Graphic, Web Design and Marketing, London | Rob Cubbon
Design, marketing, graphics, internet, print, London
There is certainly no need to be daunted by a financial barrier to entry when starting your own web design company. Don’t be put off by the price of Photoshop or the whole Creative Suite – there’s loads of free software for web designers that can help you keep costs down. Online image editors Photoshop [...]
This article is more of a “plea” to web designers. Don’t look at a web page as a work of art. Look on it as something that does a job and, for God’s sake, make it legible! Too many times we see readability sacrificed at the alter of web design. But first, some statistics for [...]
The internet is daunting, disorganized and idiosyncratic. Web designers should try to make the user’s journey as simple and as pleasant as they can. What’s more, there are certain actions that webmasters would like visitors to perform – to go to a page, to submit some information, for example. For these reasons, knowing how to [...]
I’ve only used a gun on one occasion – the results were catastrophic. That sentence has nothing to do with this article, its only purpose was to get your attention. And that second sentence’s job was to keep you interested. Once I have got you to read the headline, I have maybe 2 to 3 [...]
The internet is a big space but the world is even bigger. Although English is the most widely used language on the internet at the moment, in less than 5 years it will be Chinese. We read in our native language, search in our native language and join social groups who use our native language. [...]
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it [...]
This is a guest post from Bailey Digger about the realities of web design in challenging economic times. Some jobs are recession-proof while others suffer more when the economy is bad. Web design is not an essential service but there are several reasons why it can be considered recession-proof: Web designers can seek work in [...]
I often get quote requests for websites. The requests vary greatly. Some will be for small sites; some large sites. Some will want a logo; others won’t. Some will have a website already they want to improve; others will want a brand new one. However, I often write the same answers to client requests. Over [...]
Google estimates there are over 1 trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique web pages on the web and there are an estimated 7.3 million new ones added every day – but don’t let these figures overwhelm you, you found me. My website was set up with only a few dollars and a bit of common sense. [...]
6 years ago I was typesetting company reports, trying not to look at the clock to see how soon I could go home. Now I work from home and every time I look at the clock I marvel at how quickly time passes! I have managed to cross-over from being a print designer and artworker [...]
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