First presented at WebVisions09. A look at the intimate relationship between blogging and designing and between blogs and design. Today, you have everyone from architects, to chefs, to politicians, to pop starlets filling blogs with the areas of their expertise but, to varying degrees, most of them are removed from the process of designing or developing a blog of their own — graphic and web designers, on the other hand, have a more symbiotic relationship with this medium that they employ to talk about design. This session will explore what it means to design a blog and what it entails to blog about design, what works and what doesn’t and why, even with the thousands of design blogs out there, it still matters that we keep doing it.

1. designingblogs
bloggingdesign
by armin vit on friday, may 22 for webvisions 2009

2. quick background
ARRIVED 1977 / Mexico City / LEFT 1999
ARRIVED 1999 / Atlanta, GA / LEFT 2001
ARRIVED 2001 / Chicago, IL / LEFT 2004
ARRIVED 2004 / New York, NY / LEFT 2009
ARRIVED 2009 / Austin, TX / leave?

3. quick background

4. quick background

5. design blogging

6. design blogging
Developing a Voice

7. design blogging
Developing a Voice
Creating a Context

8. design blogging
Developing a Voice
Creating a Context
Fostering a Habit

9. design blogging
Developing a Voice
Creating a Context
Fostering a Habit

10. A designing blogger
You can make decisions about,
and put yourself in control of:

11. A designing blogger
You can make decisions about,
and put yourself in control of:
Design approach

12. A designing blogger
You can make decisions about,
and put yourself in control of:
Design approach
Publishing structure

13. A designing blogger
You can make decisions about,
and put yourself in control of:
Design approach
Publishing structure
Philosophy

14. A designing blogger
You can make decisions about,
and put yourself in control of:
Design approach
Publishing structure
Philosophy
Topics

15. design approach designed vs. undesigned

16. design approach designed vs. undesigned

17. design approach designed vs. undesigned

18. design approach designed vs. undesigned

19. design approach designed vs. undesigned

20. design approach designed vs. undesigned

21. design approach designed vs. undesigned

22. design approach 2-col, l vs. 2-col, R

23. design approach 2-col, l vs. 2-col, R

24. design approach 2-col, l vs. 2-col, R

25. design approach 2-col, l vs. 2-col, R

26. design approach 3-col, c vs. 3-col, s

27. design approach 3-col, c vs. 3-col, s

28. design approach 3-col, c vs. 3-col, s

29. design approach 3-col, c vs. 3-col, s

30. design approach 3-col, c vs. 3-col, s

31. design approach 3-col, c vs. 3-col, s

32. design approach 3-col, c vs. 3-col, s

33. publishing structure multi vs. single

34. publishing structure multi vs. single

35. publishing structure multi vs. single

36. publishing structure multi vs. single

37. publishing structure multi vs. single

38. philosophy inclusive vs. exclusive

39. philosophy inclusive vs. exclusive

40. philosophy inclusive vs. exclusive

41. philosophy inclusive vs. exclusive

42. philosophy inclusive vs. exclusive

43. topics broad vs. specific

44. topics broad vs. specific

45. topics broad vs. specific

46. topics broad vs. specific

47. topics broad vs. specific

48. topics broad vs. specific

49. topics work vs. non-work

50. topics work vs. non-work

51. topics work vs. non-work

52. topics work vs. non-work

53. topics work vs. non-work

54. topics work vs. non-work

55. topics work vs. non-work

56. underconsideration examples
Speak Up
Brand New
Quipsologies
Dyslexflix
Word It
FPO: For Print Only

57. speak up
Design approach: Designed, 3-col, C
Publishing structure: Multi
Philosophy: Inclusive (yet, exclusive)
Topics: Broad

58. speak up

59. speak up

65. brand new
Design approach: Designed, 2-col, L
Publishing structure: Multi (almost single)
Philosophy: Exclusive (yet, inclusive)
Topics: Specific

66. brand new

72. quipsologies
Design approach: Designed, 3-col, C Inv
Publishing structure: Multi
Philosophy: Inclusive
Topics: Broad

74. dyslexflix
Design approach: Designed, 3-col, C
Publishing structure: Single
Philosophy: Inclusive
Topics: Specific

75. dyslexflix

78. Word it
Design approach: Designed, 3-col, C
Publishing structure: Multi
Philosophy: Inclusive
Topics: Broad

79. Word it

85. fpo: for print only
Design approach: Designed, 2-col, L
Publishing structure: Multi
Philosophy: Inclusive
Topics: Specific

86. fpo: for print only

89. what it comes down to

90. what it comes down to
Obsession × Voice
–Marlin Mann

91. what it comes down to
Obsession × Voice
–Marlin Mann
Go where no one else has gone

92. what it comes down to
Obsession × Voice
–Marlin Mann
Go where no one else has gone
Don’t write like a grammatical douchebag

93. thankyou