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Responsive design patterns

Posted on 15/03/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Thanks to Luke Wroblewski for his review on Multi-Device Layout Patterns for highlighting some great thinking in the Responsive Design space. The “Mostly Fluid” design, the first one Luke reviews, is what I used for the SugarBang Band website; try…

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SugarBang Band Gig Posters

Posted on 14/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I play in a band called SugarBang and have designed a band poster for nearly every gig we’ve had since July 2011. Here’s some highlight samples from that series. (Click one image to review all in a lightbox)

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Fishpond Design Study

Posted on 13/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Fishpond in 2010 had a great catalog site, but not as good a customer site, so I rearranged some content but mainly added primary content to show top titles. I wanted to get the user/customer involved by showing them popular…

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Ponoko Design Study

Posted on 13/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Ponoko is: A Personal Factory, where you can buy, sell & create custom products. Use the world’s easiest making system to create real products, on a short run for optimal cost. I love Ponoko’s concept. So when I went through…

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WorkFlowMax Design Study

Posted on 09/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Current Website WorkFlowMax was just acquired by Xero, I’m so happy for them, and the partnership I’m sure will yield award winning design integration. A while back I was asked to do a design study on the WorkFlowMax web app…

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Wine-Searcher Design Study

Posted on 07/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Wine-Searcher is an internationally known wine database website based in New Zealand. Their established user base expected the best information worldwide around where to get wine and for what price. The brief: expand its audience without disturbing its existing users.…

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Xero acquires WorkFlowMax, Facebook gets ready to launch IPO

Posted on 02/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — 1 Comment ↓

Xero aquires WorkFlowMax and more funding from investors Wellington, New Zealand-based Xero has just acquired Auckland-based WorkFlowMax. This is an amazing development, but not unexpected. I see this acquisition as a sign New Zealand is starting to join forces, breaking…

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8 questions to ask a web designer before starting your project

Posted on 07/12/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

You want to start a website project, either a new website or updating an existing website, but don’t know how to start. You don’t know what questions to ask to make the project go smoothly. Being clear about what you…

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Essential WordPress Plugins

Posted on 29/11/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I was inspired this morning by @alanparry asking about how to install WordPress plugins. In searching WordPress.tv I found this talk from WordCamp Orange County 2010 where some great plugins for your site are discussed. Check out the video, list,…

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Dirt and Rust The First 100 Days

Posted on 25/11/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I started Dirt and Rust back up at the end of July 2011 and it’s been an amazing learning experience. The key factor I’ve found that is going to make my business grow is speed, how fast can I get…

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