We’ve finally found a bit of time to update our portfolio section with recent projects. Matt has uploaded his ten most recent projects which include both branding and ecommerce work launched within the past few months.
View a range of igoo’s website design portfolio
The online blog for the Accessories Online store front has been short listed as the best in its category for eTailers.
The blog, only launched at the start of 2010 has grown remarkably and attracts visitors and guest posts from across the world.
Please take time to have a look at the blog and if you have time to vote we would appreciate the mention..
The BBC have posted a recent article on government expenditure and the breath taking costs for the design and maintenance of the Business Link website.
This is not a typo, the cost per year for the website is £35m. That’s thirty five million english pounds for the design and maintenance of www.businesslink.gov.uk!
The company in charge, Serco have even provided a break down of the costs;
£6.2m on strategy and planning, £4.4m on design and build, £4.7m on hosting and infrastructure, £15.3m on content provision and £4.5m on testing and evaluation.
I cannot work out why design costs would be carried over to year two and three but they are.
The article in full can be found here
Marketing aims to create consumer interest in goods and services based on the assumption that the target consumer is buying a lifestyle or habit, with some income, location and loyalty considerations thrown in.
It draws from information about the target demographic; however, personal preferences about color, type size, logos and so on do not represent those of the target demographic.
One person on a committee might be a target consumer, but certainly not the committee as a whole. Should people from disparate demographics second-guess the visual approach taken by the designer to the target consumer?
Today we launched the website for Amber Outside Catering, the outside catering company to use for your wedding catering, corporate event or dinner party.
Amber Outside Catering provides first class, food, drink and service as standard for any outside catering event in the Liverpool area. They excel in creating beautiful cuisine for any event and have a friendly, dedicated team of people who are passionate about making your experience truly unforgettable.
Amber Outside Catering prides itself on their competitive prices and believe that they offer some of the best value for money with in the catering industry.
Latest statistics from StatCounter shows that Internet Explorer 6 has finally dropped to a less than 5 percent share in the US. The browser which first released in 2001 has sunk to just over 4.6 percent in May 2010. It accompanies an even faster decline from IE 7, whose market share dropped to 16.6 percent. Only IE8 gained share among Microsoft’s browsers, crossing the 30 percent mark for the first time to reach 30.5 percent of use.
The IE platform as a whole dropped very slightly in the last month to reach 51.9 percent and was mostly affected by Chrome. Google’s browser grew from 7.7 percent of the field in April to nearly 8.1 percent in May. Other alternative browsers stayed flat or declined, as Firefox fell to 29.3 percent and Safari was virtually steady at 9.1 percent.
Similar patterns played out worldwide, but IE6 share is still a factor for some web developers as developing countries were still likely to have many more older computers or to have skipped on browser upgrades. IE8 only just overtook IE6 in Asia, where the older app still has 20.8 percent of the market. Africa is witnessing the effect as well, as IE6 and IE8 are only just now on the verge of trading places.
The 9-year-old browser has increasingly been seen as a liability for the web as its relatively inaccurate browsing has often forced web developers to limit features or spend extra time checking compatibility. Security has also been an issue, as later Internet Explorer versions have had both fewer exploits and more features to help guard against phishing or other common browser security breaches.
Don’t rush out to get one just yet! Its just a concept… It would be hard explaining to apple customer service your broken screen.
Maybe not but a nice redesign by Michael Spitz
