February 2012
4 posts
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The Medium is the Message
A hot topic of debate in recent months has revolved around the question “should designers know how to code?” Folks in the web design community have come down on either side rather passionately with responses ranging from “who cares, good design thinking can solve any problem” to “if you don’t how to code, get out of my face.” The flurry of responses on the Interwebs is not undeserved – this is an...
Free WTR Font w/ T-shirt purchase!
woodtyperevival:
You heard correctly! Everyone that places a Wood Type Revival t-shirt order at United Pixel Workers will receive a free font of their choice at woodtyperevival.com!
Spread the word – shirts on sale until February 10!
Everyone that places a shirt order before the deadline will receive an email with details on how to get their free font after February 10. Limit 1 free font per...
Take a Break
Breaks are important. At Bearded, we’re often tackling several big, complicated problems at a time. And it can be hard to keep your head straight, and clear your cognitive buffer before moving on to a new task.
What you need, in other words, is a mental sorbet, and taking 5 minutes for yourself won’t ever blow a deadline. In fact, it’ll probably make you more productive.
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LISC iPad App Wins at HOW Interactive
The iPad application we designed and developed for LISC was chosen as a winner in the 14th Annual HOW Interactive Design Awards!
January 2012
2 posts
You Should Work At Bearded
Bearded Is Hiring an Interaction Designer / Front-end Developer
Bearded is a web design and development agency. We’re a small group of web experts focused on inter-disciplinary collaboration as a means to create great websites and applications. Because we’re a small team working on complex projects, our duties frequently overlap, and the ability to work well with others is essential.
Bearded is...
Wood Type Revival T-shirts →
Go order your WTR t-shirts over at United Pixel Workers!
Eligible Kickstarter backers will get their free shirts once they’re printed.
December 2011
3 posts
Wood Type Revival Holiday Sale! →
woodtyperevival:
We’re taking 33% off all font orders from right now until the end of the year! That means all fonts will be $10 each instead of $15.
During checkout, just use the code HOLIDAYWOODTYPE2011
Go ahead and get the designer you love the gift of digital wood type font-ery. Yay!
No limits, buy all the fonts you want through December 31.
Happy Holidays,
Wood Type Revival
Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays to all our friends on the Internets from the Beardeds!
XOXO,
Dominic, Matt G., Lauren, Brett, Michael, and Matt B.
November 2011
5 posts
11.11.11: 3 Years of Bearded
Wow. Three years.
Yes sir, three years ago today, we started a little thing called Bearded. We were just two guys working out of our homes with a dream of helping make a better Internet, and I feel quite confident now that we’re well on our way.
This year was a pretty momentous one for us Beardeds. So much so that it will be difficult to condense it to the highlights. But here goes:
In...
Bearded Goes Responsive
To celebrate our third anniversary, Bearded just launched a new website! It’s a great new site design (owing much to the hard work of Bearded designer Matt Braun). But just as interesting as the new visual approach is our approach to building the site.
Responsive web design (a term coined by Ethan Marcotte in his book of the same title) is an approach that allows a site’s layout to...
We ♥ Letterpress Exhibition
woodtyperevival:
Hey #letterpress fans! Check out this letterpress exhibition project on Kickstarter from We ♥ Letterpress: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weloveletterpress/we-letterpress-your-exhibition