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Psst! Smashing Magazine Is Hiring! We’re Looking For A Senior Editor

Psst! Smashing Magazine Is Hiring! We’re Looking For A Senior Editor

Editorial work at Smashing Magazine is a difficult, challenging process. It requires patience, focus and thoroughness. Our readers have high expectations, and our authors expect sophisticated editorial guidance. That’s what we are known for, and that’s where we could use your help. We’re looking for a hard-working editor with technical experience to support and complement our team.

Such an editor can’t be found on any of the innumerable job boards out there. Because the position is one of the most important to our publication, we are looking for the best editor from our community — someone who truly understands Smashing

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Interview: How I Work: IDEO’s Duane Bray On Creating Great Digital Experiences

InterviewHow I Work: IDEO’s Duane Bray On Creating Great Digital Experiences

Welcome to another interview in the series called “How I Work.” These interviews revolve around how leading thinkers and creators in the Web world design, code and create. The goal is not to get into the specific nuances of their craft (as that information already exists online), but rather step back and learn a bit about their habits, philosophies and workflow for producing great work.

You might want to have a look at the first interview as well, which features Doug Crockford, Yahoo’s JavaScript evangelist.

Today we’ll talk to

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Interview: How I Work: IDEO’s Duane Bray On Creating Great Digital Experiences

InterviewHow I Work: IDEO’s Duane Bray On Creating Great Digital Experiences

Welcome to another interview in the series called “How I Work.” These interviews revolve around how leading thinkers and creators in the Web world design, code and create. The goal is not to get into the specific nuances of their craft (as that information already exists online), but rather step back and learn a bit about their habits, philosophies and workflow for producing great work.

You might want to have a look at the first interview as well, which features Doug Crockford, Yahoo’s JavaScript evangelist.

Today we’ll talk to

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Interview With Nadine Chahine: The Art And Craft Of Arabic Type Design

Interview With Nadine ChahineThe Art And Craft Of Arabic Type Design

The beauty of typography has no borders. While most of us work with the familiar Latin alphabet, international projects usually require quite extensive knowledge of less familiar writing systems from around the world. The aesthetics and structure of such designs can be strongly related to the shape and legibility of the letterforms, so learning about international writing systems will certainly help you to create more attractive and engaging Web designs.

Today we’ll explore the art and craft of Arabic typography with Dr. Nadine Chahine, who lives in Bad Homburg, Germany. She is an Arabic Specialist at Monotype

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My Internship At Smashing Magazine: “A Challenge I Would Not Trade A Second Of”

My Internship At Smashing Magazine“A Challenge I Would Not Trade A Second Of”

For a few years, Smashing Magazine has been my first tab to start every browsing session (right after checking Gmail and Facebook). Assuming that the company was based somewhere in the US, I was quite surprised to discover that its headquarters are — from a global perspective — just around the corner from me. I was halfway through a “reasonable” degree in philosophy, politics and economics and still could not get the passion for Web design out of my head.

Aside from being a pure designer or developer,

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