Semantically correct website logos

Created on July 18, 2010 by Garrett Winder

How to mark up your website logo has always been a really controversial topic on the web. There are literally hundreds of articles about the topic and, well, this is another one.

Over the past year we've changed our approach to this extremely boring (but important) subject…

New GANDR Style Guide

Created on July 15, 2010 by Garrett Winder

A few weeks ago I started obsessing over visual hierarchy, which, admittedly, is something I think our work is sometimes lacking in.

We design sites, code them, and then the second a page isn't laid out exactly how we mocked it up everything looks weird. I wouldn't admit…

The Foundation of Visual Hierarchy

Created on June 25, 2010 by Garrett Winder

Having a beautiful background, header, footer and a huge happy illustrated fairy on crack in the sidebar of your website isn't going to keep people browsing. We don't browse the web for beauty, we browse it for content. Anything that takes away from that content and/or the main goals…

Writing for the web. An overview.

Created on May 17, 2010 by Garrett Winder

Writing great content for your website is no easy task and it is imperative to keep in mind that your content is why users come to your website.

Steps to begin

  • Create a tone - whether it's fun, creative, corporate, professional or playful. It is important…