With the majority of retailers now seeing the benefits of expanding into the mobile channel, an app can provide a substantial boost to a mobile marketing campaign. However, without an effective design, the popularity of the app is doomed before it has been launched. By getting it right, retailers can boost sales figures, improve the [...]

This guest post is by Ruth Palmer. A Creative on the Exchange, Ruth was VP Brand and Marketing for d3o and now runs a branding consultancy for entrepreneurial businesses.   What could be more apt to the topic of this blog than the fact that Jonathan Ive was recently knighted for his services to design. Design [...]

I first launched my website in 2002. At that time, CSS was in its infancy and didn’t give me the kind of flexibility and control over the layout that I wanted. My site was constructed with tables and the results were exactly what I was looking for. I would revise my ImageReady files, save the [...]

This blog was guest written by crowd member Anne S. Katzeff The Eames husband-and-wife team were two of the most important American designers of the 20th century. They made innovative contributions to furniture, architecture, and industrial design, as well as photographic arts and toys.

This post was guest written by crowd member Doug Cloud Branding is something I have been doing now for over thirty years. Back in the day this was simply referred to as logo design. Back then I would meet with a client to discuss their ideas and goals for their particular logo and then sketch [...]

This post was guest written by crowd member Doug Cloud Simplicity, if done properly, can be an art form unto itself. To give you an idea what I’m talking about check out this site for Nesbitt Research. This is an awesome example of simplicity and what’s even more amazing is that Nesbitt is using the [...]

This weeks guest blog is from crowd member Anne Katzeff The Olympics always excite, intrigue, and inspire me. I’m an athlete who’s competed in organized sports for most of my life. I used to say I was born into this life to play softball, because it was that important to me. These days, my athletics [...]

A guest post from crowd member Tom Actman February 11th, 2010 by Mat Dolphin As a regular reader of Michael Johnsons blog, I’m always interested to see sneak previews of upcoming Johnson Banks work. Recently he unveiled their latest project for The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and once again I was pleasantly suprised. [...]