Nicola Ginzler

Senior Graphic Designer

Blog Category: pearls of wisdom

Geek vs nerd traits

Geeks vs Nerds: An Infographic

Flags of the world

English is no longer the language of the web

1600s men at coffeehouse

Social Networking in the 1600s

iOS7 home screen

What iOS 7 Should Look Like

"Written? Kitten!" screen

7 Productivity-Boosting Tools to Fight Procrastination

Yves Behar office design

A Complete Lack of Privacy: Yves Behar’s New Office Design

10 Things Designers Need to Know About iOS7

Child drawing with pencil

Creativity Requires TIME: Irrefutable Video Proof

iPad and iPhone diagram

Nicely done beginner’s guide to iOS design

Wdmund Wilson decline letter

The Best Decline Letter of All Time: Edmund Wilson

Social media statistics in disasters

Why Social Media Is the Front Line of Disaster Response

MAKE Editorial Director Ken Denmead interviews Adam Savage

Mythbuster Adam Savage: “Work hard and work smart.”

Birds aren't descended from dinosaurs, they ARE dinosaurs

Birds and Dinosaurs

A glass is 50% full of air and 50% full of water so technically it's 100% full

Reframe

Productivity is expected to peak between 12pm and 5pm, but in fact peaks between 12am and 4am.

Productivity

Earth from space

Astronauts articulate some of the life-changing feelings brought up by their experience of space

All the little characters from the animation

Winners of the Webby Awards 2013

Illustration with Pinterest "P"'s

What the Heck Is P-Commerce?

The Two Most Important Words in Business

Women Nerd Heroes

Hacker Heroes: 6 Women Who Have Changed Technology

Illustration of woman on phone

The Secret to Keeping Phone Calls Short and Sweet

Environments for Humans online Responsive Web Design Summit 2013 – Day 3 of 3

Environments for Humans online Responsive Web Design Summit 2013 – Day 2 of 3

Environments for Humans online Responsive Web Design Summit 2013 – Day 1 of 3

Fallen runner and police officers

Boston Marathon Tragedy

Tweet: Mike Monteiro @Mike_FTW Never, ever, ever let them call you a “creative”. It’s a way to be disenfranchised. You are a designer. It’s not magic, it’s a trade.

From A List Apart: A response to Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic’s condescending “Seven Rules for Managing Creative People”

Timeline: Fuck off, panic,

The Creative Process

Trademark strength matrix

Test Your Trademark

From Smashing Magazine, a social media images generator

Where Design is Going, and How to be There

Book cover: Beginning HTML5 and CSS3: The Web Evolved

HTML5 forms introduction and new attributes

Dieter Rams quote

Fantastic post from designer Meng To: How Writing Makes You a Better Designer

Interaction Design collage

If you want to see the future of software UI design, look to the history of print design

"Finally, an awsome UX tutorial."

The best resources for learning bleeding-edge web, UI and UX design