by Gillian | Mar 17, 2015 | Design, Design theory
Having spent some time recently tutoring people to use web and design software, I have learned a lot about the fear and dread felt when someone is confronted with the unfamiliar. When I first began creating websites I tried to overcome that same dread by looking for...
by Gillian | Mar 10, 2015 | Design theory
As humans we now spend a lot of time online, but our brains evolved many generations ago when survival was our primary purpose. To a large extent we use the same systems now to decide whether an animal is threatening us as we use hierarchies to decide where to click...
by Gillian | Jan 22, 2015 | Design theory
A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle in it, write notes in it, and I put pictures in it. John Varvatos I’m sure every designer has their own way of beginning a design. Some go...
by Gillian | May 20, 2013 | Design theory, Web Design
You may have noticed how many people use their smart phones and tablets to check email and browse online. This change in behavior means that websites need to adapt so they work equally well on lap-or desktop screens as well as on smaller screens. Many sites have been...
by Gillian | Mar 4, 2013 | Design theory
While it is easy to create designs using software like MS Publisher and Apple’s pages. However, without a knowledge of design theory it is only possible to create pieces that look ‘right’, but no way understand how to duplicate that success or...
