Curated design articles from years of experience

Design a Lot was born in 2015 – but I’ve been designing for many years before its launch. On this page I’ve been sharing curated design related articles with nuggets that have shaped my entire experience and journey as a designer.

Seventeen underused Google Fonts that hold up for logo design, branding and web, chosen by a working designer. A specimen and best use for each, all free....

I have been working with Adobe Illustrator for close to 10 years now, and it hasn’t always been easy. The complexity of the software, with all of it’s tools and the fact that it’s getting more complex with each update,...

We all go through the frustration of not knowing the name of the fonts used in some designs, so I thought of writing an article on how to identify a font in Photoshop and online! Here we’re going to talk...

Helvetica Neue is one of the most referenced typefaces in design history. Clean, neutral, endlessly versatile – it works for wordmarks, editorial, UI, signage, and just about everything in between. The problem is the price. A single style starts at...

By now we’ve only covered fonts from sans serif and serif styles with articles like 10 Best Free Alternatives to Popular Fonts and Free sans-serif fonts to use in your designs. It feels like script and handwritten fonts were a...