An extended guide on font pairing: how to combine different typefaces or fonts successfully.
In 2018 I decided to read 52 books in a year, one every week. In this blog post, I’ll let you know if I…
The state of design in 2019 In recent years design has become much more mature, we know what works for conversion and sales, we…
This curiosity of me about beauty all started because too many people neglect or don’t acknowledge the power of beauty. Too many people don’t see the positive impact beauty can have on their brands and products. So too often I’m seeing myself defending beauty, frustrated I can’t seem to successfully persuade people why it matters so much. So I wondered, where does this don’t-care-about-beauty attitude come from? And is there research that proves the added…
I recently discovered a new approach to check if the usability of my design is right. And I do this by comparing my design…
“Visual Intelligence” is one of the 52 books I’ll read this year. And after reading the first chapter, I kinda felt like I just…
This year I got myself into a challenge of reading 52 books before the end of the year. So from time to time, you’ll find a book summary on Deesignre. In this article, I will give a summary of the book “The design of everyday things” by Don Norman. It’s about why we should blame the designers when users make mistakes. Blame the designer and examples of bad design When a user does not understand a…
When I was still in college and wondered how to choose a typeface, I would do some research on a typeface and find something…
When we talk about typography, we either refer to it as a typeface or a font. And in most situations, it’s fine to use…
An important thing to always keep in mind while designing things for other people, is that the market changes, society changes, and thus the societies needs and wants change as well. People used to be happy with just coffee-beans, bringing their own jar and going home with just beans, this was around 1930, eventually they wanted pre-made coffee ready to take at the correct moment. And eventually that didn’t suffice anymore, people expected experiences, they wanted an experience around…