It wasn’t long ago that the new web industry buzzword began floating around, Responsive Design. The idea as you may gather is to respond to something. But, actually it needs a little more explanation. As Mark Boulton points out in these two tweets. Please, please can we please stop calling mobile web sites – designed for [...]
The Psychology of Color in Design
One of the most common questions I ask is why I have used a certain colour for a certain logo of certain part of a design. The answer can be as simple as ” its what your style guide says i MUST do” but thankfully it’s more often the start of a communication that can [...]
Logo Redesigns – Do they always work?
Over the past few years there have been many logo redesigns, from twitter to hotmail to microsoft office. But have they all been a success? or have they flopped and gone pretty much unnoticed? Below are some examples of logo redesigns, which do you think have mad the service and company appear improved or better [...]
Your Website is Dead – Encourage Comments
One of my more common conversations with Website and Blog owners, regardless of industry or niche, is how to encourage readers to engage and leave comments on blogs. It is a common problem that not many blog posts have lots of comments. It is even more common to find if there are comments they are [...]
How to Promote Your Design Portfolio
Regardless of your niche in design, from jewellery to painting to graphic design to website design your portfolio online is one of the most important aspects of your business. Getting it right is one thing, getting is seen is quite another. As with all websites without promotion and marketing it is a store front people will [...]
