The design community is failing. Here’s why:
[tweetmeme]I took the year 2009 off from the design niche. That’s why the following opinion is unique – I’m able to see the design niche from new, yet experienced, eyes.
After coming back from a year off I’ve noticed a change in the design community. I want to point out this change and start a conversation with other designers about the issue that the design community is facing.
The List Post
Call my a hypocrite, but I’m sick of list posts. I’ve posted them since 2007 here on Elite By Design, and they are often met with loads of traffic. Everyone does it right?
Right – and that’s the problem. Dozens of new blogs are springing up every month offering the “best of” or “most beautiful” showcase and collection posts. For a while, these were great – authors were obviously investing time to find the best and most beautiful examples of whatever topic they chose.
However, as the design niche becomes more and more crowded, there simply isn’t enough unique content being created to keep these lists posts original and fresh.
Today when going through my feeds I saw these three posts:
A Showcase of Beautiful Typography In Web Design
Web Design Trend Hunting – Big Bold Typography
55 Examples of Huge Typography In Web Design
Three posts about big typography in web design, posted on the same day. Coincidence? Maybe. Each of these posts is certainly high quality – they feature what I agree are some of the best examples of typography being used in web design. However, they each use more-or-less the exact same examples, aside from a few unique finds per post.
Killing The List Post
On my Facebook page for Elite By Design, I take my favorite articles that I find on Twitter and my feeds and publish them for my fans to view. Out of the last 31 links I’ve shared, 20 have been roundups, showcases, or “best-of” posts.
The relatively new Smashing Network aggregates the best posts from the best design blogs on the web. Today on their Network Posts page, 12 out of 14 entries are list posts. Over 85%.
Web Design-Ne.ws aggregates links from all across the design niche. 8 out of the last 12 entries were list posts. 75%.
Design Newz by Spyre Studios: 11 out of 27 of their latest posts were list posts. 40%.
Design Bump: 9 out of 20. 45 percent.
Chad Mueller describes his thoughts on this issue:
“Today too many blogs are being created, I feel lost in the information and inspiration. There can only be so many different showcases featuring (insert number here) Examples of Brilliant Illustrations. I understand the internet has endless information, and we are just trying to showcase that. I would just like to go to a few destinations to get all the information.
Let Me Hear Your Thoughts
Here’s where I stand:
The current web design atmosphere is polluted with non-original, rehashed content. Lists posts are taking over, and without enough original content to fuel the lists, bloggers are reusing old content that’s been seen countless times before.
The design community needs to focus on writing fewer list posts, and writing more unique, thought-provoking content. List posts, despite their merits, are nothing more than reorganized, rehashed content from other websites.
Here’s the action behind my words: I won’t publish a list post again. New, fresh, and original content only on Elite By Design. What will you do?
Your reactions? Post in the comments below…
Related posts:
]]>
[tweetmeme] Today is the official launch of Elite By Design v.5! I have launched this new design in light of the new year, a fresh new start for Elite By Design, and to introduce a few new key features for the site.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Old vs. New
The first thing you will notice about the new design is that it is not drastically different from v.4, which can be seen below:
Versus the new (and hopefully improved) design:
What’s New?
A few of the changes made in the new design include a more vibrant background, a brighter color scheme, and a completely redesigned content structure. Version four was overloaded with content on the home page and single posts. The new design streamlines posts into a single-column, easy to read, list.
The sidebar has been cleaned up to show readers how to follow Elite By Design on various social networks. Below these buttons are advertisements, which keep the site up and running.
You will also notice a new Elite By Design Facebook Group which you can become a fan of, to connect with me and get the latest updates from the site right in your Facebook news stream.
The top three tabs of the site represent the three main areas that I am going to be focusing on in the future. The Web Design section will be a showcase of web design and development tutorials, guides, resources, and roundups. The WordPress Themes area showcases some awesome WordPress themes that you can browse, demo, and purchase. Finally, the Inspiration & Resources area is specifically for readers looking for some design freebies, inspiration, and tools.
What’s Next For Elite By Design?
The year 2009 was a disappointing year for myself, and for Elite By Design. With only two posts in the entire year, you could say that I took quite a long vacation. In reality, I was working hard at school to keep my grades up. My academics always come before the internet.
