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Accessibility in web design

By making a website accessible you can make products that are not just better for those with disabilities, but for everyone?

By Michelle Barnett : 10/10/2021
secondary colour palettes

How to develop secondary colour palettes

Over time brand colour palettes can feel limiting. A restricted colour palette can make any design work feel corporate, and trying to introduce new messages or products can become trickier. A secondary colour palette is a set of colours chosen to compliment the primary colours, but give the designer more range.

By Fran Johnson : 01/09/2021
Tough Stuff booklet

Making the Tough Stuff book

How do we get from a client's brief to creating a finished design project? We walk you through the process with our Tough Stuff booklet.

By Michelle Barnett : 11/08/2021
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Why brand colour palettes need to be more extensive

Every brand needs a workable colour palette for their brand, one that will work for graphs, data visualisations and CTA's.

By Fran Johnson : 19/07/2021

What does your brand stand for?

What types of words should you use for your brand values? A list of the brand value words.

By Fran Johnson : 23/06/2021
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How do we develop initial design ideas?

How do we develop initial ideas? We walk through what you can expect from the first part of the design process.

By Michelle Barnett : 23/05/2021
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What do you need to consider when writing an animation script?

A step by step guide to writing a script for an animation or video - for those of use who don't consider ourselves writers!

By Fran Johnson : 09/04/2021
Brand illustration to communicate house of brands

What is a house of brands?

The house of brands approach to brand architecture is where the master brand often has little relation to its sub brands. Examples include P&G and Alphabet (although - not google!)

By Fran Johnson : 30/03/2021
Brands and their sub brands

What is a branded house?

The branded house approach to brand architecture is where all the sub brands take the look and feel from the master brand. Examples include FedEx and to some degree, Microsoft.

By Fran Johnson : 11/02/2021
Creative ideas can pop out of nowhere. Which is really unhelpful when we're trying to complete a design job! But there are a few ways to make those ideas appear on command.

Where do Creative Ideas come from?

Jo speaks around where her creative ideas come from; making time to be creative and surrounding herself with some good eggs!

By Jo Wdowiak : 08/01/2021
We use wordpress to create functional websites with strong SEO and a great system of plugins

Why we build websites with WordPress

From plugins and custom fields, to themes and SEO assistance. Here's why the flexibility of Wordpress works for so many of our web builds.

By Dale Stillman : 02/11/2020
Speed on websites

Why is my website slow?

A speedy site is a must when it comes to ranking on google and also not annoying your users.

By Dale Stillman : 13/09/2020