I was reading this book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle to my youngest daughter the other night and I was struck by the thought that really this book has become somewhat of an institution. I remember my mother reading it to me as a child and I loved it too.
The illustrations are such [...]
Happy New Year to you all! Hope you all had a fun time.
As always at the start of a new year, it is a time for reflection, taking stock and starting afresh with new ideas. I am hoping that 2008 will bring new exciting challenges and adventures for the Deckchair team. One of the main things on [...]
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Hope you all have a fun and relaxing time! Look forward to seeing you all next year!
From all of us at Deckchair:
Castle School in Thornbury, Bristol approached the web design team at Deckchair to design and build a new school website. They wanted to have complete control over the content of the website and the ability to change and update the copy on any page. We have given them exactly that; a fully content managed [...]
According to a BBC report, shoppers in the UK will spend £200m a day on the internet in the run up to Christmas; with the total holiday spend likely to hit £4bn. This Year’s online spend is set to be 50% more than last Christmas.
People are more comfortable now than they have been with the [...]
Continue reading Ecommerce delivery problems, what is the solution?
Tattooing has been used throughout history for many different purposes and has strong roots in many cultures. Recently there has been a surge in the popularity of tattooing in Europe and the USA, mainly as a form of self expression. These modern tattoos take their artistic influences from many places. I find the Japanese style of tattooing [...]
The short answer to this question is NO, they certainly shouldn’t! For a web or graphic designer there are always going to be deadlines. They are a part of any brief; a client always has a timescale in mind. The question is whether the client’s idea of a realistic timescale matches the designers and their [...]
Continue reading Design Deadlines – Do they compromise the quality of your design?
I know that I am not by any means the first to raise this issue, nor will I be the last. But I do think that it is always a worthy topic for discussion. There are many areas of design where a greener solution could be chosen. The first and most obvious one for me [...]
Every now and then all bloggers experience what is known as ‘bloggers block’. When it comes creeping in, it can be a terrifying affliction; the pressure of making that next post as original and interesting as the last, grows. As the blogger tosses and turns at night, unable to sleep he feels his once eager [...]
Blogging has become a very popular way to communicate with your audience and to keep content fresh on a website. Wordpress would be many people’s choice of platform for a blog, as it is well designed and certainly very flexible. It has been said that blog websites can ‘all look the same’, but it is [...]
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