Blogging and all that Malarkey

Yours truly over at the Smashing Magazine: “SVGs, they scale, yes, but how else can you make them adapt even better to several screen sizes? Web design pioneer Andy Clarke explains how he builds what he calls “adaptive SVGs” using symbol, use, and CSS Media Queries.”

Yours truly over at CSS Tricks: “There are so many creative opportunities for using shape-outside that I’m surprised I see it used so rarely. So, how can you use it to add personality to a design? Here’s how I do it.”

I have to admit that I got a little over-excited when I read that the contrast-color() function is supported in Safari and was keen to try it out. But there’s a problem, the thing with contrast-color is…

In this episode of Unfinished Business, Andy talks about what he learned from running an online layout workshop and Rich describes his new, up-coming conference, Web Day Out.

Last week, I hosted what I plan to be the first in an ongoing series of online workshops. Overall, the event went well, and here’s what I learned and how I’ll improve things next time.

Before my workshop last week, I made some changes to my Compound grid generator. After the workshop, I made a new grid generator tool, this time designed to create modular grids.

Yours truly over at the Smashing Magazine: “Creating motion can be tricky. Too much and it’s distracting. Too little and a design feels flat. Ambient animations are the middle ground — subtle, slow-moving details that add atmosphere without stealing the show.”

To get ready for my first practical layout workshop for designers this week, I upgraded my compound grid generator with a new and improved version.

If you thought you’d missed my practical layout workshop for designers, well—thanks to COVID—you didn’t.

In this episode of Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich are joined by Set Studio founder and publisher of Piccalilli, Andy Bell.