However, even with no activity on the site, my solid foundation of high-quality articles meant that in 2009, Elite By Design still saw over 650,000 unique visitors who viewed over 1.1 million pages. Over 30% of this was from search engines.
My goal for the new year is to bring back the Elite By Design brand and to publish more guides, tutorials, roundups, and resources for designers everywhere. I would like to see my Twitter fan-base grown, my new Facebook Fan Page to grow, and for traffic on Elite By Design to pick up the pace it had in 2008.
Please comment below and tell me what you think of Elite By Design, the new design, and of course, what you would like to see during 2010. Thank you all for your support, even after my year of absence, and I hope that 2010 will bring about lots of new adventures.
Related posts:
]]>
[tweetmeme] The later months of 2009 showed a rising trend in web design of straying away from gradients, subtle details, and muted, Apple-esque design techniques. Instead, more and more designers are turning towards bright, vibrant, or strong colors in their designs to attract readers’ eyes to certain areas, invoke certain emotions, or create a certain mood. I fully expect 2010 to be the year of bright, bold colors in web design.
In light of this prediction for 2010 web design, here is a list of over 90 remarkable examples of bold colors in web design to offer you inspiration as you experiment with new design styles in the new year.
.
.
.
Related posts:
]]>
[tweetmeme] Avatar has taken the world by storm, leading the box office in the US for more than four straight weeks and earning enough dough globally to earn it the rights of the number two grossing movie in the history of…ever. Props to you James. However, such a movie doesn’t become so popular without its fans. And its fans aren’t satisfied until they’ve somehow contributed to the “Avatar universe.” In a recent trip to Deviant Art, I found quite the stunning collection of Avatar-related fan art. This post is my collection of incredibly inspiring Avatar fan art for your enjoyment and inspiration.
Related posts:
]]>
[tweetmeme] When designing your next website, overlook no detail, including your login form. Too many designers think to themselves, “Two fields and a button. Simple as that.” Wrong. Your login form should stand out on your site for members to find. It should be aesthetic, usable, fast, and clean.
Too often login forms are overlooked by web designers and can create a gaping hole in a website’s unity and design. Login forms should fit in perfectly with the site, yet stand out in such a way that members can easily find their way. At the same time, the form should blend in enough so as not to distract guest visitors from whatever else they may be doing on the site. This is a difficult balance to achieve, and for that very reason I have compiled this post.
This is a collection of 55 spectacular login form designs as inspiration for your next website design.
55 Spectacular Login Form Designs
Mobile Me’s login form stands out on the solid colored page. It is clean, elegant, and works nicely with the background elements of the site.
The login form on Straw Poll has a gorgeous background illustration to bring color and art to something as simple as their login page.
Scrap Blog’s login form, similar to Straw Poll, uses vivid colors and bright imagery to draw attention to their login form, making it easy for users to navigate and use.
20×200 uses very light colors, intricate details, and simple elements to create a gorgeous login form that is clean, functional, and easy to use.
The login form on Acrobat’s website is actually a dropdown that occurs when the “Sign Up” button is clicked. This helps to reduce clutter on the page and still make it easy for members to log in.
97 Bottles has a great login form that uses consistent colors to create unity. Their logo on the left of the form is a nice touch that reinforces their brand.
Twitter.com’s login form is also a dropdown that occurs when the “Sign In” button is clicked. This is used to keep the home page as simple as possible in order to keep the search form and sign up button the focus of the page.
The sign in form used on The Mattinator is for Twitter accounts, but that doesn’t mean the design doesn’t rock some fantastic hand-drawn elements to stay consistent with the design of the entire site.
Mint’s login form is clean, concise, and easy to find. This allows members to easily find their information and creates a more enjoyable user experience.
The “splash” style of Freelance Suite’s login form means that the only element on the entire page is the form itself. Contrasted with a vivid background, the form is able to stand out.
With a modal popup window, the College Humor login form is very clean and simple. By using a modal popup window, the site is cleaner and has fewer distractions from the main content.
Survs uses neutral colors across their login form to create simplicity and unity. Their form is very clean and elegant.
Virb’s login page is very smooth and aesthetically pleasing. The navigation bar along the top allows users to retrace their steps and discover new information. Light colors also draw attention to the form itself.
The Tuts+ login form is extra large for increased ease of use and legibility. Bright buttons create a clear call-to-action for users navigating the page.
