+ design “isn’t about cosmetics, pixel-pushing, and button placement. It’s holistic and it’s everyone’s concern, not just the realm of ‘artistic’ types.” — Peter Merholz, President of Adaptive Path (qtd. “10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design” – Mashable.com)

I’m afraid that in a few years Webdesign is nothing more than: Download -> Fill With Content -> Upload -> Get Fame. Quote taken from the Drawar Forums written by username: Flowrush, a student of Communication and Multimedia Design While I might not include fame as a definite, quite often I find myself thinking about were web design is headed and noting the above as one of the possible outcomes. I do not see this …

Since I got this site up and running a few months ago, I have been slowing refining it, making it better, adding useful little pieces here and there. This morning I was so inspired to do so after catching this image via The Book Cover Archive. It’s amazing how quickly and easily you can be inspired when you really aren’t digging for inspiration at all. On other occasions when you are really searching for something …

I think design covers so much more than the aesthetic. Design is fundament­ally more. Design isusability. It is Information Architecture. It is Accessibility. This is all design. – Mark Boulton