Why we love “Atomic Design” for web design
We’ve been offering web design for around 15 years now and have refined our process over time from presenting full mockups to clients to getting them involved early and often with what Brad Frost terms ‘Atomic design’. Read on to find out why this is such a powerful way of working.
Reasons to boycott Amazon
It’s Amazon Prime again this week and it’s reminded me to write about why I don’t support Amazon despite their keen prices and quick delivery.
Heatherwick Studio’s stunning vision for Nottingham Broadmarsh area
There was a talk at Nottingham University recently with Heatherwick Studio presenting their vision for the redevelopment of the Broadmarsh area of Nottingham. The old shopping centre was mostly demolished and there was to be a new Intu shopping centre built along with the new car park and bus stat...
Why I'd love to see a developer version of WordPress
I design and build completely custom WordPress websites for small businesses. The standard WordPress install package comes with loads of stuff I don’t want, so I’d like to see a stripped back version of WordPress with no full site editing and no Gutenberg included for developer use.
UPDATE: I’m c...
The Green Claims Code and ‘greenwashing’
With more and more people wanting to spend their money with environmentally friendly suppliers, some unscrupulous companies have been trying to mislead us. The Green Claims Code from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is a way of combatting this. This works two ways for us small business ow...