Tag Archives: Web Design

Quality. It’s essentially the antithesis of compromise. It’s what clients want, but often not something they’re willing to follow procedure to get. It certainly doesn’t help that designers make compromise far too easy for them either. When potential clients approach us, they are looking to hire us because they are interested in the high caliber Continue Reading »

Brief wpLifeGuard is a Bold Perspective Labs project that was born out of the desire to create a resource for teaching clients how to use WordPress. As web designers, we are regularly faced with the task of helping clients learn to use their newly created website. We recognized that this is a common thread amongst Continue Reading »

[View the Infographic Large] Should Designers Code? The age-old discussion has been making rounds again lately: “Should Designers Code?” It seems that in general, most are agreeing that designers should at least have an understanding of the the limitations of code in order to be able to design most effectively for the web. Andy Rutledge Continue Reading »

Brief Daniel Greer of AgendaWise Reports approached us with great ambitions for a new redesign of their political news site. The AgendaWise goal is to inform readers that everyone has an agenda—whether they admit it or not. The idea is to dissect the different biases present in the political world and divulge the political discourses Continue Reading »

Please note: This post is very in-depth, if you gloss over this post, you will miss the point. We’re Headed for a Touch World – Design Accordingly. We all know that Touch-based smartphones, like the iPhone and its imitators, are incredibly popular. The amount of new iPhones activated each day is mindblowing, even if you Continue Reading »

The Google+ Icon has been downloaded over 40,000 times! Update! Google changed Google+’s multi-color favicon and badge to a red version of the Google+ icon. We’ve created a vector version of the new red Google+ icon and have included it in the free Google+ icon download along with a 128px optimized version (shown) and the Continue Reading »

Please note: This is just an experiment. I do not know all of Dribbble’s goals, nor am I claiming this is a better layout than Dribbble’s existing site. There is likely some reason that I’m not aware of why Dribbble is using it’s existing layout and not this one or some other layout. To be Continue Reading »

The Web Design industry is one that is often misunderstood. For a client looking to hire a web design firm, the task can be quite daunting. Why is web design so expensive? Does price really make a difference? How do I know the web designer even knows what they’re doing? Why So Much Variation? Some Continue Reading »

Thanks to the awesomeness that is WordPress and Twitter’s API, you can create your own Twitter Archive for your tweets. A Twitter Archive will allow you to search all of your old tweets as well as create large amounts of pages of related content to boost your website’s SEO value. If you’re a little unsure Continue Reading »

Don’t Put Mobile Users in a Box No two mobile users are alike. Not only is every mobile user a different person, but they each have different needs and many have different devices. When deciding what type of information and experience to provide to mobile users, it’s imperative that we think ahead. We need to Continue Reading »