Here is a great video by Jeff Gothelf on how to build a successful team. Some highlights are

• no silos
• small teams
• close location or communication to reduce the feedback loop (at least have to be awake at the same time
• dedicated (not pulled off on other projects)
• self sufficient – if it needs to write code someone can write code, if it needs to design someone can design, if it needs research someone can research, product management decisions, someone needs to be there to make that – it doesn’t mean you need representatives from those disciplines, just people with those competencies.

Today I found it here learning about

Julian Schnabel
Every angel has a dark side

Julian Schnabel: In The Course of Seven Days on Nowness.com

I find it hard to pick fonts sometimes and tend to go with the ones I have loved in the past: Futura, Adobe Garamond, Helvetica Neue, Franklin Gothic. In my font library you will find some fun House Industries fonts (Chalet, Las Vegas, Neutraface). Eventually when my budget allows, I will buy more House fonts because I love them so much. Sometimes I find suitable free fonts when I need a fun, scripty or quirky font like Lobster, University or Champagne and Limousines.

Today I found Fonts In Use, a fantastic font resource that I would like to share. It’s a website that shows graphic samples of fonts used in action. What a great way to pick a suitable font for a project. This site could help making font choices easier.

Here are some great samples of Founders Grotesk.

For my last mobile project I chose to use Axure for my prototype. As an old school Photoshoper I was somewhat apprehensive about creating something using a new tool. I felt like my creativity flourished when I used Photoshop and without it I would be limited. However, I was pretty excited to learn something new and Axure has features to easily add interaction in prototypes. As I started to learn Axure I realized my limitations were defined by me. My mind was trapped in Photoshop. Once I started I realized I could utilize Illustrator and Photoshop by making assets and laying out my design and adding interaction in Axure. It was a great combination and really helped keep me focused on a user centered approach to my design. I wasn’t growing by limiting myself to photoshop. Sometimes I need to be reminded to embrace new technologies because they usually make work easier and better. Yay Axure!

Designers in general need to focus on the project as a whole. Sometimes it’s easy to forget the footer or get lazy when you design the footer in your rush to get a project “out the door.” Well here are some samples to inspire you.  Creative ways to make the footer of your project exciting.

See all fun footers here.

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Surfing around today and happened to find this site that makes business cards. I was impressed by the design quality of their templates

Great article on questions to ask when designing a logo. Thanks to a fabulous brand expert, Angela Glyda. Follow Angela.

I was recently turned on to Vines. I was like what? A super short video? How do you make this cool? Well it’s all about an idea and then the rest is simple. Here is a cool one called Hypnosis found featuring Dark Night of the Soul featuring David Lynch by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse on the soundtrack!

Great UI sample for Pregnancy App. Like the use of stitching and the unique send icon.