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In Web Design, by nikibrown, August 23, 2010
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Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes So here’s the deal: I’m going to SXSW this year and hopefully giving a talk with my friend @unruthless. She’s the genius developer/designer and I’m the awesome designer/developer and we will hopefully be giving a talk titled: “Connecting Concept to Code: Tips for Designer/Developers”. We will be exploring the why’s [...]

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In Tutorials, Graphic Design, by nikibrown, August 15, 2010

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In Web Design, by nikibrown, July 29, 2010

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes This past week I had a chance to speak at the Front-End Design Conference down in steamy St. Petersburg Florida. I had a great weekend that included meeting tons of awesome people, lots of tasty drinks, salsa dancing and plenty of air-conditioning. My talk was titled “Design is in the [...]

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In Web Design, by nikibrown, July 12, 2010
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I feel pretty comfortable talking about design in most situations. I love critiquing and offering design help, writing blog posts and sharing my design knowledge. One thing I’ve never done is speak in front of a group of people. Blah blah blah everyone has a fear of public speaking blah blah blah, myself included. But [...]

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In Web Design, by nikibrown, June 27, 2010
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I’m sure we have all had experiences with P.I.T.A. clients before. These types of clients require lots of meetings, phone calls, emails, special attention and hand holding. If you aren’t prepared for the time commitment, these clients can blow through the alloted hours in a design budget faster than I can down a Red Bull. [...]

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In Tutorials, by nikibrown, June 23, 2010

I recently participated in Meredith Marsh’s Business card exchange and received a CRAPTON (yes thats a scientific value) of cards. I’ve picked out the cards that caught my attention and talk about the design traits that make them stand out from the crowd. How Does Your Business Card Measure Up? What did you do to make [...]

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In Web Design, by nikibrown, June 7, 2010

Design from different perspectives is a series of short video interviews detailing the different kinds of jobs and environments that are available to designers and the pros and cons of each situation. In this video I chat with interview Chad Engle about his experiences working as a designer at an advertising agency. Stay tuned and [...]

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In Web Design, by nikibrown, June 2, 2010

Design from different perspectives is a series of short video interviews detailing the different kinds of jobs and environments that are available to designers and the pros and cons of each situation. In this video I chat with interview Steven Olmstead about his experiences working as an in house designer and freelancing on the side. [...]

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