Design Archives
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Happy Cog-designed Kongregate: one of Time magazine’s top 50 for 2010.
August 26, 2010
Way back in 2006, we worked with social gaming company Kongregate, helping them devise a plan for world domination. Kongregate was just recognized in Time Magazine’s annual “50 Best Websites” list. Read more.
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Happy Cog Helps Refresh Zappos.com
July 14, 2010
Back in September of 2009, Happy Cog was invited to begin a project help “reskin” Zappos.com. We have always been big fans (not to mention loyal customers) of Zappos.com, so the opportunity was one we were thrilled to be a part of.
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HTML5, Habit Fields
May 5, 2010
In Issue No. 305 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, Jack Cheng finds creative genius embedded in our everyday tools, habits, and spaces; and Jeremy Keith offers “A Brief History of Markup”—AKA Chapter One of his new A Book Apart Book, HTML5 For Web Designers.
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HTML5 For Web Designers
May 2, 2010
There’s never been a better time for web designers to get into the dead tree publishing business. Introducing our first A Book Apart title, on sale May 4, 2010. Jeremy Keith’s HTML5 For Web Designers obliterates the confusion surrounding the web’s new markup language and cuts straight to what matters to accessible, standards-based web designers, developers, and content specialists.
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Seattle conference schedule
January 4, 2010
An Event Apart, Happy Cog’s conference “for people who make websites,” proudly presents three days in April—including a special, one-day workshop on HTML5 and CSS3, led by Jeremy Keith and Dan Cederholm. The complete schedule is now available for your perusal.
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Take the survey
December 15, 2009
Each year since 2007, we’ve asked you, the members of the web design community, a few dozen questions about your professional life, and compared your answers to those of your colleagues. The data that you provide and we analyze is the only significant information about our profession as a profession to be published anywhere, by anyone. Please take the survey for people who make websites. The job you save could be your own.
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Web Fonts!
November 17, 2009
Web fonts are here. Now what? In Issue No. 296 of A List Apart for people who make websites, Tim Brown debuts Web Font Specimen, a handy, free resource that shows how typefaces really look on the web; and Jason Santa Maria tells how to avoid using fonts that don’t work on the web, and achieve graceful pairings of fonts that do.
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An Event Apart Seattle – That’s a Wrap!
May 8, 2009
On May 4–5, a sellout crowd enjoyed two days of peace, love, design, code, and content at An Event Apart Seattle, our design conference for people who make websites. Highlights included Kristina Halvorson’s impassioned advocacy and how-to session on content strategy; Luke Wroblewski’s insights into designing web forms to create compelling and successful user experiences; and Derek Powazek’s practical tips on creating positive participation on your website. Our next show, An Event Apart Boston, takes place June 22–23. Seating is still available; earlybird discount pricing ends May 25.
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ALA 282: Real Type on the Web
April 21, 2009
In Issue No. 282 of Happy Cog’s A List Apart, For People Who Make Websites: We discuss the licensing and technical hurdles of bringing real type to the web with The Font Bureau’s David Berlow, and explore the usability benefits of beauty in design with Stephen P. Anderson.
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Zeldman on Open Source Design
April 6, 2009
At Big Think, Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman discusses open source as it relates to design. Big Think is a global online forum conducting “in-depth interviews with the world’s leading experts.”