Headspace Halifax Website Design

There’s no accounting for taste

Posted on August 12th, 2007 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design 0 Comments

My wife and I were watching an interior design show, where a designer’s own home was presented. He had a lot unique ideas for his space.

There was a lot of muted gold and red textures used in the walls and fabrics, and then in the oddest place, a painting…Read More

12 things you need to know before commissioning a website - part 1

Posted on July 25th, 2007 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business 0 Comments

This is part one of a six-part series. It is meant to give someone relatively new (or simply overwhelmed) to the web the information they need to commission a website for their company. It is broken up into 12 bite sized pieces:

1. Know your audience
2. Content
3. Content Management Systems
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Make it a combo today?

Posted on June 04th, 2007 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Usability 0 Comments

When you first decide to go through the drive-thru at your local fast food restaurant, what is it that motivates you? No doubt a number of things; TV or billboard advertising, past experiences eating there, or the dire need to eat something before you pass out. Maybe this particular spot…Read More

Not my type

Posted on May 08th, 2007 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design 4 Comments

If there’s one class that gets slept through a little too consistently in design school - it’s typography. There’s something about it that can seem so unattainable to some designers, and yet - like most things in life - it’s a simple mix between art and science. Easy to learn…Read More

A Global Audience

Posted on April 25th, 2007 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Headspace News 0 Comments

The campaign Kyle Racki art-directed, illustrated and designed for Bishops Landing was selected for to be showcased on Ads of the World. This work was carried out while Kyle was with Impact Communications, and it was a memorable and rewarding project.

The ads paid homage to the art deco style…Read More

Yeah I’m talking to you! Why everyone should care about web standards

Posted on April 04th, 2007 | By Kyle Racki Filed under 0 Comments

As the name of the article suggests, this is for everyone.* By everyone I mean anyone who is involved in purchasing, building or managing a website. If you are in business, chances are you have a website. Perhaps you’ve have heard of web standards, but don’t know what they are.…Read More