by Gery Teague | May 13, 2015 | HB Design, Technology, Uncategorized, Web Design
This is part one of a three part series on Web Calipers by HB Design. This article concerns the history of Web Calipers, their evolution and what they can do. Part 2 is on How to use them and Part 3 is on the technology that went into creating them. Digital Calipers...
by Liana Safian | Apr 30, 2015 | Design, Inspiration
While recently visiting family in the frigid Midwest I had the opportunity to see the Illuminated Saint John’s Bible exhibit at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, WI. It was commissioned in 1998 by the Saint John’s Abbey and University and took until 2011 to...
by Leslie Worth | Apr 21, 2015 | Design, Web Design
This is the second post about the launch of our new website. This one comes from my perspective, the right-brained designer experience. Like Bob mentioned in his post, I also found the task daunting (but exhilarating at the same time). It’s always a challenge...
by noelhenneman | Mar 24, 2015 | Technology, Web Design
By now, almost everyone who wants or has a web site has heard about WordPress. Originally a blogging platform, it has evolved into one of the most popular content management systems (CMS). It is relatively easy to install, easy to update, easy to modify via plugins,...
by Leslie Worth | Mar 17, 2015 | Design
As graphic designers, we are in the idea business. We are constantly asked to generate new ideas. Or alter existing ideas. Anyone can come up with a good idea, but where do truly great ideas come from? This is my recipe for great ideas. Collaborate and Share It’s easy...
by noelhenneman | Mar 9, 2015 | HB Design, Technology
Redesigning and launching a new web site is a daunting task with many things to take into consideration. One of the key considerations for us was to bring our web site up-to-date from both a design and a technology perspective. From a technology perspective that meant...
by Leslie Worth | Feb 24, 2015 | Design
I recently returned from a holiday in New Zealand. The country is visually stunning! I was overwhelmed by the natural beauty countrywide, and I was also taken by the amount of bold, illustrative graphic design that lives almost everywhere. It was so prolific, it often...
by noelhenneman | Feb 10, 2015 | Technology, Web Design
One of the most important aspects of an effective web site is site performance—specifically how fast a page loads. Slow-loading pages lead to high bounce rates. (Bounce rates are people leaving your site.) While there are a lot of factors affecting page loading time,...
by noelhenneman | Jan 27, 2015 | Technology
Leslie, our Creative Director, recently sent me some examples of graphic design she had created. She took some design-oriented quotations and rendered them graphically. She placed a constraint upon herself: each design was limited to a single font. She did three...
by noelhenneman | Jan 16, 2015 | Web Design
In January 1996, Bill Gates wrote an essay titled “Content is King” (http://www.craigbailey.net/content-is-king-by-bill-gates/), which over time has become a mantra for the web. Like many sacred utterances some believe it and others challenge it. And I...
