Jared Erickson

You know what they say.. Pantone is a designers best friend… especially for a color blind designer. :-)

Killer design by Jonas Eriksson (wonder if we are related?!) for another iPad Synthesizer app. I love synths but nothing compares to a physical analog setup.

Koostik handcrafted a “speaker” system for the iPhone made from a pure block of wood. instead of using any kind of electronics to amplify the sound they use the resonance of the wood to boost the iPhones internal speakers. I know Bose uses the same kind of “tunneling” to deliver a full sound from a tiny driver.

read more or purchase them over at koostik

People, this is the year 2010 (almost 2011) why are you still using the default setting for your dropshadows.. better question why are using dropshadows? Just because you use a dropshadow does not mean it’s a better design, or  it make your image/picture “POP” more. Design is just as much about taking away as it is adding.

By using the default settings for a dropshadow you are doing 2 things:

1. Dating your design back to 1997
2. Making yourself look like you have no clue what you are doing.

Myths about the dropshadow:

It’s going to give my image more depth: Have you ever seen an image floating on top of a table with a 120º dark shadow floating to the right of it.. even when you have 6 light sources?

It makes my text Crisp: Or it causes distraction.  If you know what you are doing you should be able to place your text  in a location on an image to keep it crisp.

In Other words.. Dropshadows are a great way of saying “I have Photoshop, and no clue about what I’m doing”

Please do not take offense to this post if you are one of these people, although I stated my views I still believe dropshadows do have a place in design when used correctly.