Journal

To begin our journey, let us first recall where we started. This is the Sitemason that I was first exposed to as a new employee of Signal Hill, a firm that worked exclusively with the platform. I had to start building sites with them right away, but quickly got the hang of it. The design, …

I awoke to the sound of flapping. The room was dark and I couldn’t see very far, but the sense of motion around my head was unmistakable.

The design process is often defined not only by what was used, but by what wasn’t. During any design project, rarely is the first concept ever accepted without modification. The process for designing Reality Ministries’ new site was no different. Round 1 This was my first attempt at a design. The look is clean and …

When we’re not working on client projects, many of us at Signal Hill spend our time working on Senior Correspondent. My role there involves both maintaing the site itself, and also doing illustrations for some of our top authors. After receiving a request to illustrate an upcoming article, I thought it would be interesting to …

WWDC just happened, and the design community is busily dissecting every tidbit we got from the keynote. One major reveal yesterday was a brand new inteface for iOS. Many designers feel Apple went too far with it, but others think it’s great. My response so far: “I’m not sure yet.” Using an operating system is …

The design world is aflutter with the announcement of a brand new version of Creative Cloud from Adobe. What is clear from their announcements is that they are moving quickly and aggressively towards the modern web. Features like being able to export assets more easily and including CSS properties in text styling will have an …