Design Top Tips
Explore quick tips and advice on design including branding and fonts to social media, book design, publishing and website design
Six ways that a professional designer can improve your website
A professional designer will wear many hats during the creation of your website to support and grow your work. We aim to understand your audience and how best to serve them through your website.
What's Squarespace Fluid Engine, and do you need it?
Fluid Engine is Squarespace’s new editor for all 7.1 websites. It’s a content editor which uses regular page sections with a range of blocks. The concept is that it allows more flexibility in website design by allowing the creator to resize, overlap and have more freedom with the structure of a web page.
Simple tips for easy website launches
Launching new website or a rebrand is exciting and a bit overwhelming too. Here’s some tips from me on how to create some interest around the reveal to help you get noticed.
Design project management step by step
Most designers should have a process they follow to get the best results for their clients. I love a good workflow and if you’ve worked with me, then you’ll appreciate my nerdy love of a schedule. Writing this blog post is useful to set the scene. I hope you find it useful.
RGB, CMYK and Pantone colours explained
This Tips and Tricks post explains the difference between RGB (Red, Green, and Blue) and CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key, and when each is used. I also offer advice on when you may want to use Pantone colours and why you may want to avoid them.
Website workout- ten tips to learn together
It can be really easy to get into knots with websites. If you’re not sure what the goal is, then it’s tempting to add in plug-ins and features you may not need. I am planning my goals for this website and making a list of actions I need to take. As a website designer, it’s far too easy for me to start tinkering! I’ve deliberately sat on my hands on all my own sites this year until I had space in my diary to focus. December and January now feel like good times for me to review this website and I’ve scheduled the task into my diary. I thought it would be useful to make notes as I go along and document in future posts so that we can learn together. What do you think?
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