One of the main goals of web design is to get visitors to read the content. How can this happen when your site’s fonts are illegible? Who’s going to understand jargon or complicated terms? Readability matters. With that in mind, here is a basic checklist to run through whenever you’re building a website. Is the typeface legible? Text shouldn’t draw …

After more than a decade of planning, the first stage of San Francisco’s new transit hub is almost complete. The new Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects-designed Salesforce Transit Center, which spans several blocks in downtown San Francisco, will bring together 11 bus lines and eventually trains from around the Bay Area, organizing the city’s sprawling public transportation system. But all attention over …

There is an ongoing debate among designers – both print and digital – about what makes an ideal typeface for a project. The debate almost always breaks down to a single question: serif or sans serif? Before you answer that question, think about all of the things you know about serif and sans serif typefaces and all the myths associated …

Leaving the safety of a full-time job and going freelance can be terrifying, but it can also be hugely rewarding if you go about it the right way. Working for yourself without being tied to 9-5 life is an irresistible prospect, but it’s easy to overlook the business end of the deal. If you don’t spend some time taking care …

So, with no experience in fashion whatsoever, Dai decided to create a new clothing label focused on inventing the workwear of the future. Dai, who studied electrical and computer engineering in college before spending a decade at Bear Stearns and J.P. Morgan, wasn’t particularly worried about her lack of design experience. She took a two-week course at the London College of …