Author Andrew Clarke

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Andy Clarke is a well-known web designer, design consultant, and mentor. He’s been called plenty of things since he started working on the web. His ego likes terms such as “Ambassador for CSS,” “industry prophet,” and “inspiring,” but he’s most proud that Jeffrey Zeldman once called him a “triple-talented bastard.” With his wife Sue, Andy founded Stuff & Nonsense in 1998, where they’ve helped companies around the world to improve their designs by providing consulting and design expertise.

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Inspired Design Decisions With Bradbury Thompson: The Art Of Graphic Design

August 18, 2020 — In this final article of the “Inspired Design Decisions” series, Andy explains how studying the work of Bradbury Thompson can teach you a number of things to help you create stunning designs for the web. Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions With Emmett McBain: Art Direction As Social Equity

July 28, 2020 — Emmett McBain was a Black American graphic designer whose work had a remarkable impact on the representation of Black Americans in advertising. In this part of Andy’s series, he’ll explain how his work can inspire what we design for the web. Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions With Giovanni Pintori: Publicity Becomes An Art Form

June 26, 2020 — In the tenth issue of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will explain how Giovanni Pintori can inspire design for the web with his distinctive use of color and shape. Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions With Max Huber: Turning Mundane Subjects Into Exciting Visual Communication

May 22, 2020 — In this ninth issue of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will explain how studying the work of Max Huber — one of the less well known but most distinguished Swiss designers — will teach you how to turn mundane subjects into exciting visual communication. Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions With Herb Lubalin: Typography Can Be As Exciting As Illustration And Photography

April 13, 2020 — In this eighth issue of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will explain how learning about American graphic designer and typographer Herb Lubalin has transformed his approach to typography on the web. Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions With Otto Storch: When Idea, Copy, Art And Typography Became Inseparable

March 23, 2020 — In this seventh instalment of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will explore how American art director and graphic designer Otto Storch inspires his designs for the web. Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions With Neville Brody: Design Cannot Remain Neutral

March 2, 2020 — How do we use blend modes to add depth to our designs, vertical text for impact and clipping paths to bring in character and energy to a design? In this article, we’ll explore just that. Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions With Bea Feitler: An Unstoppable Creative Force

October 3, 2019 — In this fifth installment of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will teach you about Bea Feitler, who directed Harper’s Bazaar throughout the 1960s and has been described as “the pioneering female art director you’ve never heard of.” Andy will teach you about Feitler’s … Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions With Alexey Brodovitch

September 5, 2019 — In this fourth instalment of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will teach you how scattering images will fill your designs with movement. Learn how to mirror pictures and text, and how to carve text into shapes using CSS Shapes. Read more…

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Inspired Design Decisions: Ernest Journal

August 8, 2019 — In this third instalment of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will teach you how to use frameworks to create layouts as engaging as in the well-known Ernest Journal. All it takes is an understanding of layout design and imagination. Read more…