Headspace Halifax Website Design

When to re-brand

Posted on December 28th, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design 3 Comments

Most small to medium business have heard the term ‘branding’ thrown around before. Some think it’s a meaningless buzzword, others know that having a healthy brand is vital to the success of a company. But somewhere in the life of a business, it is essential to take a step back…Read More

Usability, different from being passable

Posted on November 03rd, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design, Business, Usability 3 Comments

Usability, part of the long drawn out series,12 things you need to know before commissioning a website.

1. Know your audience
2. Content
3. Content Management Systems
4. Hosting and Domain
5. Bandwidth
6. Web standards
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High-school fashion, and how it relates to design

Posted on September 12th, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design, Business 0 Comments

You know how in high-school, there were always those kids who wore dark, baggy clothing, half of their face was covered in long hair, and their swagger almost seemed like it was concealing something, like they were about to rob a convenience store? They really look bad, but they wouldn’t…Read More

A good process can work wonders for your design

Posted on July 07th, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design, Business 6 Comments

In my experience, I’ve noticed that with traditional design studios, there seems to be more care put into the design process. Sometimes this process can be lacking when a firm specializes in the web. Perhaps this is because web firms have more to think about, there’s SEO, analytics, and the…Read More

See the trees for the forest

Posted on June 25th, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design 1 Comments

This post is for many of the designers who work on websites - whether exclusively (in the case of web designers) or occasionally (in the case of designers working in communications firms). Most of us are adept at creating good looking design templates. By that I mean a; header, footer,…Read More

What is good web design?

Posted on April 20th, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design 9 Comments

The argument is often made that web design and print design are very different from one another, like in the excellent post by Jeffrey Zeldman. Although this is true, I thought it would be interesting to look at how they are the same.…Read More

Top 20 Websites of 2007

Posted on January 03rd, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design 0 Comments

Ah, don’t we love end of year lists? It’s a time to reflect on the strides made over the last year. To gain inspiration. To see the foundation that’s been laid in the past, and the pedestal to spring from in the future. Oh, and it’s also a chance to…Read More