Designing The Happily Ever After — Smashing Magazine

Do you feel like finding yourself wanting the latest Apple iWhatever? Thomas Giannattasio dives into what keeps the flame alive and converts our interest in products into love. I remember when we first met. We hit it off instantly, and it didn’t take long before I was in love. I introduced her to my family, […]

If You Love Your Brand, Set It Free — Smashing Magazine

It’s impossible, and even counterproductive, to try to predict and codify all potential instances of a brand’s current identity. Better to embrace executional variance in a smart way, by establishing loose parameters that nonetheless can create a familial feel for an otherwise very rich group of brand applications across media and across continents. The practice

100 Vibrant Brand Icons [Freebie] — Smashing Magazine

Today, Vitaly Friedman will share a useful set, the Simple Icons by Dan Leech. Dan’s set contains 100 PNG icons for popular websites, apps and organisations, all in eleven sizes. Another weekend, and yet another freebie. Today, we are happy to feature a useful icon set, the Simple Icons by Dan Leech. Dan’s set contains

Why You Should Get Excited About Emotional Branding — Smashing Magazine

We’re moving away from the functional and technical characteristics of the industrial era, into a time when consumers are making buying decisions based on how they feel about a company and its offer. In a borderless world where people are increasingly doing their research and purchases online,companies that don’t take their branding seriously face imminent demise. Enter

A Case Study — Smashing Magazine

Small companies with newer brands suffer from not yet having established a culture and the difficulty of conveying their inner values in external communication Working so closely with a large enterprise such as Lufthansa can be overwhelming for any small startup. In this article, Josip Budzaki explains how the project with Lufthansa and their way

8 Steps To A Better Design Workflow — Smashing Magazine

As logo and brand designers, our work starts long before the first concept sketches, and finishes long after the last perfectly placed pixel. Our work requires so much more than just creative ideas and technical skills — it compels us to be a marketer, strategist, psychologist, salesperson, showman and project manager at the same time. It’s difficult,

Becoming A UX Leader — Smashing Magazine

What does it take to be a great UX leader? Well, not only do you need to provide clear guidance, but also empower different individuals in your team. A UX leader needs to encompass a wide range of skills. In his final article in this series on user experience design, Christopher Murphy will explore the

Aligning Teams Around A Common Story — Smashing Magazine

When customers interact with your brand, they’re not aware of what’s going on backstage, and there is no reason they should. All they perceive is the play you’re presenting, the story you’re sharing, and the solution it represents for them. There is only one brand experience. At the end of the day, customers are not tasting

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