Archive for the ‘Design’ Category


Why do I need a blog?

First of all, what is a blog?

A blog is a type of specialized website that displays a series of articles that contain text or images.  Blogs are generally specialized by topic, for example fashion, politics or graphic design.  Blogs can be maintained by companies, organizations or individuals and can contain news or commentary on a particular subject.  Users are often able to comment on the blog topics generating an on-going conversation.  Users can also set up “blog readers” that allow them to automatically track blog articles from multiple blogs in a single location.

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Poster: The 7 Rules to Understand Design & Designers

I saw this poster on French designer Fabien Barral’s website the other day and thought it was fun:

The 7 Rules to Understand Design and Designers

How to Create Effective Site Navigation

Effective navigation can make your site easy to use or can cause visitors to leave your site in frustration.  How many times have you been on a site and been annoyed because you couldn’t find what you wanted or the information you were looking for wasn’t where you expected it to be?  Website visitors have been trained to a certain degree to look for information in the most probable places, and when they don’t find what they’re looking for, they get frustrated and leave.  With some planning, you can create your next site so that website visitors can find what they want quickly and easily.

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Film Screening: Art & Copy

 

Art & Copy

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What size should I design my website?

Today we got asked this question, and thought it would be worth posting:
What size should I design my website?

The answer varies depending on who is going to be viewing the website and, more importantly, what size screen they are using.  As a general rule, your website should be as small as it has to be to fit comfortably in your viewer’s smallest screen resolution without creating a horizontal scroll bar.

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