Jennifer

What happens to the way we design when audiences become co-creators? Designing Audiences tackles these questions in the form of a lively round table discussion, making for an enjoyable (and quick) read. How enjoyable? My stars after the jump.

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Hey Good Lookin’

[ 11.18.08 ] by Jennifer

Chanel’s iPhone app is so beautiful it must make the angels cry. Amazing fashion photography + video that is cropped & edited to fit to perfection = iPhone bliss.

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An Historic Night in Infographics

[ 11.5.08 ] by Jennifer

Last night’s election capped off a landmark period in U. S. politics…and visual representations of information. Over the past eighteen months we’ve seen more floating pie charts and interactive maps than you can shake a stick at. My news sources of choice, the New York Times (online) and CNN (broadcast) have outdone themselves at serving [...]

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An Event Apart Boston via tag cloud

[ 6.30.08 ] by Jennifer

An Event Apart Boston was a good time for designers and developers alike. According to my notes, there was much talk of users and search…

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How do you stay sharp?

[ 5.7.08 ] by Jennifer

Crosswords? Book club? Reading road signs backwards? Absolutely nothing ’cause you’re naturally brilliant? Do tell.

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