Ahmed's Design Blog

Parachute Centro Pro – Original Typeface Award Winner for 2008

Ahmed — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:10:54 +0000

EDAwards gave accolade of original typeface award to Parachute Centro Pro. Upscale Typography has article on making of the three related super families’ font.

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Tags: font, parachute, centro pro, typography, EDAwards, awards

Blogging Redux!

Ahmed — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:22:47 +0000

I have been slacking on blogging front for quite a while, now that I have started freelancing and saving time on commuting and inhaling smog I want to give some time to sharing things I come across related to design in general via my blog.

Looking forward to blogging regularly.

Build a Flash Portfolio

Ahmed — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:21:56 +0000

Computer Art’s tutorial on creating portfolio using Flash for showcasing your work.
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A Society On The Move

Ahmed — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:14:57 +0000

Account of a westerner about Japan and pervasiveness of technology in people’s everyday life.
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Google’s unknown artist

Ahmed — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:38:52 +0000

The man behind Google’s Logo and it’s quirky variations.

The 28-year-old webmaster designs the whimsical logos that decorate Google.com’s otherwise Spartan Web site on special occasions.

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The Seoul of Design

Ahmed — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:02:15 +0000

FastCompany’s article on how design changed the Samsung into red-hot global brand.

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Click to activate and use this control box

Ahmed — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:48:02 +0000

Microsoft updated it’s browser Internet Explorer which affected rendering of embedded content and applications on websites. This affects Flash files, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Java , Adobe Acrobat, etc.

Adobe has come up with a solution for display of Flash.

Link (Adobe Flash Fix)

Link (MSDN Fix)

50 ways to become a better designer

Ahmed — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:42:34 +0000

Computer Arts article carrying tips from different designers on the ideas stage, best practice, software skills, finishing work & finessing, and things to avoid.

50 ways to become a better designer

The way you work can have a huge impact on your creative success. We present the best advice from leading designers on every stage of the creative process, so that you can keep clients satisfied and make the most of your talents.

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World First Banner Ad

Ahmed — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:43:00 +0000

Nothing fancy but this launched million others.

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BBC Report on UK Gamers

Ahmed — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:59:00 +0000

Report on UK gamers released by BBC Creative Research and Development.

Link [PDF] (via BoingBoing)

Patterns & Web Development

Ahmed — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:46:00 +0000

An article on patterns in web application development.

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My Blog Link in Designers Who Blog

Ahmed — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:17:00 +0000

My blog being added to Designers Who Blog. Search for ‘Ahmed’ on homepage.

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Linotype 2005’s Top Fonts

Ahmed — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:17:00 +0000

Linotyope’s Most Requested Fonts from 2005. There are various fonts categorized as ‘business’ or ‘casual’ fonts. Frutiger, Syntax, Palatino, Linotype BioPlasm are personal favorites.

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Microsoft Hires User Interface Guru

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:32:00 +0000

Interesting news bit.

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MIT Courses Online

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:10:00 +0000

MIT’s OCW courses online for anyone to use. Designers can find many useful insight with various courses that are offered.

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A Shameless Promotion

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:08:00 +0000

My own bare-bone portfolio is online now.

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The Anatomy of Web Fonts

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:05:00 +0000

Article on what make a good web font.

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Don’t Hate Me Because I am Digital

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:04:00 +0000

Miss Digital World 2005 contest’s 15 finalists.

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Quotation Marks Discussion

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:02:00 +0000

A discussion on Typophile about using large quotation in composition.

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Packaging Going Digital

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:58:00 +0000

Wired News link to shape of packaging in the near future.

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Future Desktop Interface

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:51:00 +0000

An article titled “Where Computer Interfaces Are Going : 3D Beyond Games” on desktop interfaces of the future.

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Style vs. Design

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:50:00 +0000

An old article but still holds true today.

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Elements of Design

Ahmed — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:47:00 +0000

A great article on fundamentals of great composition.

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Storyboarding Rich Internet Applications with Visio

Ahmed — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:06:00 +0000

As rich Internet applications comes of age the challenge to document rich interactions arises. B&A article provides hands-on guide with Visio to tackle this issue.

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AJAX Primer

Ahmed — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:06:00 +0000

IBM DeveloperWorks published part 1 of AJAX primer. For those who are waiting to start AJAX can get their feet wet.

Link (via Slashdot)