Dickson Fong

Be careful spending your dollars. Strategic targeted marketing is no substitute for smart design.

Minimalism can’t always be applied as a style. It can, however, always be applied as an ethos.

The lack of proper critique skills isn’t the fault of the education system. It’s just a matter of growing up.

If true beauty is more than skin deep, then perhaps true inspiration lies in the people behind the work that we admire.

Good design alone can’t guarantee success. It needs to be built on top of a cohesive concept that surrounds the brand.

The final in a three-part series. Time to consolidate the data and figure out what it all means.

Hmm. Still gotta get the hang of writing these tutorial things.

The second in a three-part series. I’ll show you the ropes on conducting basic ethnographic research.

The first in a three-part series. I’ll explain why user research can help us design better web interfaces.

A misguided attempt at being noble might actually do more harm than good. Time for me to eat crow.

How a better understanding of our profession can help us make this world a better place.

WordPress grows up and blossoms into a much prettier CMS. Does it have the substance to back up the good looks?

Taking a stand against data-driven design simply because it’s boring.

Developers are leaving designers in the dust. If we want to move design forward, we need to embrace the web for what it is, reject compromise, and draw inspiration from ourselves.

An applied example of my design process in the context of my own labor of love.