Design Informer — Jad Limcaco

Author: Jad Limcaco

My name is Jad Limcaco and I am the editor of Design Informer. I also do freelance web and graphic design work on the side. You can view my portfolio here. I currently live in Santa Clara, CA. Go ahead and follow me on Twitter.

Design Talent or Design Skill?

August 5th, 2011
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I’ve always wondered this: “Is there such thing as a talented designer? Or is good design a skill? Or maybe to be a great designer, you need a combination of talent, skill, and experience.” Well, I guess it would depend on your definition of what talent and skill is. I ...

Design Informer Has Changed

August 1st, 2011
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For a little while now, this website has been feeling a bit neglected. Well, that’s all about to change. Design Informer will see some exciting days ahead. Over the last few weeks, through a number of emails and brainstorming chat sessions, the Smashing Magazine team and I have been planning ...

Photoshop Layer Styles in CSS3

July 28th, 2011
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I just ran across this awesome project by Felix Niklas and it blew my mind. it’s an HTML5 app for creating CSS3 in an intuitive way. The interface is very similar to Photoshop and functions just like it as well. I wrote a little preview/breakdown/review of it.

CSS3 Buttons Experiment

July 26th, 2011
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So I had a little fun last night and decided to experiment with some CSS3 buttons. I created eight different buttons so far. No images were used at all. I went wild with gradients and rounded corners.

High-Quality and Free Design Resource Websites

July 25th, 2011
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Design Informer is here to inform you of some great high-quality websites that offer some really good design resources. Best of all, these resources are free. Whether you are looking for a button, textures, or other web design elements for your next design, you are sure to find it in ...

The Best Free Fonts for Designers

July 19th, 2011
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I’ve been meaning to write this post but just haven’t had the time to do so. I’ve received several messages and emails asking me about fonts that I use on some of my design projects. I have a pretty large font collection. Some of them are paid, but a lot ...

TechCrunch Redesign

July 12th, 2011
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TechCrunch, the group-edited blog about technology start-ups, launched their redesign today. It’s quite different from the previous design and it’s already drawing a lot of criticism and hate. They redesigned everything, including the logo which is causing quite a stir right now.

Pushing the Envelope in Web Design

July 11th, 2011
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For years, everyone thought that running a mile in four minutes was physically impossible. Roger Bannister, a student at Merton College in Oxford wanted to try and break that record. He wanted to be the first person on earth to run a mile in under four minutes. For months, he ...

50 Things Every Creative Should Know

July 8th, 2011
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I ran across this excellent project that was created by designer and Illustrator, Jamie Wieck. The project consists of a list of 50 things that every creative should know. Also, each point on the list comes in 144 characters or less so you can share it through Twitter. There’s also ...

Ask the Expert – A Chat About Art, Design, Computers and Education with Milton Glaser

July 12th, 2010
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This is the most exciting "Ask the Expert" interview that we’ve had so far on Design Informer. A few months back, I had the opportunity to speak with Milton Glaser thanks to one of his assistants, Scarlett Rigby. I was able to ask Milton Glaser some questions about a few different ...