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Taming the Elephant: Design Critiques With Non-designers (plus a printable cheat sheet)
July 15, 2009 - There she is. That's Bertha, the elephant-in-the-room that you call your design. You've been staring at this design for enough time now that you're either satisfied where you are or unsure what to do next. Without feedback from others, you're counting on…
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Google Maps the jQuery Plugin Way
July 17, 2009 - One of the most common feature requests from our clients is Google Map integration. On two projects recently I found myself creating very similar functionality: a map of points with links in a nearby list that activate the markers on the map. This seemed like an excellent…
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Chevy’s Voltage Site Design Falls Flat
July 23, 2009 - Yesterday Jen posted a great article on our Marketing Lab's blog, Viget Engage, regarding a new social site recently launched by Chevy. The site, http://www.chevroletvoltage.com, aims to bring people together to discuss and create buzz around their new vehicle, the Volt. After…
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Breaking down the process: Designing LegalRiver.com
August 1, 2009 - One of my favorite things about working at Viget is the opportunity to work with promising startups. Our recent engagement with Legal River is a great example of how a unique working relationship can make the most of small startup budgets. Viget helped establish a look and feel…
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Google Maps jQuery Plugin with ExpressionEngine
August 5, 2009 - Yesterday Carolyn blogged about a site we did for NCGives. One of their requests was to have the ability to add locations to an ExpressionEngine weblog and have them display on a Google Map. Seemed easy enough until I realized we also had to make external map controls, display…
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Design Share: Now With 100% More Website
August 7, 2009 - Our very own event series, Design Share, now has a website of its own. We needed somewhere to advertise upcoming events in the series, as well as archive videos and photos from the past two Design Share events. Over the summer I've been chipping away at the project…
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Can a Website Design Be Inspired by a Chair? This One Was
August 10, 2009 - Inspiration can find a designer in many unique and wonderful ways. Often, web designers go out seeking inspiration, browsing galleries online and looking at other websites, but in the case of a site redesign for Choice Hotels Scandinavia, I found my inspiration in a chair.Choice…
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Perspectives: Mood Boards, Love ‘em or Hate ‘em (plus a panel)
August 17, 2009 - Sample mood board from Viget Labs. Embiggen To mood board or not to mood board. Is that the question? Yes. At least amongst those of us that have ever used them as a means to jump start the design process. Personally, I've come to love mood boards as a tool in the web…
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ClearCarbon Goes Live
August 28, 2009 - We are proud to announce the launch of ClearCarbon's newly redesigned web site. ClearCarbon is a full service carbon specialty consulting firm, working to find increases in efficiency while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As a young company, they've seen great success…
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Save For Web, Simply
September 1, 2009 - Since "The Mysterious Save For Web Color Shift," I've received 200 comments and weekly emails about the theory. Thanks to readers, I've learned a lot about the original issue, and (perhaps, more importantly) how to explain it. TO RECAP: In the post, I suggested dumping some of…