11 Mar 2010
Should you ‘fold’ in web design
Should designers and clients still be obsessing over the idea of ‘the fold’ in web design? With the exception of certain situations, I believe not. Here‘s why.
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14 Feb 2010
3 steps to improved web site findability, or: SEO the organic way
A fair bit of what is required to achieve decent search engine rankings can be done simply via the basic premise, design and upkeep of the site. This is sometimes called Organic SEO, and here are my tips for getting it to work for you.
28 Jan 2010
The Apple iPad, it’s for presentation not creation
It’s immediately obvious that the iPad is more about viewing things than about creating things. For that reason it has a huge amount of potential for creatives as a presentation device.
24 Jan 2010
A client’s guide to on-screen colour, or: “I thought the logo was greener”
Every day design clients the world over receive finished, printed materials and cannot understand why the colours do not look precisely like the artwork that they approved from the comfort and convenience of their computer screen.
Well, here’s why.
28 Jul 2009
Using RGBA colour during development to help structure your web page with CSS
RGBA colour can help you lay out your web page, identify overlapping elements and see where your CSS or box model implementation has maybe gone a bit wonky. Here’s how.
6 Jul 2009
The myth of the perfect width for web design
The debate over the ‘best’ width for a web site site design resurfaces periodically, usually fed by the latest batch of computer monitors. It’s largely bunk, and here’s why.
19 Jun 2009
“Source” water fountain system by Ollie Craig
Innovative water bottle-and-fountain system addresses the problem of plastic bottle wastage without neglecting the commercial side. And it looks great too.
11 Jun 2009
Record sleeve design interview for MacUser… unedited
Here is the full, unedited text of the Q&A that led to Shark Attack’s record sleeve design work being featured in MacUser last year.
1 Jun 2009
Dynamite Autodesk plugins get updated; sleeve designs by Shark Attack
Dynamite VSP and Dynamite SIM for Autodesk are about to be updated by their developer, 3am Solutions Ltd.
20 Apr 2009
Deepen your data mine with Google Analytics
Google analytics is a wonderful, invaluable tool for any webmaster. The basics are well known, but there are hidden gems to be unearthed, such as Custom Reporting.
26 Mar 2009
Shark Attack 2009 goes live
About a year ago we revamped this site; it was intended as a short term holding position until we found the time to upgrade the design to a blog-based format. Much later than anticipated, we finally got there.
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Selected work
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Nova-I.T.
Website rebuild
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Metropolitan Police Service
Departmental identity
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Music industry
Numerous CD sleeves
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