Comments on: Be negative http://douglast.com/thoughts/archives/22 Thoughts on Graphic and Web Design Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:54:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Thoughts on Design » On Being Negative http://douglast.com/thoughts/archives/22#comment-16 Thoughts on Design » On Being Negative Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:10:35 +0000 http://douglast.com/thoughts/archives/22#comment-16 [...] As I’ve said before negative space is a very underutilized aspect of design. So when I see good writing on that subject, it catches my eye. This morning I spotted an article by Mark Boulton on A List Apart. Mr. Boulton’s Whitespace article covers many of the different ways that whitespace is used in modern design. From Direct Mail: I soon discovered that the graphic design principles I’d learned in college were of little use when I designed for direct mail, where big, bold, and crowded is the order of the day. In the words of one client—words I will never forget—“whitespace is empty space.” [...] [...] As I’ve said before negative space is a very underutilized aspect of design. So when I see good writing on that subject, it catches my eye. This morning I spotted an article by Mark Boulton on A List Apart. Mr. Boulton’s Whitespace article covers many of the different ways that whitespace is used in modern design. From Direct Mail: I soon discovered that the graphic design principles I’d learned in college were of little use when I designed for direct mail, where big, bold, and crowded is the order of the day. In the words of one client—words I will never forget—“whitespace is empty space.” [...]

]]> By: CatHouse Chat http://douglast.com/thoughts/archives/22#comment-6 CatHouse Chat Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:04:54 +0000 http://douglast.com/thoughts/archives/22#comment-6 <strong>Virginia Blog Carnival - preparing for Christmas...</strong> Here we are, finally, with the Virginia Blog Carnival for this week. I've got quite a few entries, mainly because I poked around my RSS feed and added quite a few that caught my interest. I'm bouncing between "do-it-yourself," and... Virginia Blog Carnival - preparing for Christmas…

Here we are, finally, with the Virginia Blog Carnival for this week. I’ve got quite a few entries, mainly because I poked around my RSS feed and added quite a few that caught my interest. I’m bouncing between “do-it-yourself,” and…

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