Is a Hamburger (Navicon) Menu Right for Desktop?

Minimalism in web design has been an ongoing trend over the past few years and continues to go strong. With an increased focus on simplicity and ease of navigation – it wasn’t long before web designers turned their sights on the ubiquitous website menu bar. Some designers going so far as hiding the main navigation…

Bold Predictions 2016

2016 is just hours away. This time last year our team took a chance, we put our egos on the line and made a few Bold Predictions for the coming year. As you may have guessed, some of these predictions did indeed miss the mark a bit: 2015 is going to be the year of…

7 Websites for Beautiful Stock Photography

High resolution quality royalty free stock photography can be hard to come by. Many website projects require hiring a professional photographer to capture the images you really want. Since this isn’t always in the budget the following is a list of 7 websites featuring paid and free stock photography with Creative Commons Zero (CC0) licenses.…

5 UX Ideas to Increase Conversion

Building websites with high conversion rates requires a mix of data science, design, and even psychology. For most people these first two probably seem obvious, but the psychology component is often forgotten. In our industry you’ll hear a lot of talk about “UX” (short for User Experience), however, its effects on conversion rates are often…