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Sickdesigner.com is my own little web retreat. It's a place I use to share what I deem to be valuable content with my fellow designers, pursue web or graphic experiments, connect with like-minded people, discuss various design related issues, occasionally vent frustrations in regards to the profession of design and sometimes even land a freelance job or two.

My name is Radu Chelariu. And I'm known as Sickdesigner.

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25 March

Why I trust the reader

KISS is a general circulated term, whether in the blogosphere or in the journalistic circles from whens it first emerged. But I believe & trust the reader. And I especially trust the reader to NOT be stupid. This is my argument that users do come first

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26 February

Letter from a coder to a (bad) designer

In my work as a web designer I’ve come across designers that are able to work in a team & others that have no consideration for the front end coder. I decided to develop on the subject and point out some of the most common

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31 May

What grinds my gears #3

gears_thumbThis week fonts grind my gears. Fonts on the web that is.
Between the CSS @font-face selector & the myriad of font replacement tools available the futureis looking quite bleak.

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17 May

What grinds my gears #2

gears_thumbYou know what grinds my gears? This week browsers grind my gears. All of them.
I’m not just one of those regular IE haters. Neah, I hate them all. I hate the competition, the diversity, the…

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26 April

What grinds my gears #1

gears_thumbThis week clients grind my gears. Not all of them though. The stupid, unreasonable, know-it-all, slave driving corporate hogs are what drive me bananas. And don’t even pretend you’ve never experienced the likes of these morons as a web designer.

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Friends of the sickness

The fact that this website is still alive is largely thanks to the amazing efforts of the design community, to which I owe deep & heartfelt thanks. However, among all the great people out there, a few have shown increased & consistent support for the sickness. This is their corner. Thanks, everyone!
  1. Bill Chambers

    Bill runs his own design agency based in Citrus Heights, California. A great father & friend, guitar afficionado & rock god.

  2. Alex Charchar

    A great Australian designer. He's passionate about typography & runs Retinart.net, a blog which you absolutely must read.

  1. David Cristian

    A freelance graphic/web design also based in Cluj-Napoca. Big Twitter guy & drummer. \m/

  2. Vitaly Friedman

    Founder of the legendary Smashing Magazine, Vitaly is a great guy with a huge heart.

  1. Adit Gupta

    A soon to be doctor of Astrophysics, math geek, designer & programmer. You may call him Dr. Gupta.

  2. Rich Hemsley

    Designer, Community Manager at Designmoo, funny man and musician. This guy does a lot of things. And he does them right.

  1. Anthony Hortin

    Anthony makes things pretty. Or so he says. He also makes things work. A proper good designer/developer.

  2. Polly Ivanova

    Polly is a rockin' Bulgarian web designer with a heart of gold and a backpack always ready for a hike.

  1. Jad Limcaco

    Jad is the man behind the famous Design Informer. A great guy and a great blogger from San Francisco.

  2. Janko Jovanovic

    Better known as Janko at warp speed, he's a world renowed web designer with super solid UX skills.

  1. Nikola Lazarevic

    Nikola is a Serbian web designer, an avid twitterer & he posts great articles on his blog, WebExpedition18.

  2. Steph Nash

    A true Aussie girl, Steph is a talented student with a bright future in web development.

  1. Brian Purkiss

    This mild mannered Texas based designer also runs a small web agency called Bold Perspective.

  2. Shawn Ramsey

    Shawn is another Texas based web designer who also runs BlueFAQs, an inspiration & resource blog for developers & designers.

  1. Becs Rivett

    With a passion for both cooking & code, this UK based designer will win you over with great humor & pics of yummy cupcakes.

  2. Milos Sutanovac

    Milos is a young Serbian web designer living & studying in Germany. A talented designer & future JS codemaster.

  1. Richie Thimmaiah

    Richie is a super funny, super talented designer based in Bangalore. He also posts awesome stuff on his blog, Richworks.

  2. Matt Ward

    Matt is a Canadian English lit major with a passion for design & masive blogging skills.

  1. James White

    World renowed designer, hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Aka Signalnoise. A true god among men.