“I get serenaded today, do I?” my co-workers often ask. It’s a bit of a running gag up in the Design House that I’m usually singing something and not even aware of it. Each of us at Dc share music as a commonality. Myself and Dave were both in Newman Sound, Jon’s regularly rocking downtown with …
It’s about to get FROSTY up in here, y’all. Partnering with the Frosty Festival is always a blast so we decided to take part in the winter festival again this year. One of our team though, has a close, personal, and slightly silly, connection to the festival, so here’s the story, from our Pearl girl, …
We love sharing the cool things we find. Emails are always flying amongst the team filled with “Cool!” Or, “did you see this?” And, of course, “Loves it!” We’ve taken some recents and curated the best of the best for you. Booking.yeah We love putting a little smirk on things here at the Design House. …
You may have heard the term “responsive web design” before and wondered what it is and how it’s different from regular old web design? In the past, screen sizes were more standardized and web sites were often built at a fixed width. If your screen happened to be smaller you’d get a horizontal scroll bar. …
Have you ever worked with a designer and been confused when work comes back with what looks like gobbledygook instead of English words? I assure you, this is a standard placeholder practice when we don’t have your final content. We’re not just trying to mess with you. Dating back to the 1500’s, Lorem ipsum has …
We’ve all seen them. Those blue, underlined, strings of letters or words at the end or in the middle of our favourite celeb’s latest tweet from the red carpet. #omgitsthebieb We kinda know what it means. But, do you click it? Is it just a joke? How come other people have the same tag in …
Colour is a funny thing. Each and every device has a different way of displaying colours on its screen, and each and every printer prints the same colour slightly differently. It’s a crazy colourful world out there, and us designers are right in the middle of it. So how does it all work? What are …
First of all, just what the heck is QA? Quality Assurance (QA) is a way of preventing mistakes or defects in products and avoiding problems when delivering solutions or services to customers. Sounds pretty important right? Well, it is! I can hear you now though, “Ahhh! Not more process!” Before you run away just remember: process is …
WARNING: “2 Seconds In, You’re Going To Be Uncomfortable. By The End, I REALLY Hope You Still Are.” “What Happens When One Bullied Cancer Patient Doesn’t Accept Bullying.” “What this Dog does with a Bongo Drum will Restore your Faith in Humanity!” You want to click on those titles don’t you? Think Upworthy, BuzzFeed, ViralNova. …
In our previous What the FAQ? we talked about how click baiting is a dark pattern. Now you might be wondering “What the heck’s a dark pattern?” A dark pattern is a user interface or technique meant to trick you into doing things you might not normally do. What sort of things you say? How about trying …
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