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Making a ‘Personal’ Page

The personal page has seen a huge jump in popularity in the last few years. These pages act as a sort headquarters for web visitors to check you out. Many personal pagers include their social details, a little bit about them and perhaps some of the websites they work on / with. Today, we'll be crafting a beautiful personal homepage and be giving you tips on how to make the most effective one possible. Here's the

Continue Reading → Written by Sarah on October 25th 2010

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1 Way to Save Time and Earn More Money

As designers, we all love to design - it's only natural. That's when we're at our best, pushing pixels round and all that (joke). I know personally from my own experiences that I honestly spend a little too much time designing. You see, the trouble is that I like to make everything from scratch. Icons, menus, footers the lot. That's not always a bad thing, especially if your commanding a HUGE fee. But, sometimes a

Continue Reading → Written by Sarah on October 13th 2010

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How, Why and When to use Textures in your Designs

We examine texture use on the web, giving you practical examples of use. After this tutorial, you'll be a texture jedi! Browsing around the internet, you'll often see websites that make use of textures. Sometimes this works so well the site looks photo-realistic or fantastically awesome. Other times, the textures look poor, like some sort of rendering from the Windows 95 'maze' screensaver. The effect is lost, and the design, no matter how good it is,

Continue Reading → Written by Sarah on September 21st 2010

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5 Things To Include In Your Portfolio Copy

Marketing copy, or promotional text, is crafted to persuade the reader, listener or viewer to act — for example, to buy a product or subscribe to a certain viewpoint. Alternatively, copy might also be intended to dissuade a reader. Copywriting is basically the the process of using words to promote a person, product, opinion or idea. It's all around us, on the web, in magazines, on the TV. It's everywhere. When done properly, copy will address

Continue Reading → Written by Sarah on September 6th 2010

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5 Beautiful Desk Lamps

You know us, we love our office. Everyone should, you spend most of your life in there. Like us, you may live in a hemisphere where the winter means dark mornings and evenings - so ample lighting is essential. Lighting is a must for your eyes - it keeps them healthy and relaxed and helps create a warm, cosy mood in your work area. That said, there are lamps, and then there are lamps.... we're

Continue Reading → Written by Sarah on September 3rd 2010

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Making a ‘Personal’ Page

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How, Why and When to use Textures in your Designs

5 Things To Include In Your Portfolio Copy

5 Beautiful Desk Lamps

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Making a ‘Personal’ Page