Placed on top of a dark blue background, the white Tumblr login form stands out on the page. Its clean design creates an easy, usable form for members to work with.
White field forms stand out from the light blue background on How R U’s login page. Coupled with clean illustrations, the page is very aesthetically pleasing.
The Tick login form has lots of subtle details, like light gray borders and subtle strokes, to create a visually pleasing and graphically-sound login page.
Go Plan’s login form is once again place on top of a vivid color in order to make it stand out on the page and create a clear direction for members to follow.
Wufoo’s bright login form contrasts the dark gray background of the site to draw user’s attention to the center of the page. Icons in the login buttons are nice touches that create a clean and beautiful form.
The login page for Mochi Media is very simple and clean, yet offers a full navigation to the rest of the site for members to discover new content.
Later This uses solid bold colors paired with a simple login form to create a clean and easy user experience.
Yet another form centered on a neutral background, Good Barry’s login page is clean and simple to use.
Product Planner’s login page is unique in that it offers both a signup and login form right next to each other, using color variation to distinguish between the two separate areas.
Grooveshark’s visually stunning design uses a modal window for their login form to reduce home-page clutter and keep user focus on the search bar of the site.
Digg’s login form comes up as a modal window. It looks very sleek and clean, adding to the overall feel of the site. The large transparent gray border adds style and detail.
With a clean form set against a neutral background color, Roboto’s login form is crisp and elegant.
The login form on Strutta drops in as a modal window. Sound cool? I thought so too – be sure to check it out.
This login form drops down from the top in a chat-style box. The bright red contrasts against the rest of the page to draw attention to the form.
This crisp login form is set against a dark background for added contrast, with subtle gray icons next to each form field for additional flair.
The login form on Pixel House’s website fits in perfectly above the sidebar, with clean borders and crisp colors.
Red Brick Health has a very unique website. It’s colors seem muted, but bright. With a neat illustration for the background image, the login form fits distinguishably on the front page.
This login form fades in nicely when the Login link is clicked. It uses bright colors to contrast from the rest of the page.
This modal login window is very crisp and clean, using a transparent gray border, similar to that of Digg, to contrast the rest of the site.
The login form that so many of us are familiar with is very beautiful. Using subtle dropshadows and a bright button, this form is both usable and aesthetically appealing.
PSD Themes has a great modal window, where, when activated, dims the background of the page to put user focus directly on the form.
My Name Is E has a gorgeous login screen with clean aesthetics, strong colors, and legible text.
This login form is extremely simple, using light colors to create a unified page. A bright green button draws attention to the form, which is centered on the page.
Meebo’s homepage offers several different login forms for different services. Each form uses a logo for identification, clear borders for distinction, and contrast with the background for focus.
This login form is interesting because the only color comes from the sign-in and sign-up buttons located in the form. This draws attention from the eye and puts focus on the login area.
I loved this contact form because of the astonishing use of color, detail, and transparency. Coupled with clean typography, this login form is a winner.
The World Of Warcraft login screen uses a neat background image to put focus on the form in the center of the page. Textured borders around each field keep consistent with the medieval or fantasy feel of the rest of the page.
Krop’s login form has a neat dropdown effect that pushes the rest of the site down. The form area is clean and crisp, using subtle gradients and shadows to put focus on the login form.
Mail Chimp’s login form uses a combination of subtle gradients, bright illustration, and contrasting colors to put focus on the fields in the login form.
This login page is very clean and uncluttered. The top and bottom of the page offer navigation to the rest of the site without detracting from the main function of the login form.
Ustream uses a neat popup box when the login link is clicked that offers a multitude of options for logging into their site.
The login form on Facebook’s homepage is placed horizontally along the top of the page. The white fields contrast nicely with the blue background and offer a crisp, aesthetically pleasing form.
Kongregate’s login form is very neat in that a user can login without the page being refreshed using AJAX. This allows members to login even if they are halfway through a flash game. Very slick, and very convenient.
This login form is very simple and minimalist. The white-on-white feel of the page helps draw focus to the login form without losing usability or function.
Play Xpert’s login form fits nicely into the top menu area so as not to clutter up the page.
The Tengaged login form pops up nicely in the top area of the site when the login link is clicked. This reduces clutter yet still offers a very functional and good looking form.
Using a dark blue background, Myspace’s login form is able to contrast from the rest of the page to draw members attention to the form.
This login form drops down nicely from the top menu when the login link is clicked. It is very simple and has a bright login button for added usability.
iLike is another modal-using site in regards to their login form. Bright orange buttons draw attention and put focus on the fields for members to find.
This login form is very clear and simple. A bright pink login button is bright and vibrant to attract attention.
Ning uses a sidebar navigation for users to either login or register. Using bright blue indicators, visitors can easily interpret where they are on the page and what to do next.
GoSquared has recently redesigned their login page and I must say it is quite impressive. Using sleek colors, some cool background imagery, and subtle details, their login form is both aesthetically pleasing and extremely simple to use.
This neat login form features a humorous image and text alongside a very minimalistic form.
When compiling this list, I noticed a very distinct set of recurring trends that occur in login form design:
1. Modal windows – Lots of website use modal windows to reduce clutter on their pages and offer a slick, aesthetically appealing way for members to login.
2. Dropdown Forms – These are also used to reduce clutter and minimize distractions on the main page of the website.
3. Vivid Colors – Whether it be in the background, the text, or the buttons, bright and vivid colors are often used to draw attention and put focus on the login form.
4. Minimalism – Many websites I looked at when making this list utilized very simple and minimal login forms. They often used very light or neutral colors with no more text than necessary.
Related posts:
]]>
Update: The site that was stealing content has removed their post, although I did not get any sort of reply email. And to the people that were emailing me from Web Design Tuts with those dirty messages – it was other people stealing WDT content, not the other way around 
Second Update: The site owner has kindly emailed me and apologized for what happened. The article was removed and no harm was done. I will keep this post up as a way to help deter future content thieves. Look everyone, if you’re going to take content, at least don’t steal someone’s bandwidth, and it never hurts to give a credit link. We all make mistakes, but hopefully this will prevent some from happening down the road.
Today I received an email from a reader of Web Design Tuts informing me that someone had republished one my first tutorials on another site. I checked it out, and there it was – my six hours, and 2,000 words of work. I scrolled the page looking for any kind of link or credit to WDT, none. I soon realized that they were even grabbing the images right off of my server, thus taking up my bandwidth!
And THIS, my good people, is why you should NEVER steal online content. I have emailed them and left a comment asking for them to kindly remove the tutorial. Until they do, their readers will see what they have done.
I realize that this happens every day online, but listen everyone: the internet is a community. As bloggers especially, we need to work together to build better websites and put together better content. Stealing is never the right way to go about doing this.
Related posts:
]]>
Well I knew it couldn’t stay a secret forever. Today, after writing a 6 hour, 2,000 word Photoshop tutorial, I went ahead and did an early-open for Web Design Tuts. I rolled out a couple of Twitter updates to get a few people’s reactions to the site. Some loved it. Some hated it.
@BuildInternet was the first to actually look up Web Design Tuts on Who Is and noticed that the nameservers were pointed to Elite By Design. And the secret was out!
So yes, I am launching Web Design Tuts as a companion site to Elite By Design. I’ve written some posts in the past here on EBD about web design, but there was something within me that wanted to take it further and really push myself to teach other people what I know, and grow as a designer in the process. I plan on writing one post per week at first on both Web Design Tuts and Elite By Design. As the sites gain more momentum, I’ll be more comfortable increasing the posting rate and even hiring some guest posters down the road.
Until then, feel free to check out Web Design Tuts and read How To Design The PSD Tuts Website In Photoshop. Please be sure to subscribe to the feed so you can get updated when our next post rolls out.
On a side note, I’ve received a few emails, direct messages, and comments calling me out on copying PSD Tuts in naming the site Web Design Tuts. In fact, just a few minutes after launch I already had someone hating the blog.
Let me assure you a couple of things:
- I didn’t name the website to try and emulate or impersonate Collis and his wonderful websites.
- I am not affiliated with the Envato network.
- I support Collis and the Envato network and I am in no way trying to push my site by ‘playing their name.’
If you have anything you’d like to talk to me about in regards to Elite By Design, Web Design Tuts, or if you’d just like to leave your opinion, don’t hesitate to comment on this post or get in touch with me.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts and opinions on the new site.
Related posts:
]]>
When it comes to blogging and online content management systems, one name is spoken more often than any other: WordPress. This amazingly user-friendly, endlessly-customizable framework is an open source project that has revolutionized the online community since its creation in 2003. Cropping up on hundreds of thousands of sites across the interweb with eager users and community created plugins to enhance performance, this programming powerhouse shows no signs of slowing down.
