The Helvetica fever continues, via a Helvetica theme for your Google Reader. Another way for keeping your life tidy and adhering to the modernist way…

Another useful tool for layout grid creation. This one is by Tom Genoni. Its good because it is purely visual so you can see the impact of changing measurements instantly. Very useful for comping website layouts.

This is a fantastic resource put together by Antonio Carusone of Aisle One. Particularly useful is the 960 grid system. You can read a comprehensive explanation of it here by its creator Nathan Smith. It includes a CSS/HTML framework, printable sketch sheets, and design templates for Fireworks, Photoshop, OmniGraffle and Vision.

The 960 builds on the work of others that I previously posted about including:
Khoi Vinh, Cameron Moll, Olav Bjørkøy, Brandon Schauer, Jeff Croft and Mark Boulton.

Articles about screen design issues do not frequently appear in traditional design publications. Many have been slow to publish anything on screen design or if they do, its often a cursory mention and light on the critical insight. In the past, Eye magazine have published some excellent material in this area, including the series of Screen Essays by Jessica Helfhand and a smattering of articles on motion graphics and film titles. However, more recently their attempts to critique contemporary web design, Online Drift (Eye, 64), has not shown the calibre of critical insight or writing that Eye is renowned for. The current issue (66) comprises a special technology section which looks promising, it even includes an article by Khoi Vinh. There is no question that there has been massive change in graphic design and typography brought about by the opportunities presented by digital media and telecommunications, and there are large numbers of designers now employed in screen based design activities (web design, motion graphics, UI and software design etc). However, publication and widespread awareness of design for screen and related issues within the traditional field is still slow. Maybe 2008 will be a watershed.