Archive for the ‘web design’ Category

March has seen the launch of the brand new online face of St Patrick’s College, Shorncliffe. Last year, the school decided they needed to have a website that reflected their values and the high quality of their education. So, Bluewire Media came in to take them through an internet strategy designed to discover the best [...]

In a busy week for Bluewire Media Developers, two projects wrapped up on Wednesday with the new St Patrick’s College and Summit Events Centre websites launching within hours of each other. The Summit Events Centre is the only high-end, 100% customisable and versatile, fully serviced events and function centre in Brisbane and without a website they [...]

I haven’t had a report card since school days, but I came across these ‘Grader’ tools which essentially rate your marketing effectiveness.  I was curious to see how we fared… Twitter Grader: Helps you determine how influential you are on Twitter.  You simply enter your Twitter handle & it analyses your followers, number of tweets, [...]

We’ve just won an International web design award for Outstanding Achievement for the Queensland Fertility Group website! The Interactive Media Awards are judged using five specific criteria: Design Content Feature Functionality Usability Standards Compliance & Cross Browser Compatibility Particular merit was given to usability & functionality, a nod to the features designed to make the [...]

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 [...]

I’ve just finished reading Steve Krug’s excellent book on web usability called Don’t Make Me Think. It’s often the case that people (clients and web designers alike) know their websites too well. So well they can’t see them from an objective viewpoint anymore. That’s why I really like Steve’s reasoning for doing user testing: “Testing [...]

Redesign: When to relaunch the site and best practices — Smashing Magazine The top 10 web applications for web designers in 2009 — WEBDESIGNDEV The lazy designer’s guide to success (according to Pentagram’s Michael Beirut) — Azure On web typography — A List Apart The death of the boring blog post — Smashing Magazine 10 [...]

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 [...]

15 great free online file sharing alternatives — Hongkiat The case for content strategy: Motown style — A List Apart Free and commercial stock photography sites — Smashing Magazine 12 reputation management tools to track your name — The BINC Blog Panasonic gets savvy to social media — Digital Media Microsoft takes more steps towards [...]

Bluewire Media have racked up a number of finance sector projects recently, and when Trinity Investments asked us to modernise their website’s structure and design, we were really enthusiastic about it! We’re now proud to present the brand new website over at trinity.com.au. Amidst corporate restructures and the ailing economy, this project took a lot [...]