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New Design (3.0)
Well ladies and gentleman, I have finally completed my redesign. Thanks to everyone for being so patient. Now, as one last piece, please allow me to explain my thinking. (For those reading on an RSS reader, please take the time and check out the s
May 31, 2005 |
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The Puma/Jordan Connection
I'm not sure when I started noticing this, but have you seen the Puma and the Jordan logos? I'm sure you have, but just in case, here they are for your viewing pleasure. <img alt="puma.gif" src="http://www.noahbrier.com/image
June 17, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 11 COMMENTS
That's Not Really [INSERT ART FORM HERE]
By Noah Brier and Charles Gallant Rock and roll is not music. How could it be? You've got a bunch of kids with shaggy hair playing instrumen
October 6, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 9 COMMENTS
Design IS NOT Rounded Corners
No matter what anyone says, it's my goal to make people believe that design is not something to be taken lightly. At Sony, we assume all products of our compeititors will have basically the same technology, price, performance, and
February 22, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
Help Me Help You
As I've mentioned multiple times now, I'm in the process of redesigning the site. I've been struggling with a few things and the process is going fairly slowly because I really want to get it right. As I was thinking about it this morning I realized
May 17, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
The Oneness of Content and Context
Last night over drinks I got into a fairly interesting discussion about my feelings on design. I don't really feel like going into the whole thing because it sat on the edge of the "art vs. design" debate as well as the "what is design" question.
April 1, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
The Beauty of Moleskine
Today I was having a conversation with a fellow Moleskine fan and we got on the topic of why we liked the notebooks so much. It's not so much the toughness, or the pocket in the back, but rath
March 18, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Do You Like the Links?
I spent most of today walking around New York City and enjoying the weather (including a good time in Central Park that included an Uma Thurman sighting). While I wasn't soaking the weather in (and some of the time I was), I worked on my redesign. On
May 14, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Gap.com Redesign
The second big redesign to talk about (following up on my discussion of The Guardian), is Gap.com. After shutting the whole thi
September 13, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Visual Thinking Blogs
I like information visualizations. It's with that said that I point you all towards a few blogs that specialize in finding great examples: 1. <a href="http://infos
September 7, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Elegance in Design
This quote comes from <a href="http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=IBbVle3cNQUC&pg=PR7&lpg=PR7&dq=Invention+and+Evolution:+Design+in+Nature+and+Engineering&prev=http://books.google.com/books%3Fq%3DInvention%2Band%2BEvolution:%2BDesign%2Bin%2BNa
November 22, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
How Do You Use Blogs?
I've been working on a redesign lately and thus have been thinking a lot about how people use blogs, and more specifically, how people use this blog. I think I've charted out the four kinds of people who use this site. Please let me know if you use i
May 13, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Quick Thought on Hierarchies
[Editor's Note: The following thoughts are inspired by On Intelligence.] I've been think
March 26, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
The Questioner
Information architecture is a fascinating thing. Thinking through a user experience and trying to understand exactly how they interact with a site requires a special kind of thinking. It requires a certain critical detachment: An information archi
June 15, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Design Blogs
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December 1, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
If Your Interface Sucks, Your Product Sucks
Things should be easy to use. I know it's kind of a broad statement, but it's true. I was explaining my feelings on this just last night. My feeling on any new technology is that if I can't figure it out in five minutes it's probably not wo
June 24, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Blog Design Sucks!
Blog design generally sucks. It seems to be a fact of life. People have accepted that blogs look like blogs and refuse to try and think past that. On multiple occasions I have gotten into arguments about what a blog "should" look like. My argument
December 20, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
New Design
Well, here it is. So what do you think? Please be as praising or critical as you feel necessary, I want to make this site as easy as possible to use. If you don't feel comfortable leaving the comments in the comment section, feel free to <a href="mai
January 21, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Navigation that Makes Sense
Today I was on the Target website looking for one of those little things that squeezes the toothpaste out of the tube for you. I didn't find it, however, I did run across this cool little navigation feature: <i
May 3, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Why I Care About Design
I've been thinking quite a bit about design lately. In fact, I would be tempted to say it's taken up a majority of my mindshare as of late. It's not that I'm abandoning the super-geek world of tags and RSS, it's just that my interests are evolving
September 20, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Usability and Design
Over at Bokardo, Joshua Porter asks, "Why do you think that usability and visual design aren’t often associated with each other
June 23, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Great Design
Joel Spolsky (of Joel on Software fame) hits on some points I've been meaning to write about for some time (and actually have writte
February 8, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
More Connections Lead to Better Work
I know I've been talking about design a lot lately, but it's a subject I can't get off my mind. Beyond just dealing with it on a daily basis at work, by opening my eyes to it, I notice it in every aspect of my life. I like to think I don't approac
March 22, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Some Visualization's For You
I really like visual interfaces that help you interact with lots of information. The other day I was trying to make a list and came up with these. It's far from exhaustive, and I'd love to hear some visualizations other people have found. <blockquote
March 4, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Design Matters
If I had to point to one discipline that played the largest part in my thinking over the last year it would be design. I've mentioned in this space before that I'm amazed that in the past I spent so little time considering something that played su
January 6, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
See All the Branches
I'm not sure I completely get this, but it's a visualization of the structure of NoahBrier.com and outgoing links (I think . . .). It's from a Java ap
March 20, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Design Refresh
Those of you who look at this site will notice a bit of a change in the design (for those of you that read it via RSS, come on over and tell me what you think). I felt like it was time for a slight change for
November 11, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Interesting Looking Blogs
I've been spending a lot of time lately trying to find well-designed blogs. The other day I pointed to ShuanInman.com. I'm really interested in blogs that don't necessarily look like a "blog." Here are a few
August 31, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Some HTML Problems
I'm looking for someone to help me fix a problem I'm having. If you check out this or any other page with more than one comment in Internet Explorer you'll notice that
June 18, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Guardian Redesign
Redesigns seemed to be all the rage today. Between The Guardian paper edition and Gap.com, I don't remember a day of reading more coverage of design. I have very lit
September 13, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Redesigning the Pill Bottle
In April, New York Magazine ran a great feature story <a href="http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/healt
October 31, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Beautiful Blog
I'm always looking for good looking websites, especially well-designed blogs since so many look the same. With that said, the other day I discovered ShaunInman.com (the site of Shuan Inman, not surprisin
August 29, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS