Square One » design http://www.squareonemd.co.uk The big agency experience at small agency cost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:41:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Top tips when choosing a designer http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/top-tips-when-choosing-a-designer/ http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/top-tips-when-choosing-a-designer/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:36:01 +0000 Elliott Richmond http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/?p=704 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

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]]> http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/designing-for-mobile-first/feed/ 9 WordPress themes or bespoke web design? http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/wordpress-themes-or-bespoke-web-design/ http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/wordpress-themes-or-bespoke-web-design/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:24:38 +0000 Elliott Richmond http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/?p=4682 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

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]]> http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/new-higgs-boson-diet/feed/ 2 The power of well designed website headers http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/the-power-well-designed-website-headers/ http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/the-power-well-designed-website-headers/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:14:50 +0000 Elliott Richmond http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/?p=2154 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

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]]> http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/cant-find-that-image/feed/ 0 Square One to Design Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts Marketing Literature http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/square-one-to-design-winchcombe-festival-of-music-and-arts-marketing-literature/ http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/square-one-to-design-winchcombe-festival-of-music-and-arts-marketing-literature/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:46:57 +0000 Elliott Richmond http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/?p=4009 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

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]]> http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/square-one-to-design-winchcombe-festival-of-music-and-arts-marketing-literature/feed/ 0 What do you need to be a web designer? http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/what-do-you-need-to-be-a-web-designer/ http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/what-do-you-need-to-be-a-web-designer/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:50:41 +0000 Elliott Richmond http://www.squareonemd.co.uk/?p=2923 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

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