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Archive for August, 2007

29 Aug 2007

Well Done Sham! You’re a winner!

Well done to Sham Tanna, our photographer who shot the billboard photograph for our advertising campaign for the Environment Agency. The graphic designers at Deckchair came up with the concept for the campaign and Sham worked under our creative direction to produce the image. We are proud to announce that the picture has been announced as the [...]

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29 Aug 2007

Types of successful Ecommerce websites

Let’s have a look at types of successful ecommerce websites. For an ecommerce website to succeed it needs to firstly be a viable online business, meaning you have to have a product that people want to buy and would feel comfortable buying online. If you are an established business looking to venture into the online [...]

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23 Aug 2007

Thank you for smiling at me!

Thank you for smiling at me! You know who you are! (although you probably don’t read this blog)
What a difference it makes to smile and be friendly toward your fellow human beings. ‘Service with a smile’ is the basis for all customer care training. We have all experienced the grumpy, rude individual who is clearly [...]

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20 Aug 2007

Online sales set a new record in July!

According to a BBC news report today, online sales have rocketed! They rose to £4.2bn in July, up from £2.34bn in the same month a year ago. This is probably partly due to the terrible weather we have been having; people just don’t want to struggle round the shops in their wellies. But it can [...]

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16 Aug 2007

‘You get what you pay for’

Generally in life I think it can be safely said that ‘You get what you pay for’. This of course applies to website design too. We recently had a company director from the local area approach us needing a website. After an initial conversation with him about his business and his requirements it became clear [...]

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13 Aug 2007

New billboard campaign – Award winning design

A few months ago, our creative team of graphic designers at Deckchair designed and produced a high impact billboard and bus campaign for the Environment Agency. It was designed to tackle the fly tipping problem (illegal waste dumping) in the Bristol area. When the Environment Agency approached us with the project we were very pleased [...]

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08 Aug 2007

New technology to blow your mind

I don’t know if any of you have already seen this, but take a look….It is Microsoft’s answer to the future of computers. This new technology is called “surface computing” and uses multi-touch technology to interact with the user, or users.  It is like something out of Minority Report, forget monitors, keyboards and your mouse; [...]

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07 Aug 2007

Watch out for that web browser!

    
Ever looked at your website in another browser and found that the layout has gone out of alignment or certain features aren’t working or are missing? This is probably due to the fact that all web browsers read parts of the CSS code differently and then display it on the web page in a different way. Remember, a website [...]

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07 Aug 2007

Ollie got hitched!

I had the great pleasure of attending Ollie and Sophie’s wedding on Saturday, it was a beautiful celebration and much fun was had by all. Here are a few photos from the happy event…Congratulations Ollie and Sophie, have a fantastic honeymoon!! (Ollie is Deckchair’s Creative Director).
      

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