IPSX is an on-again, off-again type of blog. Not keen on usability or anything. Well, in some ways it is—but read on.
You could say, ‘this website doesn’t feel like a masterstroke. Not the work of a genius.’ And you’d be right. It’s not a masterstroke. But before I tell you the secret to slow loading pages, let me first tell you a quick story about how IPSX came to be.
Granted, design may not save the world.While design may be about solving client problems, meeting insane deadlines or challenging the way in which we see the world, it’s also about translating things from one side to the other. About communicating. But as far as saving the world is concerned, unlike many a honorable professions, it’s just not at the top of the list. It almost feels like it’s one of those endangered carreers you sometimes see on the Discovery Channel. Read More
Bukowski once said that, unless it’s coming out on its own — and coming out in a no-chance-they’ll-miss-it-‘Brokeback Mountain’ kind of way —, you shouldn’t even be trying. ‘Stop trying so hard’, he used to say.
No shame in not being able to write. We do it all the time, surrounded by clueless epics. Writing—the skill—has long been lost for our generation. Perhaps never there to start with. Read More
Five key skills every designer needs
There’s a reason why they keep top-dollar design jobs spread so thin. It’s not just because there’s so few of them. And it’s not because designers, as a species, aren’t worth the extra buck. Playing in the design PGL is all about skills. And, as it turns out, mastering these skills comes down to accepting a few simple truths about design. Here they are: Read More »