Last Thursday I attended the MAP Conference at Stoney Creek Inn for Magazine Editing. I went to the session called: Design Secrets. For the most party there weren't too many design secrets revealed, but they did post some cool websites, especially http://www.fivesecondtest.com/ Essentially, you can upload a design to it and then post questions about the basic idea or concept of the design, which users must answer within 10 seconds. I can't tell you how may times I've had to ask someone "Do you get that ___ is supposed to look like ____?" This is a great way to get some opinions before proceeding with an idea.
On the Media Bistro Unbeige blog this week, there was a cool post about bike rack design. Apparently, the UK had been having some problems with bike theft so they came up with a competition to design bike racks / locks, which could be implemented around your own home or around the city and yet not look as ugly as a traditional bike rack. There were some pretty cool designs you can check out on that link, they the one above which is connected to a flower pot. We need some more of those around campus.
The bike rack is so fun! I posted about a typographic bike rack a little while back (http://tanyaortiz.blogspot.com/2011/02/you-cant-miss-typographic-bike-racks.html); I wonder if the creators of these two bike racks were in competition together. They both look so much more visually appealing than your ordinary bike rack, and I agree that these would be fun to see in bike-friendly Columbia.
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