When designing web layouts for information-based (as well as experiential) websites, content is king. This is why the best approach for this type of layout is to begin by dropping in all the content bits on a solid structure and seeing how those bits relate to each other before getting distracted by fancy yet less relevant things Read the rest of this entry »

This is something that I’ve recently found very useful in helping a page be easy to read. One particular recent project that I worked on was a financial website similar to Mint. The first pass I took I only used one size (14) and I began differentiate the type only by using color and weight. It helped the page feel very clean Read the rest of this entry »