Comments on: New work: Tunelinks

By: Julie Simmonds

Julie Simmonds — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:41:46 +0000

David,

I just stumbled upon your website when I googled “good logo design.” I am just starting out in design and like to study other works that I think are really great. Your work is clean and crisp. Thanks for posting the design processes!!! It’s incredibly helpful to us who are learning :)

By: James

James — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:37:47 +0000

As a music lover myself, I have to say you did a great job on this one! Also love the new site design with my favorite part being the larger photos and the ‘in context’ photos. Using the logo in context is an excellent idea and puts everything into perspective. I now do the same thing for my clients as well.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:03:35 +0000

Hello Ryan, the icon was initially presented alongside a different typeface, and my client selected the one shown. I was happy with the choice, too.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:39:31 +0000

I gotta say I’m not the biggest fan of this, and I think that it comes down to the type and the logo not really matching. I feel the skewed and square shape of the logo is at odds with the straight and curved type. I also really don’t like the the amount of space between the logo and the type.

Am I missing something here? Was there any rationale behind these choices? Sorry to be a downer, I generally like your work

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:03:41 +0000

Brilliant, Richard. Thanks a lot for letting me know.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:34:19 +0000

Hi David – Whatever you’ve done, it’s worked! Everything was centred before which made it a little difficult to read, but it looks good now.

I don’t use any particular tool but I use different computers (with my current work I’m using an old version of IE in the client’s office) so I always check on different browsers – mainly Firefox, Safari and IE.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:37 +0000

Hello Richard, I’ve given up on older versions of IE, but following your comment I went ahead and removed the old IE6 CSS screen from my header file — should’ve done that already. That’s probably why you saw a centred title and top menu (at least I hope so). I checked my site in IE8 on Windows, and it looks fairly decent.

Is there a particular tool or service you use to view different browsers and operating systems?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:42:30 +0000

Regarding the blog redesign, the extra width means that the content is displayed under the sidebar on smaller screen in IE. Also, the ‘Comments’ text is on a white background and interferes with the post title in older versions of IE. I’ve got the same problems with my sites, but the problem only seems to be in the old IE. How come you decided to centre the title and top menu? I preferred the left alignment personally.

I love the fact that you use a pen and paper. I do too but people look at me as if I’m some kind of luddite. Very interesting to see your notes too, thanks for sharing.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:54:26 +0000

The Whitelines pad looks great, Mark. Thanks for the links. I'd not considered an iPhone plugin. Interesting how you gave it a shot, then reverted to without (I find myself doing that with quite a few of the WordPress plugins tested in the past). Doug, good to get your thoughts on my new blog design. Those page numbers you miss were never shown on individual post pages, and you'll still find them at the foot of the home page or the category pages. Thanks for the additional comments, everyone.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:13:32 +0000

I’m stoked to see a fellow designer share the process behind the final result. Too often designers focus solely on the end without taking the time and effort to establish a clear dialogue with a client and begin the oft-arduous process of design thinking to arrive at a solid solution.

Very elegant execution, David.