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We’re hiring an awesome ux and ui web designer!
Kalexiko is a dynamic and rapidly expanding web development/digital design agency based in Birmingham. We require an enthusiastic and talented individual who can lead the way in designing and creating cutting edge UX for wide ranging websites/web-based applications. As well as design, you must be passionate about solving business problems; willing to probe into both the users and the businesses requirements to extract not only needs and wants but also opportunities for the solution to take advantage of. You must be able to tailor designs adjusting to business, technology or contextual constraints, while delivering the maximum amount of value for …
Five techniques for creative thinking
If you’re ever stuck for a new idea or you don’t know how to move things forward, here are a few techniques from the creative minds at Kalexiko. 1. Positive/ negative thinking With this you imagine the worst possible thing or scenario. For example, if you’re designing a website, you think of a truly horrible website; really the worst you can think of in every way. You populate it with lots of detail and have fun thinking about how truly unpleasant and useless it could be. Then you envisage and create the complete opposite. 2. Push the possibilities Ask a …
Typography: A Pressing Matter
Most of us would assume that typography was established with the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press in the 15th century. However, like so many things, it turns out that the Ancient Greeks did it first thousands of years beforehand. Some good it’s done them. Where in the past choosing a typeface was an arduous affair, involving having someone carve out entire alphabets of characters to place on the printing press, in the digital age it’s thankfully a lot easier. We’re all familiar with the more common fonts like Arial, Times New Roman and Courier, and modern web design has led …
Effective techniques to encourage website sign-ups
Having a great looking website that informs and delights is of paramount importance. However, just because someone is viewing your site, this doesn’t automatically mean they are going to become a paying customer. That’s why sign ups are a really important conversion tool. It’s a bit like being a shop assistant or owner. Someone wonders into your store and has a mooch around. They may even look quite interested in certain products but after a few minutes, they simply stop browsing and walk out. It’s only then you realise you should have walked over and asked if they’d like any …
A new addition to the family
Here at Kalexiko we always like to keep our eyes peeled for any resources that will help us develop our skill set. We recently came across these little gems from Computer Arts who over the last few weeks have published magazines featuring pro software tips for Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and After Effects. If that wasn’t enough, you also get a free DVD with each copy full of resources and video tutorials! Wondering what each copy has to offer? Photoshop This covered everything from tool guides and hidden shortcuts that help boost productivity to 150 essential techniques for web design, retouching …
Balancing Colour in Web Design
In today’s business market, each decision we make can often be the difference between success and failure; we have to be right on the money to ensure that we stand out from the crowd and and firmly make an impact on the market and our clients. Nothing is an exception …everything counts, from our marketing strategies to our implementation and even little things you never knew could make a difference…like the colour we use on our website. Rewind back ten years and a website would not hold much prominence, whatever your business, in fact you probably could have survived successfully …
The good, the bad and the ugly in web design
Ever been on a website and wondered; one, what you were doing on there? And two, what the website even was? Odds are that you have probably just answered yes. You see the fact is that despite the ever growing power and the sheer domination of the internet, there are still some websites out there that are far from impressive and find themselves falling way behind. If you are attempting to create a website for your business then you must realise how important it can be…don’t look at it as a secondary tool! In today’s fast paced media world, the …
From Print to Web
Coming from a print background, the transition to web design has been and continues to be something quite unique. Although the two subjects can be seen at opposite ends of the design spectrum, there are many techniques and practices which can easily cross over and be adapted to both. These include the use of grids, font selection and hierarchy to name but a few. Of course, these should all work in harmony with what will be the icing on a clients cake… that being a genuinely great idea which answers their brief. A brief overview of the strengths and weaknesses …