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Importance of Minimalism in Web Design
I’ve always found it easy to experience the pleasure of minimalism and it’s recent revival; in architecture, fashion, product design, info-graphics and through into web. The immediacy of the design is satisfying, controlled and perfectly poised, instantly focusing you on the point – the purpose. However, this is where the ‘internet’ in its majority is different.…
Read MoreHow to get Work Experience in a Digital Agency
As someone who benefited hugely from work experience (and then a part time job) during education, I thought it best to offer my views from the agency side on how to go about landing a placement that could be the difference between getting and not getting a job when it matters most.
Read MoreWhat makes a good web designer
I was recently asked in a meeting “why does agency X produce better looking sites than agency Y, is it all down to the individual designers?” I instantly replied, “Yes, well of course it is”. In hindsight, I was wrong. We see design we like and don’t like every minute of every day. Whether it be…
Read MoreApplication of QR Codes in Business
Have you seen those black and white squares cropping up in the corner of adverts, on magazine covers, the web and even on shopping receipts? Those little squares are called QR Codes and give access to predefined pieces of information that companies are now truly beginning to harness to increase sales, track advertising campaigns and…
Read MoreWhy a digital agency should use Fireworks over Photoshop
I used to be a Photoshop user. In fact, my first foray into the weird world of web design was cracking open Photoshop Elements when I was 15, and in collaboration with Microsoft FrontPage, I created a website for my Media Studies coursework which would be described as truly horrific. Still, it didn’t matter to…
Read MoreThinking outside the box – Social media
Social media and its seamless implementation within web design is continuously expanding, as designers look for creative ways of immersing the user within websites. It is no longer acceptable to simply ‘like’ something, the user needs to discover and become involved in the experience. The increasingly popular implementation of API’s on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter grow new possibilities and concepts.
Read MoreFrameworks – Development Efficiency & Quality
The internet is awash with an abundance of web development frameworks, languages and buzz words yet every day more appear. This poses a challenge as keeping abreast of them all, deciding which ones are of use in an digital agency environment and which are superfluous becomes more difficult. One of the biggest developments on the web…
Read MoreResponsive Design vs Dedicated Mobile Sites
The benefits of targeting mobile devices are clear; create a better user experience on a mobile, and the customer experience of the brand as a whole will be higher. In this article we will look at the two main methods of doing this.
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