It’s what we do and we’d love to share a little of that with you.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking around this topic lately. The traditional client-agency relationship pits us against each other, constantly fighting against budgets, best practice, creative freedom and our desire to make something awesome. There’s got to be a better way. See more
We are not emergency designers. We never have been. We ask tough questions and spend time in discovery and research. We dig and dig before we ever start designing. We make recommendations. We’re not “yes” people; we’re “why” people. See more
Sticking to expected navigational and architectural structures on your website – especially when you’ve got a lot of content or a complex hierarchy – helps establish trust with your visitors. Just like how kids will explore more if they are fenced, your visitors will click deeper if they know they’ll be able to find their way around. See more
Some people set New Year’s resolutions, and we’re no different. We just like to call them intentions. Resolution is such an inflexible word and seems to signify an end-goal; intentions give us a starting point. A focus and perspective from which to approach our work. Here are a few of our intentions for the coming year. See more
2011 was a busy, busy year. We grew and changed and took on challenges. Many successes, a few missteps – but we’re here, stronger than ever and ready to use what we’ve learned to make 2012 better than ever. Here are a few key lessons we learned in 2011. See more
I’m honored to have spent the past few days geeking out with some of our industry’s top contributors. The folks who wrote the books and blazed the trails. And they couldn’t be more awesome. See more
I come across annoying websites all the time. You know the ones: they make you click 20 times to find what you want; ask for your email address at every turn; scream everything in bold-all-caps and perform poorly. This … See more
Thanks, once again, to Paul Boag at Boagworld for this useful document. We spend plenty of time supporting older browsers and this document will help make the argument that it’s not time well spent. “We know the direction that browser … See more
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you … See more
Our clients don’t always have the time or budget for us to create a fully custom theme design for their project – and in so many cases, it’s just not necessary (why reinvent the wheel?). While we’re pretty darn quick … See more
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Illustrations by Lauren Rasch. Photography by Ashley May Photography.
