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November 20, 2008

Design Critique: Leon Paternoster

Leon is an ardent crusader for accessible and readable web design. His own sites come with very minimalistic, stripped down to bare necessities, designs.

written by Vivien

41 commented bits

a bit from design, guestblogging

October 20, 2008

Designing A Sustainable Future

How can a process that is so resource-intensive possibly be environmentally friendly?

written by Vivien

9 commented bits

a bit from design, inspiration

October 15, 2008

GAG: Get and Give

A designer with a great cause to put Web design to a better use and make the world a better place to live for everyone not just the chosen few.

written by Vivien

4 commented bits

a bit from design

October 11, 2008

Inspiration Bit goes Green and Purple

After almost two years of its existence, Inspiration Bit finally gets a royal makeover. Purple and green colour combination has been my long time favourite so the decision to go with it for this blog was the easiest one to make.

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36 commented bits

a bit from blogiverse, how-to

July 13, 2008

RSS: Why, What and How

So how can bloggers increase their RSS subscription, what tips can I share with the readers? I think before finding the keys to the HOW question, it’s more important to answer the WHY and WHAT questions about RSS.

written by Vivien

22 commented bits

a bit from design

July 11, 2008

Design Critique: SEGD

Two key things unite all designers: we like to study works of other designers, get inspired by some interesting design elements and critically note other less successful ones; and we are our own worst clients. The latter trait is the reason why we are having such a hard time designing for ourselves. We either end [...]

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6 commented bits

a bit from design, inspiration

July 1, 2008

Amazing World of Marian Bantjes

Marian Bantjes’ work with custom type, ornament and illustration is awe-inspiring. Her clientèle is overwhelmingly famous and includes names like Stefan Sagmeister, Pentagram, Saks Fifth Avenue, AIGA, TypeCon, WIRED, The New York Times Magazine, InStyle, Wallpaper.

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15 commented bits

a bit from design

June 27, 2008

Bionic Ear: Before and After

A few months ago Jacob Cass has announced a $5000 Graphic Design Articles Writing Project and Inspiration Bit was one of the project’s sponsors. Meryl from Meryl.net has won my prize—logo design, blog consultation and critique. As it turned out later, I too won one of the prizes offered by Meryl: a gold subscription to [...]

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Hi, I'm Vivien. Thanks for visiting my Inspiration Bit. I often find myself scouring the internet looking for either answers to many questions I have or websites that inspire me, sites that I can learn from. On what topics you might ask — any topics that interest me, anything from web design to typography and art, from blogging to entrepreneurship, from programming to open source.
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When I'm not blogging, I design web sites, teach, play with my daughter and try to balance family, work, friends and a somewhat active social life on