Design Eye for the Usability Guy

Design by Fire: Design Eye for the Usability Guy is a great makeover of one of Jakob Neilsen’s AlertBox columns.

While redesigning Jakob’s site has been the target of a number of exercises and at least one contest, this is the first one that really does a great job and then explains the who, what, how, and why of each change.

Brilliant job, guys!

FabPreFab

fabprefab - modernist prefab dwellings is a clearinghouse site for cool prefab housing and design information. I LOVE modernist design and architecture, but I can’t foresee (short of winning the lottery and I rarely play) ever being able to afford an architect-design modernist home. However, I’m excited by the possibility of a prefab modernist home, which should be more affordable (though maybe not as affordable as a similarly-sized stickbuilt house in my area).