Not all designers are the same and choosing the right one can be a little daunting so here are some top tips when choosing a designer: Ability Make sure they have the ability to satisfy your needs. Do they use the latest tools and software? Do they have traditional drawing skills. Some designers specialise in a … read more

I have mixed opinions about this, should you design for mobile first or desktop? I understand the pro’s for mobile first but it’s got it’s pitfalls too in my opinion. I would be interested in your views too so please leave your comments below. So, if we decide we’re going straight in to the browser … read more

WordPress is currently the most popular publishing platform in the world with over 60 million people choosing to use it! The question is ‘why is it so popular..?’ The answer is not that difficult … because, it’s so easy to use you could teach your granny to use it! In-fact your granny could download it and … read more

With more and more businesses deciding to sell online it’s really important to get your shop right. So many online shops fail because the basics are not quite right! Big brands get it right for many different reasons but, mainly because of their already well established brand recognition. That’s not to say that everyone else … read more

Design and typography – two very different things but at some point they are going to come together when it comes to designing your way out of a paper bag. Sometimes design won’t involve type and you will have a whole lot of different problems to solve but when design meets typography there are certain things … read more

New Higgs Boson Diet! A fictitious product based on the discovery of the Higgs boson like particle.

From a design and marketing point of view having well structured website headers with a good user interface (UI) is going to impart a good user experience (UX). A fundamental facet for the user is going to be the header of your website and that at least should include your branding, clean navigation, contact details and possibly some … read more

Designers have a great resource for finding images on the web today with the likes of istock and shutterstock to name a couple. However, when you’re designing something for a the client you don’t want to download the expensive hires file just yet right? So you go for the lores comp version just as an … read more

This year Square One were successfully awarded the contract to design and produce the Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts 2012 marketing literature. Designs have now been approved and as we go to press Square One are busy artworking the 48 page programme, having already sent to print the poster and flyers – next on the … read more

What do you need to be a web designer? Well to be honest that’s a difficult question to answer because there are so many different areas of web design that to be good at all of them would be to be a jack of all trades and a master of none. One thing is certain … read more

Why use Facebook Groups? Why create a Facebook Group? Well first of all let me explain that this is not a post about how to create a group or what a Facebook Group is, it’s more about a situation that happened in a group I created and it’s made me think about why I created … read more