Design: Adobe introduce two new iPad apps but are they useful?
Adobe thinks it is time for us to create wireframes and collages on our iPads, but I am not so sure.
Design archive
Design: Redesigning the Buffer iPhone App – A Design Story
Leigh Howells kicks off a series of posts looking at native iOS app design.
Design: Practicalities of using animated gifs
Have you seen the cool new generation of animated gifs? Want to do the same but are worried about download speed? I am here to help!
Design: What is speculative design work?
What is speculative design work and why it is wrong?
Design: 10 tips for efficient design
Being a good designer is not always enough to survive hard economic times. You need to be efficient too.
Design: Staying serious
Where is the line between being serious about your creativity and allowing it to become too solemn?
Design: A demonstration of graded browser support
In my post ‘Effective Browser Support‘ I explained how we should not be looking to make sites identical in all browsers, but rather focusing on usability and accessibility. In this post I demonstrate how that works in practice.
Design: Why speculative design is wrong
Many web design agencies are refusing to do unpaid design work before a contract is signed. This is not because it is damaging to them. It is because they believe it is damaging to their clients. But why?
Design: 10 things a web designer would never tell you
These arty-farty web designers are always telling you how your site should look. Don’t listen to them! Don’t they know the customer is always right? Here are 10 things a ‘good web designer’ would never tell you about choosing the perfect design.
Design: Win a copy of 'A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web'
Everybody involved in the web design process needs an understanding of design fundamentals. That is why everybody should read “A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web”.
Design: 10 techniques for an effective ‘call to action’
Every website should have a call to action, a response you want users to complete. But how do you encourage users to act? How do you create an effective call to action.
Design: Fluid elastic design
When it comes to planning the layout of your new website there are just three commonly used website layout structures to choose from: Fixed; Fluid & Elastic width layouts. None of these are perfect..
Design: Favicons: Small but significant
Favicons are those 16 by 16 pixel graphics that appear in your address bar, bookmarks and various other places. They maybe tiny, but they are becoming increasingly important.
Design: Combating design by committee
Design by committee has been the nail in the coffin of many good design concepts. So how can you minimize the damage done when a client decides to approve a design through a committee structure?
Design: Recording creativity
I have found that by recording all of the ideas and reviewing them regularly it has actually stimulated me to be more creative.
Design: Emerging design trends
Web 2.0. brought with it a lot of things. One was a new style of design. However, design is a fickle thing and we are already seeing some new trends emerging.
Design: Taking a brand online
“and here is our style guide”… thump! A huge tome lands on the desk in front of you. When it is written entirely for print, how do you begin to turn it into something that will work on the web?
Design: When developers design
Although I cannot make you an expert designer, I can offer some advice of how to avoid the major pitfalls I sometimes see developers fall into.
Design: Design Testing
Headscape run design testing sessions. We find it a helpful way of getting sign off on a design. I know not everybody agrees with this approach so I thought I would share what we do and why we do it.
Design: Keeping your home page clean
In the fight for real estate, usability and design aesthetics are often the first causalities.
Design: atMedia: Great Design
John Hicks, Cameron Moll, and Veerle Pietrers share their thoughts on what makes great design.
Design: No more speculative designs
Arriving at a design for a website is a process rather than a flash of creative inspiration. A whole range of factors influence how a design develops and none of these steps are present in speculative work.
Design: Design for your CMS
With next weeks podcast being on content management systems I have been thinking a lot about how they work. In particular, I have been mulling over the unique challenges they create when it comes to the front-end design.