Archive for November, 2009

WordPress blog design checklist and walkthrough

Sure you can sift through 1,000 of free WordPress templates, but nothing compares to a custom blog design that differentiates your company or matches your existing website. Recently a past client of mine recontacted me for a custom WordPress blog design, as an effort to help promote and expand her online presence as a children’s book [...]

Sweet Tweets: Design Resources of the Week #24

Sweet Tweets is a weekend feature to The Design Cubicle highlighting some of my favorite, and other Twitterer’s design-related links discovered via Twitter throughout the work week – because having resources and staying up-to-date is important in growth and development. Week of 11-2-09: Essential infographics and data visualization blogs “In the tradition of Inspired Mag’s [...]

My favorite follows on Twitter

A while back I wrote an article posing the question if Twitter was taking over RSS? To summarize the post: since the popularity of Twitter increased and more information was being shared and spread quicker than I could open up my RSS reader, I began thinking if RSS was starting to become “old school”. Only [...]

A showcase of designers drawings

Having grown up from a very early age painting, drawing and doodling, I never really put much thought into how my fine art background played a role in my work as a graphic designer, or maybe I just took it for granted. Just the other day while reading the introduction of the book, Logo, Font [...]

Brian Hoff
About Brian Hoff: Designer, Writer and Speaker

I’m a graphic designer living in Brooklyn, New York who loves creating compelling and useful websites and memorable interactions across the web. When I’m not designing I can be found writing, speaking and occasionally part-time teaching at colleges — all on the subject of design. I started this blog to share my passion and experiences with designers and clients. I'm most active on Twitter; say hello:


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