About
The people behind Rise Layouts, how each article about Layout and design fundamentals for people learning to design is put together, and what we will not publish.
Rise Layouts is a blog, and the line under the logo, Design and layout, explained clearly, is the whole editorial brief. New articles go up when they are ready, and everything we have published stays available in the blog archive.
Most of what is written about Layout and design fundamentals for people learning to design is written by people who have never had to live with the results. Rise Layouts is the opposite arrangement, and that is the whole idea behind it.
There are questions we routinely decline. Anything that depends on facts only you can see, and anything where being wrong would cost you real money on our say so.
People ask about the name. There is rarely a good story behind a domain, and there is not one here either. Rise Layouts was available, it was short enough to say out loud, and it has been the name long enough now that changing it would be more confusing than keeping it.
Each article answers one question about Layout and design fundamentals for people learning to design and then stops. Padding a page to look thorough is the easiest way to waste a reader's afternoon.
Nobody has editorial input except the people whose names are on the articles. That includes anyone who has ever sent us money.
The full process, including corrections and commercial links, is set out on the editorial policy page.
Each piece sits under exactly one heading. Readers arriving from search mostly land in layout principles, web design and typography, so those sections get looked after first.
There is no house byline here. Each piece is signed, and each signature leads to everything else that person has put their name to.
Mara Vinter, Layout and composition writer. Mara writes about the principles behind good layout, aimed at people who want their work to look intentional rather than accidental.
Theo Brandt, Web and product design writer. Theo explains web and interface design for beginners, focused on clarity and usability over trends.
Suki Tanaka, Typography and color writer. Suki covers type and color, translating design theory into practical choices anyone can apply.
Tell us which line is wrong and why, at [email protected] or through the contact page. Small errors are corrected the same week. Anything that changes the advice gets a dated note at the bottom of the article.
