Episode 037 – Design Battle!

Hide your wife, hide your kids, we've got a Design Battle on our hands!

Last week you saw Jose build on Aure's wireframes for the ThisWeekIn Web Design redesign, today the two designers battle live on the internet!  That's right, Jose and show favorite Aure Gimon will simultaneously riff on design concepts, competing and collaborating to see which is the wildest web design gunslinger of the west.  And of course, by watching live you'll pick up some great tips and techniques from two of the best designers going on the internet today.

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Resources mentioned on the show today include:

• Blank Spaces - a great coworking location in the Los Angeles are
• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries - referenced by Robert Haydock and approved by Jose
• Stop Stealing Sheep and Learn How Type Works - the book for non-designers to learn about type
• House Industries - iconic type foundry that is home to fonts like Chalet and Neutraface
• MyFont - Aure's one-stop font shop online
• Kuler - web tool by Adobe for choosing color combinations

Episode 036: Live Website Redesign: Watch Jose Work!

Ever get tired of hearing us talk about web design and just want to see us work? Then this is the show for you then! Today's episode is a preview of the type of bonus content memebers of the ThisWeekIn Web Design Producers Program will see monthly.

With today's episode we get a shot of Illustrator-fueled design adrenaline as Jose jumps in the designer's hot seat and demonstrates tools, techniques, and his own unique approach to designing a web site. With this episode you truly can watch an expert work!

Episode 034: Live Website Redesign: Discussing Drupal

Drupal expert Chris Stauffer joins host Jose Caballer and Xin Chung to take viewer questions and discuss the planning of the ThisWeekIn redesign.

Mentions in today's episode include:

• Root Candy - a custom Drupal backend recomended by Chris Stauffer.
• Graphic Design For Nondesigners - an excellent design book that Jose suggests for coders.
• Lullabot - a response to a viewer's questtion regarding how to transtition from Wordpress to Drupal

Episode 033 – Live Website Redesign: Sitemaps

Aure builds out the ThisWeekIn Web Design sitemap in Illustrator as Jose and guest Victoria Heric build a pen and paper version, demonstrating two techniques for appraoching sitemap creation.

Episode 032 - Live Website Redesign: Wireframing Techniques

Watch Jose & Aure work, as they demonstrate various wireframing techniques as they break down the ThisWeekIn website.