*now with bonus content (see bottom)

A key to understanding anyone is to not only understand their likes, their history, and the way they go about doing things, but their dislikes as well. In this corner: graphic design. And in the other corner: Comic Sans.

Designers who are reading this may already be experiencing a rise in body temperature and a slight vibration in their forearms - what you feel is your blood beginning to boil. The unfamiliar are either a) entirely confused at this point or b) recognize “Comic Sans” as the word they selected from the “fonts” menu the last time they sent their mom an email.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Beta One release of design explained. I am pleased to be making the site available to all of you as early adopters. What you see before you represents the culmination of several weeks worth of work (months if you count the time spent on my thesis, which gave birth to this concept), and it is hopefully an idea which will bring something new to the design community, as well as the general community.