I`m a Brazilian web designer &
front-end developer.
This blog features some of my projects, illustrations, photographs and thoughts. Enjoy!
Know Your Type: Part 1 – Anatomy
Typography is a field that is quite new to me. Coming from a developer background, I did not study type the way graphic designers do. Luckily, today we have great books and various websites approaching this subject.
In this post series, which will be called Know Your Type, I will share some basic concepts and theories to introduce you to the amazing world of typography.
3 Image Techniques To Speed Up Your Website
In this post I’ll show you 3 useful techniques to speed up the display and download of images on your website: Css Sprites, Image Maps and Inline Images. By using these techniques you will reduce the number of http requests needed to view all resources of your html. A good way to quantify the pros and cons of using these approaches is to download the Firefox Addon called YSlow.
Book Review: Don’t Make Me Think!
What comes to your mind when you think about usability in web design? “Less clicks is better”? “Design to the average user”? “Content is king”? “Users leave your website if it doesn’t load in X seconds”? If you take any of these as a rule for your websites then you need to read this book: Don’t Make Me Think, by Steve Krug.
Portfolio: Coldwell Banker Ireland
Coldwell Banker is a world wide known real estate company with a wide range of property markets such as Residential Homes, Apartments, Land, Holiday Homes as well as Industrial, Commercial and Retail. Their Irish branch, Coldwell Banker Ireland, contacted 4pm to create a new portal for their head office where the users could find all information about the Irish agencies and properties available.
How to Photograph Textures For Websites
It’s great to see how much the use of textures in websites has increased in the past months. They are an effective way of adding flavour and fun to the design. I love taking pictures of walls, bricks, or surfaces around the city and analyse the pattern that they bring to the whole subject. In this article I’ll share some tips that I try to put in practise when photographing textures.
