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Coming Clean on Comic Sans: An Interview with Mark Boulton
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

Designer, speaker, and author, Mark Boulton spoke to SitePoint recently while in Sydney for Web Directions South. In this interview, Mark speaks on matters typographical, and clarifies that rumor about Comic Sans.

 

Cameron Adams on Designing Google Wave
by Alex Walker

Alex Walker

When Google Wave was announced in May, it showed the potential to reinvent the way we communicate online. SitePoint caught up with Cameron Adams, who designed the user interface for Wave, to talk about the process he followed and the challenges he faced.

 

The Battlefield of Design: Designers vs Clients
by Paul Boag

Paul Boag

Have you ever been frustrated at a client for not taking your design advice? Perhaps you should analyze the process that you follow. Here, Paul lays out a seven-step approach for delivering truly collaborative design that keeps everyone happy.

 

The Role of Design in Modern Church Marketing
by Darren Hoyt

Darren Hoyt

If you've visited any CSS gallery sites lately, you may have noticed that church web sites are popping up all over the place, with designs ranging from cliched grunge to classic and refined. Being Christmas, Darren decided it was a good time to explore just what went into creating an online presence for a spiritual organization.

 

Scratching the Surface with August de los Reyes
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

At the Web Directions South conference last month, SitePoint's Matthew Magain caught up with the creative director of Microsoft Surface, August de los Reyes, to talk about design literacy, design process, and the next generation of user interfaces.

 

Digg's Designer Divulges Design Details
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

Whilst at the Web Directions South conference, Matt got the opportunity to chat with the talented designer behind popular web sites Digg and Pownce, Daniel Burka. The interview reveals some fascinating insights into the design decisions behind one of the most highly trafficked sites in the world.

 

23 Beautiful Examples of Web Site Archives
by Jina Bolton

Jina Bolton

Does your design enthusiasm extend to the archives section of your site, or do you tend to overlook its potential? In this article, Jina takes us on a tour of appreciation though a gallery of beautiful examples—you’ll never neglect this aspect of a site again!

 

Mark Boulton's Freelance Design Secrets
by Andy Kowalik

Andy Kowalik

Andy Kowalik catches up with Mark Boulton to discover the man behind the successful web design studio, the route he took to achieve this success, and what's crucial in keeping it that way.

 

Andy Budd on Usability, Design, and the Death of CSS
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

In this interview, veteran user experience designer, author and web standards advocate Andy Budd speaks to SitePoint about blogging, usability testing, the design process, and why he thinks that CSS is a dead technology.

 

Xavier Mathieu On The Design Of 99designs.com
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

Popular crowdsourcing site 99designs.com launched a slick new design last week. In this candid interview, the site's designer, Xavier Mathieu, shares some of the early mockups that shaped the site's design, describes the process he followed, and shares his thoughts on "design contests".

 

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