Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

A few times a year, Bluewire Media will submit some of our latest websites to the IMA (Interactive Media Awards). We’ve had much success over the years, with 6 “Best In Class” awards and 5 “Outstanding Achievement” awards. One of our latest entries, however, has scored our best mark yet – The Maura Fay Group’s [...]

Scott Thomas was lead designer in Obama’s 2008 successful presidential campaign. It was the first time that branding, design and social media played a pivotal role in the campaign, and here he discusses how his team managed the epic task of rolling out designs for logos, print graphics, email templates, the website interface… the list [...]

Successful strategies for selling ad space on low traffic websites — Smashing Magazine Onboarding: designing welcoming first experiences — UX Mag Interview with the authors of Remote Research — UX Booth Tableau Public: data visualisation service — via Konigi Unique blog posts and wordpress tips — Web Designer Wall 10 keys to effective non-profit organisation [...]

Recommended design reading — Jason Santa Maria iPad user experience guidelines as everyday design tips — Kitsune Noir Showcase of well-designed Mac application websites — Six Revisions 40 beautiful corporate websites — Vandelay Design Blog Flashpoint as Jobs takes aim at Adobe — Sydney Morning Herald What to expect in 2010: UX/UI design simplicity — [...]

Design trend predictions in 2010 — Web Designer Wall Social media’s true impact on Haiti, China, and the world — Mashable Fantastic information architecture resources — Noupe The importance of web interactivity: tips and examples — Hongkiat How your phone can keep tabs on friends — Sydney Morning Herald A brief history of eye tracking [...]

Principals of effective e-commerce search — Smashing Magazine Writing user-friendly content — The UX Booth 25 awesome gift ideas for designers and developers — Six Revisions A blob walks out of a clock tower in Brisbane — Brand New Dieter Rams: ten principles for good design — Vitsoe Usability testing toolkit: resources, articles and techniques [...]

Site search trends for e-commerce websites — Vandelay Design Negative space in logo design — Logo Design Love Ten commandments of social media — Noupe Twitter rated 2009 word of the year — Sydney Morning Herald Complete beginners guide to interaction design — The UX Booth You can’t innovate like Apple – Pragmatic Marketing 3 [...]

Top 10 Internet moments of the decade — Sydney Morning Herald The Googlephone: Google gears up for attack on mobile-phone market — The Times Showcase of beautiful typography in web design — Noupe User reviews: Increased sales, traffic and transparency — The UX Booth How to evaluate what CMS to use — Six Revisions   [...]

A big congratulations must go out to three of our past (and amazingly talented!) QUT interns, who have just spent the last six months putting an enormous amount of effort into organising their end of year graduate exhibition. Well done to Jess Golding for project managing, and to Jacque Prior and Georgie Thompson for their [...]

App to find nearest toilet? Data flood unleashed — Sydney Morning Herald The Font Kingdom: Search, explore, create and download fonts for free — Tech Crunch Getting started with content management systems — Smashing Magazine The process toolbox: Prototyping — Erskine Labs 5 simple but useful CSS properties — Web Designer Wall Long tail user [...]