Smashing Magazine — Dan Redding

Author: Dan Redding

Dan Redding designs brand identity and websites at his studio, Magnetic State. He also hosts a podcast called The Magnetic Eye, featuring interviews with artists and designers.

Website: Magnetic State

Twitter: Follow the author on Twitter

Inside Google’s User Experience Lab: An Interview With Google’s Marcin Wichary

July 8th, 2011
33 Comments

Marcin Wichary’s fascination with the relationship between humans and machines began at an early age. As a boy in Poland, he was mesmerized by the interaction between arcade patrons and the video games they played. Years later, Marcin would help shape the way that millions of computer users interact with ...

We Can Do Better: The Overlooked Importance of Professional Journalism

January 28th, 2011
50 Comments

The Web is a galaxy of information that is rapidly expanding. Blogs and online magazines are helping shape the future of this Information Age that we live in. Those of us who read, write and design blogs and online magazines possess extraordinary power and potential. How will we choose to ...

The Future of the Internet

August 11th, 2010
84 Comments

The Internet is a medium that is evolving at breakneck speed. It’s a wild organism of sweeping cultural change — one that leaves the carcasses of dead media forms in its sizeable wake. It’s transformative: it has transformed the vast globe into a ‘global village’ and it has drawn ...

The Evolution of The Logo

July 6th, 2010
66 Comments

Logo design has been a controversial subject in the design press lately. One branding professional recently claimed that logo design is not that hard to do and another said that logos are dead; some rebutted while others concurred. Why all the fuss? We live in a Brand Era, where branding is ...

How to Create a Promotional Snail Mail Campaign

March 16th, 2010
49 Comments

It’s important to promote your design business. This is especially true when economic times are challenging, you’ve got news to announce, or you’re simply hungry for growth. Many forms of promotion are available to the modern designer – with banner ads and Google AdWords among the most popular. In this ...

Art Manifestos and Their Applications in Contemporary Design

February 21st, 2010
28 Comments

The way you express yourself with words is a crucial extension of your creative identity. Professional designers are usually busy focusing on the visual aspects of their craft, but visual arts and literary arts collide and coincide regularly. The two fields meet not just in typography, but also in press ...

The Beauty of London in Design

November 6th, 2009
39 Comments

“There is no specific London style.” At least that’s what the ‘Super Contemporary’ show at London’s Design Museum proclaims. During an exploration of London’s art and design scene in September 2009, what did emerge was a city with a unique sense of its own personality and history, a fertile hub ...