Good feedback in graphic design directs attention to the right problem rather than the right answer. If someone tells you a design feels too cluttered, you don’t just remove half of the visual elements. The real problem is often that…
Certain layouts disintegrate in a loud and obtrusive fashion. Others suffer from more insidious and silent problems. Everything seems to be just fine. The design does not feel entirely broken, and everything still technically works, but something about the whole…
Why beginners progress more rapidly when doing design drills than with full-scale graphic design projects is simple. Large graphic design projects, in particular, feel motivating, but in fact conceal the particular flaw that requires practice. A poster, landing page, or…
Typography starts to get really interesting at that point where you stop choosing typefaces just to look cool and you see how they really structure a page. At the beginning, it might all feel a bit equal. A headline seems…
