Posted by EatonGolden | Mar 16th, 2009 2:41pm
Many of us recognize the name Lifetouch as the school picture pros. But what you might not know is that their talented photographers do senior portraits, as well.
Lifetouch National School Studios partnered with EatonGolden to provide the site strategy, information architecture, design, and development of the new site.
We built a high-performance XHTML site and used the jQuery library (+ plugins including HighSlide and Accordian) for added functionality. We brought Lifetouch’s design vision to life using advanced Adobe Flash 3D animations.
View the site: lifetouchseniorportraits.com
Posted in Development, Information Architecture, Interface Design & Prototyping
Posted by Tony Johnson | Feb 6th, 2009 11:03am
As Annette said in a previous post, we just spent two days in Denver at WebDirections North with some of the web’s brightest minds. The conference itself was tightly organized and highly professional, which is always a relief.
One of the main themes throughout was to define the “state of the web.” That’s a heavy question, especially given the uncertainty surrounding everything else in the world right now — but let’s take a look at just a few of the exciting things that are happening. Who knows, perhaps today’s innovations will play a role in dragging the world’s economy out of the doldrums.
- Mobile: In the past 18 months the iPhone has revolutionized the way the world views mobile computing and mobile web use. Why does that matter?
- Well, roughly 80% of the world’s population is not yet online — and a great many of them live in developing countries with no broadband access. One mobile expert here predicted that by Q3 2009, mobile devices will reach the threshold of 10% market share. That’s a big deal.
- Internet Explorer 6 Strategy: There’s a consensus that the time has come to change the way we approach Internet Explorer 6. By combining new technologies such as font embedding and CSS3 with old techniques, we can begin to move beyond the great anchor.
- In these times we must consider and communicate the costs of designing for IE6. So, what is the new approach for forward-thinking and cost-conscious organizations? Show IE6 users a site that works, but do not demand an exact replica of the site that is shown in modern browsers. That’s not so bad, really…
- Open Web Platform: This got me excited because more than ever, we need to be efficient — and like all web designers, I spend too much time searching for answers on the web.
- Mozilla announced that they’re working on a centralized “open web platform” for developers. Designers and developers could go there to get help documentation for any technology, look up the current browser usage stats, interact and save lots of time.
- They also previewed a new text editor called Bespin that works like Google Docs. Why does that matter? Well, it’s free — putting development in the hands of more people, it makes it more efficient to collaborate with with others in the code, and it demonstrates the amazing things that can be done using the vector-graphics based Canvas. They expect Bespin to be released in Labs this coming week.
Posted in Conferences, Events, Interface Design & Prototyping, Internet, Mobile
Posted by Larisa | Nov 17th, 2008 9:30am
The creative process can unfold in amazing ways – and then again, it can go strangely off the rails…
Posted in Clients, Fun, Interface Design & Prototyping, Uncategorized, Visual Design
