Effective Collaboration Through Design Audits
Any breakdown in the communication process could potentially cause disruptions with the client’s timescale and budget, and that’s what should ultimately be avoided.
Posts about Design and Usability
Storytelling, Personas, and How to Improve Your Deliverables
To avoid the confusion caused by conflicting terminology and unclear roles, we use storytelling as a tool in our design process. What we’ve found is that including storytelling in our mockups improves the communication between us and our clients.
Developer-Friendly Design Tips & Techniques
Whether it’s organizing PSDs or avoiding tricky form elements, designing websites in a developer-friendly way will help you stay on schedule, under budget, and not make your developer want to stab you — all important concerns for a healthy work environment.
Conditioning Your Clients to Think in MVPs
To build applications quickly and effectively we have to take a lean approach and focus on the MVP. James discusses how to get your clients to think in MVPs, too.
How to Design 4 Popular Button Styles
The button. One of the most fun, pretty and integral parts of any interface. Learn how to design 4 of the most popular button styles.
Iterating on Process
An iterative process isn’t confined to design. It moves beyond that to encompass everything we do as a business.
How to Get Over Stage Fright Before It Ruins Your Design Career
Proven tactics to help you conquer your fear. Even a humble designer with no Hollywood ambition can get stage fright. Only you can beat it.
The Future of the Web Is Responsive
Wherever you’re reading this, you’ll know that the web can be accessed from pretty much anywhere nowadays. Technology is naturally adapting to our ever-changing lifestyles… and that’s a good thing.
So You’ve Got a Great Idea for a Website. Now What?
The best way to take your idea from conception to completion, and make sure your site gets built as close as possible to the way you envisioned it, is to know exactly what you’re getting yourself into.
Lorem Ipsum Is a Crutch!
Lorem ipsum, the faux-latin text that means nothing and is used liberally and with little regard by designers to fill space in lieu of actual content, is a crutch.