Our 12 days of design thinking released for Xmas 2024. A whimsical way of explaining some of the ways we approach design and strategy. Remember – Design thinking is not just for Christmas. Ho Ho Ho.
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Design
What is cool, sexy and hot in the world of design for digital and web.
ASCALi Renaming Project
ASCALi is a rebranding and renaming project – that of Logistics Consulting.
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[diagram] Level up Cache in WordPress – a Practical Guide
Speed with websites is largely about caching of resources. We explain what, why and how we do things at Practically.
Cookie Consent Pop-ups in 2024
You may have noticed that we have no cookie consent popups on our site. We, as designers and web practitioners, have some real problems with those annoying cookie popups. And we are not alone…
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[updated] Diagrams to live your life by
As part of our Practically Academy Sam shared a whole series of diagrams that help in the strategy work that he does, and beyond.
A letter to creative students – the class of 2024
A rather personal message to design students of this year, musing on youth, AI, design careers, tribes, community and what makes us humans happy.
Digital for charities: Website Content Template for Charities
One of the big problems for small charities sites is knowing where to start with a new or upgraded website. Read on for top tips, a checklist & free to download templates for your content.
Web design in Cheltenham – 46 agencies compared
There are a surprising amount of small to medium web design firms operating in this Cotswold town. This is not an exhaustive list but one created from our network and experience.
Start a new development project on the right foot
Multiple times in Web Development you will go through the process of creating a new repository for a new application or project that you are tasked to build. We think it is really important to get the order of tasks correct at the start of a new application…
Accessibility Web Design Rules – Our upgraded website for NHS
Things we learnt by creating highly accessible website designs for the NHS & university sectors. Recent pitches and web briefs have put accessibility high on their list of needs, which is a great sign. However accessibility, just like GDPR, needs to be taken in context…
WWW – A tool for any creative. What, Who & Why is your work good?
Or not of course. An evaluation tool for any marketing creative piece – a poster, a website, a flyer, a brand. Most of all a piece of SEO copywriting.
Divi alt tags done right (in functions.php)
DIVI for WordPress. Load Alt tags in Divi directly from the Media Library, pull alt tags in automatically even when these are added or changed from the WordPress Media Library.
“We are going to tell you your baby is ugly. And you are going to thank us for it.”
This rather rude quote came up in conversation & it got us thinking about how we approach UX, strategy, design and projects in general…
The Design Diamond
Simply stated, it aims to convince design students of the process of design. That without one of the four corners of the diamond then a design presentation (a crit or critique) will be weak.