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This unprecedented pandemic has certainly turned life upside down, changing the daily routine for millions of workers who now consider their home, the new office.

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It's true. Even in the digital world, old thing become new again. While scrunchies are taking over offline, three columns of text are back in fashion online. And it still works. Here's why.

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The F Pattern is the key pattern humans use to scan a website and it's content. Why do you need to know about it? Understanding how your website users read content online, and placing your most important content in the

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Introducing Type Genius! What does it do? Helps you take the guess work out of  matching well paired fonts together. You: Tell it what font you plan to use in your document or project It: Tells you which font will compliment your primary font the best. It's that simple.

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It's not every day someone very dear to you turns 90! Heres's how I was able to help with the celebrations, and mark this special milestone. #90thbirthdayinspiration

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Us humans have a predictable pattern when it comes to reviewing blocks of content. Find out how can we create better hierarchy in our designs, and guide our users to read our most important content.

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Introducing Stocky, a Stock Image website that doesn’t suck. Their images are modern, on-trend, and a little more candid than those available on competitor sites. #rahhhwhataretheyallsmilingatanyway

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We all know that websites for certain industries are very "on trend", hipster if you like. Photographers, Architects, Design firms, Fashion houses, Yogies etc. But what about more traditional service based industries that are less glamourous

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Two of the things I ask clients while completing my Creative Brief is what type of content they would like to include on their new website home page, and what the primary call to action(s) of the home page should be. I'm not just being nosy, it

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TGIF! Seriously. This will only take a minute. Ok, 4 minutes, cause you wanna make sure you really take the time to consider the answers, this is important stuff after all. Ok 8 minutes, because you just remembered how much you loved

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Dads are great. And not just because of their bad jokes. Download your free printable Fathers Day card, and present to your Dad (along with a big smile) this Sunday.

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Introducing Typedrummer, a browser-based drum machine that turns whatever you type into the text area, into a sweet drum and beat mix. The ultimate in friday fun! Check out my sweet friday mix here. Enjoy! EP.

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Google offer a huge open-source (free!) font library, Google Fonts. But with sooooo many enticing options (over 650 font families), it's not uncommon to feel overwhelmed with choices, and encounter trouble trying to pair compatible fonts together. Lobster + Indie Flower

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Only 39 sleeps until santa comes! #butheywhoscounting To get into the christmas spirit, I’ve put together a free Mailchimp Christmas template for you to download, customise and send out to your favourite email recipients.

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  Article via Creative Bloq We've all read the stories and seen the films, but would you spot a zombie apocalypse if it were staring you right in the face? What if it was happening right now, on your website?  Has your online

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Imagine if playing the air guitar actually resulted in an audible, stream of guitar music! Well, that’s what AirType can do. It's a keyboard-less keyboard that will change the way we type, especially when it comes to tablet devices. AirType is a set of

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Ever wonder what the difference is between a Serif and a Sans Serif font? Wonder no more! Thanks Creative Bloq for this sweet infographic which explains the difference between the two styles, and suggests which style is better suited to

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Despite the general opinion that popups are (really) annoying, they're still in fact very good at what they do. They draw temporary attention to something by interrupting a 'normal' flow of events, and cause an action/reaction, which generates results. In the last

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Late last year, I posted an infographic about the use of colour online, and how it subconsciously affects the way we behave and take action online. Well here's a follow up article I just found which further explains the colour psyche and is

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Colour palettes inspired by the mix of beautiful people and colours from a recent trip to the South Pacific.

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Looks like I got April fooled this year. A few months ago I posted an article on wearable technology, and on the 1st of April 2014 (still no connection), Web Design Ledger posted an article on the unforeseen side effects

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Turns out if you’re the US Government, something as simple as changing the font face on your hardcopy printouts can save you up to $400 million per year. But it can also result in savings for us too.

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Did you know more than a billion tweets are sent every 48 hours, or that every sixty seconds, 293,000 status updates are posted on Facebook? Here are some social media 'did you knows' to throw around the watercooler next week

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Trend Alert: Websites with on demand navigation As I browse the internet lately in search of inspiration and all things shiny and new, I've noticed more and more websites steering away from the traditional horizontal navigation structure at the top of

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It's 7:00am. Ok, really it's 7:15am because one snooze never hurt anyone. But instead of being woken to the beep of your alarm clock or whichever horrible ringtone you managed to set, you wake to the sweet smell of freshly

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Creating a new business website can be a daunting. You know you need a "good" website, but what does that mean and what requirements should you be considering? Creative Bloq asked Juan Lobato, CEO of BaseKit, to suggest 10 fundamental requirements for a

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If you're lucky enough to be in NYC or Chicago this January, you'll be able buy yourself a copy of Wired Magazine and see first hands the world's first interactive print ad.

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How seductive are your product descriptions? Does your product copy entice readers to click buy, try, or take an action? Here are 7 Simple Steps to Writing Product Descriptions that Sell.

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A quick note to wish everyone a very merry christmas and a happy new year. #whatagreatyear #timeflieswhenyourehavingfun #mmmeggnog

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Email Marketing is Changing – The Rise of Mobile and Triggered Emails Email marketing has been used for years to keep in contact and maintain relationships with clients/customers. Lately, with the increasing use of smartphones, we’ve seen the effectiveness continue to

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Colour has a powerful psychological influence on the human brain. It affects the way we think and behave, and the actions we make online. Check out this great infographic from Kissmetrics

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Check out this great infographic about Wordpress and it's usage in 2013. Most impressively, did you know that WordPress powers almost 20% of the entire internet?

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Two of my most favourite people in the world got married last weekend. It's quite the love story. Together since Year 10, they've lived all over the place! Always together, even if sometimes geographically apart. How to remind them of all the

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For most designers/developers, Lorem Ipsum is a familiar term. Lorem Ipsum is the 'go to' website for generating placeholder text for brochures, websites etc, before the real life copy has even been written or arrived. I've generated hundreds of paragraphs of the

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Hey Photoshoppers, ever thought that Smart Objects were a great way to keep your PSDs neat and tidy, but a pain in butt to edit / make changes to once converted?

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Looking for a cool new font for your website or print documents? Here are a few of the better font sites I use.

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For many, the concept of hiring a Freelancer to build their new website or look after their graphic design work is a new one, and in some cases unheard of. But we're out there! We're good at what we

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Sneek peek only! This week, I've put the finishing touches on some nautical themed wedding invitations and a custom wedding website.

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Putting together a great colour palette or finding colours/tones that work well together can be as simple as looking at the things around us.

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Looking for some digital inspiration? Peek over the fence and be inspired by design elements and styles others are doing well.

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Ever find a font online that you love but dont know the name of? Here's a tip for putting a name to the font face.