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Creative Design
Major Influencers on Web Design Results and Costs
May 8, 2013 / Rick Bjarnason Money isn’t always the difference between an effective website and a dud, any more than back hair is the difference between a monkey and a man. There are at least as many bad websites that cost a fortune as there are sad humans who have back hair. Whil… Read more
Functional Web Design’s Purpose
April 26, 2013 / Rick Bjarnason There are as many approaches to web design as there are trees in the jungle. Picking the right approach can be as tough as picking the best banana from the bunch, but if you want to avoid a belly ache, you’ve got to narrow down your options. The fine f… Read more
Designing for Digital ROI
April 25, 2013 / Rick Bjarnason Combing profits from your website is a lot like picking bugs from your buddy’s fur – the work is tiresome, but the payoff is delicious. Luckily, we’re expert bug pickers, which is why we know how to design with ROI in mind. A recent article on SimplyZ… Read more
Mobile vs Desktop Design: Beauty and the Beast
April 2, 2013 / Treena Bjarnason More and more websites are testing designs that are inspired by mobile apps. We’ve seen that the New York Times website, Facebook, CMS platforms like Drupal sites, and even the entire Windows 8 operating system have all been redesigned to look consiste… Read more
A Balancing Act: Designing For the Reader
March 27, 2013 / Treena Bjarnason Many times web writers and designers get caught up in the typography of their designs that they forget about the reader’s reading experience. Yes, typography is important, but perhaps not as important as some people would think. The key is to keep the… Read more
Back to the Basics: Typography and the Reader
March 20, 2013 / Treena Bjarnason In the bustling of trying to adapt content to various devices, companies have forgotten an important aspect: the reader. Nowadays there is so much emphasis on fitting content on mobile devices, tablets, and desktops that typography has been undermined.… Read more
What’s Responsive Web Design Got to do With It?
February 26, 2013 / Treena Bjarnason Responsive design—did you know that responsive web design is incredibly fashionable these days? In case you are not sure what responsive web design is—check this. “Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is a web design approach aimed at craft… Read more
6 Ways to Deal with Negativity in Web Design
November 15, 2012 / Treena Bjarnason Working in web design and development is a guarantee that you will deal with some sort of negativity. Of course, we would rather all avoid it, but you can’t just ignore it. There are people out there who will spend their free time dragging you down. Yo… Read more