Thinking

The component/pattern library has proven to be an effective, robust format for delivering documented code and design patterns to our clients. So I thought I'd share a few notes on some lessons I've learned from designing, building and shipping various iterations of this format over the years.

Work continues apace - we're very busy at the moment. And our gaff at 68 Middle Street is host to yet more events.

One of the objectives of a redesign is to serve up more relevant and useful content to the users. Content has to come first. No?

Some advice for maintaining a consistent visual language throughout agile design sprints.

​It has been another busy week for us at Clearleft HQ, so many interesting projects and personal achievements a plenty.

James and I went to Ipswich last week for work. But this wasn’t part of an ongoing project—this was a short intense one-week feasibility study.

When designing for performance means killing some darlings, making hard decisions and realising that it’s not about the design, it’s about the user.

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This week's weeknotes: They're about to begin!

We are looking for a Lead UX Designer/Product Strategist

In a dramatic twist to last week, this week's weeknotes are early. Gasp. Shock. Awe.

Culture change. It’s a phrase that’s thrown around with reckless abandon these days. Seems like no matter where you turn everyone is looking for a culture reboot.

The weeknotes are little late this week (or is it last week?). It's been a busy time, with lots of heads-down immersion in client projects.

Typography - it’s at the heart of the web experience but with so many different options available it’s sometimes hard to know where to start when designing. Font stacking, embedding or web fonts? And what’s more important, brand or user experience? And what does this all mean for the designer who just wants to try and make type look great across as many devices as possible without losing their mind?

By the toll of a billion deaths, man had earned his immunity, his right to survive among this planet's infinite organisms, and that right is ours against all challenges, for neither do men live or die in vain.

For our 100th weeknotes edition, I consulted the oracle (in the form of the Elle Horoscopes website) to find out what has been going down at Clearleft HQ this week.

How did the UN Climate Change Conference reach consensus on tackling the worlds most serious challenge without a backlog of user stories?