posted on Jun 19, 2013 by emily
A new blog, a new site (coming soon) from the creative minds at LimeRed Studio. We've heard you loud and clear and we're changing the format of our blog a little to give you more insights, more tips, more things to make you sound really smart… and more. Just more good and useful things from our brilliant team. Read More »
posted on Jun 13, 2013 by brett
Okay, so the redesign wasn’t everything designers and Apple fans had hoped for. Our thoughts and some hilarious community response.
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posted on May 30, 2013 by emily
Content is the thing we and most design firms who don’t have a writer on staff struggle with most often. It’s the piece of the process that completely destroys a timeline and creeps the scope. Here are a few ways to make the process less horrible. Read More »
posted on May 30, 2013 by brett
Skeuomorphism intends to solve a problem common to designers and developers: How do you design software experiences that users can learn quickly and use easily? The skeuoporphism answer is to make the software seem inherently easy to use by making graphic elements look like things users are already familiar with.
For example: If you’re making an online notebook, you might design it to look like a stack of papers bound together by a spiral ring. You’re assuming that users will understand that the pages are part of a system and it is possible flip them.
Some designers really hate this approach and some love it. It made a lot of sense to make an online calendar look like a desk calendar when it was a new technology, but not so much anymore. Read More »
posted on May 9, 2013 by emily
We get A LOT of RFPs for web design and development work. Most of them are terrible. Here are three super easy steps to making sure your RFP is great.
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