An open letter to Adobe Creative Suite

by Joe Sparano

Dear Adobe Creative Suite: For the most part, you make our lives easier. We've never taken you for granted, but your supposed "self-improvement" to "CS5" ...  

A quote on design

by Joe Sparano
5 March 2010Editorial 1 comment

Design and writing are remarkably similar pursuits, and it's not surprising that I enjoy a nice, quippy turn of phrase. So, when Quotes on Design launched ...  

Is clever working against us?

by Joe Sparano
19 January 2010Editorial 1 comment

I think it's safe to say that designers spend most of their time trying to be clever. All of the sketching and dot-connecting — it's usually ...  

Information design: professional vs amateur [part 2]

by Drew Davies
15 January 2010Editorial 3 comments

After the lively discussion on the power of information design from my last post, I was compelled to gather more objective data to inform ...  

Information design: professional vs amateur [part 1]

by Drew Davies
5 January 2010Editorial 12 comments

We've got a great team of problem solvers here at Oxide, but I'll be the first to admit we don't have an answer to every ...  

Gretzky Quotes logo

by Adam Torpin
13 November 2009Editorial 3 comments

For those not familiar with him, Wayne Gretzky is most famous for playing hockey with the Edmonton Oilers and wore the number 99. I designed ...