Calm talks » Design http://blog.calmdigital.com A bit of daily Calm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tooth Seats http://blog.calmdigital.com/2009/07/tooth-seats/ http://blog.calmdigital.com/2009/07/tooth-seats/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:41:17 +0000 Span http://blog.calmasylum.com/?p=295 Calm recently recieved a surprising email from a company who are in our network showcasing their latest product – a seat shaped like a set of teeth! The company responsible is Sculpture Studios.

]]> http://blog.calmdigital.com/2009/07/tooth-seats/feed/ 0 Calm likes to make websites that really work for your users http://blog.calmdigital.com/2008/07/calm-likes-to-make-websites-that-really-work-for-your-users/ http://blog.calmdigital.com/2008/07/calm-likes-to-make-websites-that-really-work-for-your-users/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:11:39 +0000 Andy http://blog.calmasylum.com/?p=196 Anyone that knows a (good) website designer or website developer will have observed that we are a picky lot. Accessibility, usability and good old ‘doing things the right way’ are top priorities in our lives (yes thats BEFORE love and money).  This can be a difficult sometimes when you spend ages making sure your code meets W3C and WAI standards but knowing that there’s people out there that don’t care.

When I’m sat in Digital corner and I feel a little sad I like to read “19 Things NOT To Do When Building a Website” This article really makes me laugh because I agree with everything he says (although possibly not with so much anger) and everything on this list is very, very right.

Its well worth considering some of these points if you are getting a website or redeveloping one – so many times something that seems like a good idea and is attractive to you, can be very fustrating for your users and without users your website is a very expensive way to entertain yourself.

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The design of this toaster allows user to see the bread whilst its toasting.

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Wowsers!

The North Sea Airport “lily pads” are an outlandish concept – yet look at what is being created in Dubai with the ‘Palm Island’ & ‘The World’. The reclamation of land is happening at an alarming rate, just look at what  Singapore has acheived.  And then there is the size of the current ocean going cruise liners… Is it beyond comprehension that either of these things could not be in our near future?

Add global warming, the quality of technology and the advancement in engineering………?

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