With so many sites on the bandwagon, designers and developers have answered the call by bringing a multitude of WordPress-ready themes to keep sites looking fresh and new. Given the popularity of the product, these themes make waves when they land in the cyber sea and finding examples that have not been widely used can be difficult and a little bit intimidating. However, after scouring the vast recesses of the web, we have found a few gems that you may not have seen before. Here are some of the standouts we happened to uncover.
Perfectom Theme
Features
- Optimized for all browsers
- XHTML/CSS valid
- Fixed width
- 2 columns
This theme offers a clean, very sleek setup for your website. It seems like it would be ideally suited for a fashion blog of some kind. Very crisp, overall.
CSS Gallery Theme
Features
- Built in tagging
- Google ads and a sidebar block with 125 x 125 banner ads
- Valid XHTML 1.0 transitional and valid CSS
Technically this theme was built as a base for a CSS/website gallery, and wonderfully so, however, personally I think the design also lends itself to being used greatly as a portfolio or as a general showcase gallery.
Langit Theme
Features
- Clean and simple
- 3 columns
- Sidebar widget ready
- XHTML + CSS valid
- Tested in Firefox, Internet Explorer 6, Opera, and Safari
- Compatible with Wordpress 2.5 and below
- Logo PSD and font are included in the package
This is simply a wonderful theme for anyone looking to organize an in-depth blog or manage content that requires multiple category listings and also needs a lot of features. This theme meets both of those stipulations with grace and ease.
Linoluna Theme
Features
- Lean and simple CSS
- Grid Layout
- Tabbed Navigation
- Slideshow animated featured articles on front page
An extremely deep magazine theme suited magnificently for multi-author blogs. Among its many accessible features is a fantastic statistics calculator in each post which includes total comments, total views, author name, category, date, and an email address, not to mention the print function.
Monochrome Gallery Theme
Features
- Custom admin panel
- Easily customize theme
- Four widgetized areas
- More homepage content
- Author Archives
- Two page templates
- No editing themes files
- Blueprint CSS
- Valid XHTML and CSS
Monochrome Gallery is a free widgetized theme for Wordpress packaged with an author archives page, AJAX slideshow, categorized posts with thumbnails on the homepage, and a CSS framework to aid in customization. Need I say more?
Small Magazine Theme
Features
- Unique and fresh design
- Widgetized Sidebar
- 125×125 ad spots
- 250×250 adsense spot
- Easily customizable using CSS
- Custom 404 Error page
- Fixed width
- Right Sidebar
- Built in Flickr support
- Styled Pagination
- Built in Gravatar
- Valid CSS & HTML
Here we have a fully loaded magazine theme packed with features. Completely ready to launch your online publication style site with a built in photo gallery and featured articles sections. If it’s a magazine theme you need, look no further.
Arthemia Theme
Features
- Drop Down Menus
- Automatic image resizing for thumbnails
- Gravatar Support
- 3 column with enhanced footer
On the other hand, when you need the perfect balance between a magazine type setup and blog, then this is your theme. You get the magazine headers and featured articles, with an ordered post section below a featured category break.
Isolated Theme
Features
- Contains search, author, and links page templates.
- Mootool Accordion for bulk post display.
- Collapsible/expandable sidebar.
- XHTML1.0 Transitional
- Sidebar is above footer, and has 3 columns.
- GD Image Titles (Can be disabled via Theme Options Page)
- Tested in IE7, IE6, Firefox 1.5, and Opera 9
Probably the most unique theme I have seen in a while, this visually stunning theme, not to mention how technically interesting it is, makes me think of flipping through a book. An easy addition to the list, without question. I expect to see this cropping up all over the web.
Gluttony Theme
Features
- Two-column
- Widget-ready
- Rounded-corners
Yet another fine example of a content based theme. Meaning it is simple and clean while still offering a variety of features. Though none of that detracts from letting the content shine through.
The Morning After Theme
Features
- Clean grid-based design
- Support for WordPress widgets
- A three-column home page
- Featured post highlighting
- Associating images/thumbnails with recent posts
- Customizable logo/header image
- Easy CSS classes for adding captions and wrapping text around images in posts
- Support for asides
- Option for readers to e-mail posts to friends
- Option to switch to a print-friendly view to print posts
The theme was created based on a brief survey on the WordPress forums about what people would want to see in a unique magazine-style theme. Nice showcase layout for your recent posts.
