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The Absolute Best Design Blogs You Should Subscribe To Right Away

Posted by Jordan on November 24th, 2009, 2:13 pm

Inspiration is a big thing for most designers and it can come in many forms. Some of us read books and magazines, some visit CSS galleries and others use image bookmarking services but here at Union Room, we love subscribing to and reading a number of great design blogs.

The Smashing Book

Posted by Jordan on November 6th, 2009, 3:17 pm

Back in February, Smashing Magazine announced they would be producing a book for release later in the year and asked readers for input on what they’d like to see in terms of content, layout and design.

Packaging Overkill

Posted by Jordan on September 18th, 2009, 3:22 pm

Last week I decided it would be a good idea to finally get a mousemat with wrist support to….well, protect my wrists. Rather than pick up one in town I decided to get one from dabs.com and it arrived earlier this week in what can only be described as a huge box.

Five Simple Steps Review

Posted by Jordan on September 2nd, 2009, 2:23 pm

We recently got our hands on the tremendous ‘Five Simple Steps: A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web‘ by Mark Boulton and we were so impressed, we wanted to post a little review to recommend the book to people who may not have heard of it.

5 Things Google Could Learn From Bing

Posted by Jordan on July 22nd, 2009, 1:30 pm

Google is the king of search, there’s no denying that, but when it comes to new and innovative search engine features, Bing is doing pretty well.

Here are some of the most popular features of Microsofts new search engine.

Would you pay to use Facebook?

Posted by Jordan on April 20th, 2009, 1:39 pm

Although Facebook user numbers are continuing to increase, European users by over 300% alone, people are still asking the question of how Facebook can truly monetise it’s service.
The cost of running such a service must be massive, and although Facebook haven’t released figures, the $1million+ they spend on electricity each month goes some way to [...]