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This method has been updated! See Navigation Matrix Reloaded.

It’s been a while since I shared my last navigation experiment. This new experiment is, as the first one, based exclusively on graphics — therefore the same usability and accessiblity cautions apply. Unsurprisingly, once CSS is disabled, a nice unordered list should remain. I probably don’t need to explicitely mention that this example is constructed using well-formed and semantic XHTML instead of tables. All the tabs work and are linked to 4 individual html pages (welcome.html, products.html, support.html and contact.html) that each load the same stylesheet.

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  I Would RTFM If There Was an FM to FR
  Andrei Herasimchuk — Design by Fire
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  More Reasons to Love Google
  Joanna Glasner — Wired
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  Another Look at Designing for the Edge Case
  Robert Scoble — Scobleizer
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  Nodes of Design Inspiration
  Cameron Moll — Authentic Boredom
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  Better Nation Building Through Design
  Michael Bierut — Design Observer

As requested by Jon Hicks,
I present to you none other than one of my favourite gurus: Edward Tufte. From
his book Envisioning Information
to his latest essay on
Powerpoint, the man has changed my views on (information) design and has
been an inspiration ever since I made my first chart.

Through the magic of bits and bytes I have teleported a younger Edward Tufte
to the twenty-first century! As you can see he is giving a presentation on good
design. Somehow that particular slide looks familiar… Can it be that Tufte
has been notified of the latest
revolution in blogosphere? Has he come to realize that the new generation
is ready to take on the living legends?

So what guru shall I draw next? Mention your favourite in the comments.

Introduction

So, you would think Sweden is only known for producing extremely safe but dull
cars, such as Saab and Volvo. Now, think again. Christian von Koenigsegg grew
up with the dream of creating the perfect sportscar. After several years of
planning he launched the Koenigsegg project in 1993. Designer David Craaford
provided a design concept following Christian’s guidelines. The vikings
now have a car that is going to make some noise in the supercar scene: the Koenigsegg
CCR.

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• 
  Vote For Your Favorite Master of Design
  Fast Company
• 
  Usability Basics
  Henrik Olsen — GUUUI!
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  Why Study Rome When You Can Build It?
  Henry Jenkins — MIT Technology Review
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  Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research
  Andrew Hinton — Boxes and Arrows