If you're not familiar with Ben Barry's work, you should definitely check out his portfolio. Really excellent stuff. http://designforfun.com http://designforfun

If you're not familiar with Ben Barry's work, you should definitely check out his portfolio. Really excellent stuff. http://designforfun.com http://designforfun.com Another great example of print design making its way into the digital space is Metro, Microsoft's UI for Windows Phone 7 (and probably Windows 8, Xbox+, etc.) It's fundamentally based on typography and space, which are core to timeless and pervasive print design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_%28design_language%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_%28design_language%29 There are lots of lessons about visual language that have been figured out in the hundreds of years since print was invented. Pixels are relatively new, but form, weight, space, typography, readability, color, contrast, and aesthetics tend to transfer over quite well. (Until you add interaction, which is certainly a new discipline of design.) Also, even if you're an engineering-driven company, having good design on the walls helps people develop an intuition for your company's culture and brand. More than anything else, these projects at FB seem to be about internal communication, which is essentially marketing your mission and goals to your team. As an organisation grows rapidly, this is one of the most effective (and subtle) ways to keep your goals aligned.