Agile Design – Quickly moving from Photoshop to CSS
21st
September
2009
Posted by Ken Davis - under Design 1 Comment
I recently read a post over at 37 signals about why the designers there skip Photoshop in the design process and I found myself agreeing with most of the conversation. There are some good reasons for designing this way, along with some good counterpoints.
The Photoshop mockup just isn’t a website.
A while back I used to always fully develop a design in Photoshop, with all the polish and finesse that could possibly fit into a flat two dimensional image and present the design to the client for approval.
This worked reasonably well when the only real interaction was the click of a hyperlink or perhaps a drop down menu. You could explain the functionality, describe the interaction and hope the client had the imagination to perceive the concept clearly enough to approve it.
Tessuti – an online evolution
24th
March
2009
Posted by Ken Davis - under Case Study No Comments
Like most businesses, Tessuti Fabrics started its online evolution by carefully crawling up to the edge of the Internet, and sticking a big toe into the unknown. Its first foray into online representation was a small static site. In just over 12 months, we’ve helped transition Tessuti from that simple, under performing website, to a well respected, dynamic online presence.
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Tags: Case Study, client, Design, Jimmyweb, SEO
Writing copy for your new website
19th
February
2009
Posted by Ken Davis - under Writing 1 Comment
So, you’ve finally nailed down the design, production is underway, your new website is coming together just the way you planned.
And now you start thinking about the copy?
As web designers, we often find ourselves giving the same advice to our clients, so here is a list of our top tips for writing copy for the web. (more…)
Tags: copy writing, SEO, tips