One of the common points of resistance on the part of designers is the perceived lack of control. The concern is that if they can’t control with pixel-perfect accuracy the way something is displayed on the internet, then their design would be compromised or might simply not work. What can too easily be dismissed as… Read more »
Photoshop or Design in the Browser?
So now that we have concluded that we should design a single website that can cater for all devices both now and hopefully in the future, and that responsive web design is how we are going to achieve this, how do we actually make it happen? How does this work? First, we need to consider… Read more »
The Future of Web Design
This is the first in a series of articles about where we think web design is heading and how to respond to the changes that are heading our way, as well as some that have already arrived. We will explore the rise of what has become known as ‘Responsive Web Design’, the concept of designing… Read more »
New Website – MacDonald Martin Fire and Safety Consultants
Macdonald Martin are a total fire protection company who provide fire risk assessments and fire safety training as well as the design, installation and maintenance of fire alarms, emergency lights and fire extinguishers. When MacDonald Martin came to us, they presented us with a familiar problem. They had a website that had been updated… Read more »
Practising What We Preach
At 49digital we believe that the best of the web should be available to everyone, not just those with the deepest pockets. A decent website is the foundation of a great marketing strategy, yet time and time again we encounter amazing businesses that have terrible websites, and they wonder why it isn’t working for them…. Read more »
New Website: Confident Recruitment
It’s been another busy week at 49digital and we are proud to unveil a brand new website for our clients, Confident Recruitment. Confident Recruitment are a specialist dental and medical recruitment agency based in London who supply medical practices in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. Confident came to us with a… Read more »
Our Newest Shopify Site – My Cupcake Toppers
Well, what a day it’s been. Two sites that we’ve been working on go live in the same day! We are very pleased to have been asked to provide the theme for mycupcaketoppers.co.uk - Shopify’s newest shop, which produces delicious, edible toppers for cupcakes, fairy cakes and celebration cakes. This was a really fun… Read more »
Our Newest Website – Janet Hill, Artist.
Today we are very proud to unveil the new website for our client, Janet Hill. Janet is an extremely talented artist whose work is both elegant, yet whimsical, often with an underlying narrative that instantly captures the imagination. Her beautiful painting style evokes a sense of nostalgia, comfort, mystery and humour and it is… Read more »
Oinked!
A little over three months ago, Milk Inc. released their first app which had the rather cute title ‘Oink’. Milk is the brainchild of internet entrepreneur, Kevin Rose, who famously founded Digg. Oink allows people to rate things instead of places. So for example, you could rate a particular dish in a restaurant instead of the… Read more »
Basecamp Next
Today is a very exciting day for us here at 49digital. It's not because of the expected announcement of the iPad 3 (or HD depending one which reports you choose to believe), although we are very excited about that too. More on that later. No, we are excited about the fact that we are using… Read more »