Bonus Versatility Lite
Features
- Two-collumn theme
- Ad-ready
- Widgetized Sidebar
- Featured Post
- Dropdown CSS Menus
- Integrated related posts, social bookmarking buttons and more
As a bonus we decided to add a new theme that was just released this week. It’s a nice simple and clean blog theme released under the Creative Commons License.
What underused themes have you discovered recently on your trips around the web that you think would have made a nice addition to the list?
Related posts:
]]>
[tweetmeme]
It’s no secret at this point, this internet thing is going to be big! Most businesses today have some kind of online presence, usually focused around their website. The marketing value of this tool is virtually immeasurable. Unless you are a company that specializes in measuring the marketing value of of the internet as a mainstream tool for enhancing your business, then you might have an idea. And if that is your business, what kind of website would you have?
Business sites have a different goal than most, to be sure. For most business sites, usability is the main focus when putting the site together. They want to make sure that function takes precedence so that users can easily find their way around to everything that they are looking for. Some businesses believe the look of the site is as important as everything else, and they have achieved usability with an equal focus on aesthetics. Here are the thirty most inspirational business websites that we found.
PhotoImageArt
.
.
Group8020
.
.
Cad & the Dandy
.
.
Assaroe Falls
.
.
Mia and Maggie
.
.
Coconut Grove Apartments
.
.
Expression Tints
.
.
Porters Carpet and Furniture
.
.
Sunderman Construction
.
.
Rock Creek Strategic Marketing
.
.
Tastebook
.
.
Dornoch Castle Hotel
.
.
The Resume Girl
.
.
30 Elm
.
.
Hotel Oxford
.
.
Pink Comb Salon
.
.
Best Mortgage Deals
.
.
Depozit De USI
.
.
101 Prints
.
.
Miami Angel Properties
.
.
Madame Surto
.
.
Empower Walk
.
.
EarthGoods Natural Foods
.
.
Eliteak Outdoor Furnature
.
.
Merchant Vinyl
.
.
Fox Plumbing
.
.
Oypro Commercial Real Estate
.
.
Adcapital Industries
.
.
Paul Geller Enterprises
.
.
Advanced Recovery Computer Recycling
.
Related posts:
]]>
I think we can all agree that design has been in a constant change since the burst of the Internet, however it seems that the direction of who is doing the designing has also changed from those who are ‘professionals’ in their field to the new breed – ‘home designers’.
So – is this the direction for design in the future? Will design professionals be shunted off to the side to make way for other, cheaper alternatives? Or will people recognize this is killing the industry and the extra money that is paid is for quality?
Spec work seems to be the design of the future. For those who don’t know, spec work is when you hold a ‘competition’ where designers compete against each other in order to win the prize money. The thing that annoys professionals however is that the cost they can charge is being lowered as their profession is cheapened and that they could be competing against unqualified and inexperienced designers.
I myself (being an early design student) have participated in a few spec competitions to experience first-hand what it is like. Out of the 7 or so I entered, I did not come first, however, I received a commendation prize for a good design in which the ‘client’ purchased the exclusive rights to. Out of most of the competitions I entered there were 40-300 participants. Positives can be drawn from these experiences (e.g. practicing design with a real design brief) and that can be good for students however, the still-obvious downside is the cheapening of the industry.
Main reasons why spec work can be seen as ‘bad’.
- There can only be 1 winner out of potentially hundreds of entrants
- It lowers the amount of business they can receive. Clients see much more opportunity in paying $300 for 100 different designers.
If you take a look at the current spec sites (99designs, CrowdSpring and Incspring) you can see an evident explosion in popularity as word has spread around. As with Newton’s third law of motion, there has been refute for the idea. Protest websites like NO!SPEC have been set up to counter these various spec websites. On the NO!SPEC website it outlines all the various reasons as to why they oppose this idea so I will let you go and read that if you desire. This opens up to the main part of the post where you have your say.
Is spec work the way of the future? Is it going to cheapen the industry permanently or is it just a fad? Are the new younger designers going to replace the current experienced designers? Does education still have a place within the industry with spec work booming?
Related posts:
]]>