Ivan over at Creative Bits has a nice post about logo design:

Logo Design narrative and brief form for clientsYour logo is your visual ambassador to the world. It must be memorable and unique. Logos exist because we remember faces and landmarks. Your logo is the unique face of your business – your interesting landmark – so people can find you again in the crowd.

Source: Creative Bits

I really enjoyed reading this post by James Whittaker about using EMs for layout. He links to a Adobe AIR application to help you calculate EM sizes.

ARTS173 studnet Eric sent me this link about styling html forms. I really liked it so I thought I’d pass it along. Thanks Eric!

Source: Dzine Blog

Webdesigner Depot is one of those websites that will suck your day away. A friend sent me a link to an article there and now I have no idea what happened to my lunch hour. Poof. On the plus side, I did find lots to share with you guys.

Here’s a good post about design that I thought you’d like:

A design may have impact. It may have style. But having these isn’t enough.

To work well, a design has to have elements that play off each other’s strengths. Fortunately, every piece of content has inherent guidelines.

Layout, or the arrangement of content on a web page, is critical to a design’s success. Among other things, layout prioritizes content to lead people from one element to the next.

If done right, people will be so interested in the content that they won’t notice anything else.

Read on for more details and tips for creating layouts that work in your designs.

Read the rest at: Webdesigner Depot

From: “Campus Communication” <campus_communication@lcc.edu>

Date: July 2, 2010 1:53:34 PM EDT

To: “lcc-emp@lcc.edu” <lcc-emp@lcc.edu>

Subject: IMPORTANT: Common Ground Traffic

LCC is once again a co-sponsor of the Common Ground Festival to be held July 12-18.  Following are street and parking lot restrictions during the festival:

The following areas will be closed for the duration of this event beginning around 9:00 a.m.:

Grand Avenue between Shiawassee Street and Saginaw Street

Shiawassee Street between Grand Avenue and Cedar Street

Lane reductions will occur along the following roadways beginning around 8:30 a.m.:

Saginaw Street between Capitol Avenue and Cedar Street

Traffic operation change beginning Tuesday, July 6, 2010 with installation of signing and Barricades:

Shiawassee Street between Grand Avenue and Capitol Avenue will operate under one-way traffic flow in the westbound direction for the duration of the Street Closings.

The following detour routes will be posted to bypass the road closures:

Westbound Shiawassee Street traffic (east of Cedar Street) will follow Cedar Street south to Michigan Avenue, west on Michigan Avenue to Grand Avenue, north on Grand Avenue to Ottawa Street, west on Ottawa Street to Walnut Street, north on Walnut Street to return to Shiawassee Street.

Eastbound Shiawassee Street (west of Walnut Street) traffic will follow Walnut Street north to Saginaw Street, east on Saginaw Street to Cedar Street, and then south on Cedar Street to return to Shiawassee Street.

Local access will be maintained to all closures, including access to area businesses and parking facilities.

Student and Employee parking during Common Ground:

The following parking lot will be unavailable for LCC parking during Common Ground while construction is ongoing:

·         Lot G – the parking lot to the east of the City of Lansing’s N. Capitol Parking Ramp (where Gibson’s is located)

City of Lansing N. Capitol Parking Ramp:

The City of Lansing N. Capitol ramp will have normal parking hours and rates during Common Ground.

LCC Parking Ramp (Grand Ave.) & Schoolcraft Street

Beginning Tuesday, July 6^th, through Thursday, July 22^th, LCC employees and students may park in the LCC Parking Ramp (Grand Ave.) without being charged parking fees, although you must show your StarCard if requested.  LCC employees and students will have access only to the first and second floors of the ramp. The only exit from the Parking Ramp will be the Schoolcraft Street Exit.

Directions to the LCC Parking Ramp or to access Schoolcraft Street:

·         Head EAST on Saginaw St. and turn RIGHT on Grand Avenue. Grand Avenue will be completely closed south of the LCC Parking Ramp.

LCC Lot Z (South-end of Gannon Building)

Lot Z is available for accessible parking for LCC students and employees.  To access this lot you will need to stop at the barricade/traffic barrels just north of Shiawassee Street and let the Common Ground security staff know that you need access to Lot Z for accessible parking and show your StarCard.

Lot E (Between TLC Building and A&S Building)

Lot E is available for accessible parking for LCC students and employees with accessible parking permits.

Lot U (Corner of Genesee and Seymour Streets)

Lot U will operate as normal during Common Ground

Evening and Weekend Parking

From July 6th through July 22^nd , LCC will allow the Common Ground Festival to use our parking spaces in the evenings and on weekends. Only people with a StarCard or a Common Ground special pass will be able to park in LCC parking lots after 4 p.m. You may have to show your StarCard to a security officer.

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR STARCARD!

If you have any problems with Common Ground Security when accessing LCC lots, please call 483-1800 immediately to report the issue.

Location of additional employee parking lots may be found at: http://www.lcc.edu/parking/faculty_staff_parking/index.htm.

For more information, visit http://www.lcc.edu/parking/traffic_advisories or call Police and Public Safety at 517-483-1800. For updates to all City of Lansing Traffic Advisories please visit: http://www.cityoflansingmi.com/traffic_news.jsp

Thank you for patience and flexibility.

Eric

Eric A. Glohr

Director of Auxiliary Services

Lansing Community College

MC 7401 – Auxiliary Services

PO Box 40010

Lansing, MI 48901-7210

WTX: (517) 483-1797

FAX: (517) 483-1936

E-mail: eglohr@lcc.edu

Kate E. Dougherty

Evening Office Supervisor

Parking & ID Services

Lansing Community College

Ph: (517)483-1781

Fax: (517)483-1936

doughek2@lcc.edu