Category Archives: Design & UX
The shape of web design in 2012
When I last wrote a predictive web design article, it was early 2010. I wrote of four visual web design styles that I thought would prove popular. I still like what I said back then (and it was our most-visited …
Launch of new NHS site for CAMHS
We’re excited to announce the launch of turnyourfrownupsidedown.org.uk, a website we built for NHS organisation CAMHS. CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and the organisation carries out great work helping young people who are experiencing difficult emotional …
Notes from UX Camp Brighton 2011
I had the pleasure of attending UX Camp Brighton 2011 on Saturday (proudly sponsored by Cubeworks) and wanted to share my thoughts on the blog. The idea of a BarCamp is to gather a small crowd of likeminded individuals and …
Digital inspiration from a younger generation
By Ifraz Mughal on Thursday 4th August 2011
Categorised as: Cubeworks News, Design & UX, Development, Industry News
This morning, over at Nixon McInnes HQ, there were a few youngsters busy creating an application based on the personal experience of one of the group whose Mum needs repeat prescriptions; going through the pain of waiting endlessly and passing …
The importance of user research to web projects
We’re currently involved with a number of projects where focus groups have been used as a way of gathering user research. Central to each project’s objective has been to understand the user’s purchasing habits. Quantitative data from sources like web …
Your website needs to offer a great smartphone experience
Have you noticed how many people have a smartphone nowadays? Next time you walk down the high street, pop into a few consumer electronics stores and have a look at the number of ‘tablet’ computers and smartphones you can buy …
Why you shouldn’t edit your own HTML
By Steve Mason on Thursday 31st March 2011
Categorised as: Content Management, Design & UX, Development
I’m Steve Mason, Technical Architect here at Cubeworks. I’m one of the company’s longest serving employees (having been here since 2004) and during that time I’ve been involved in countless content management system (CMS) integrations. Recently I was prompted by …
Lessons in designing for mobile
It’s finally everywhere – the mobile internet is in all our pockets and bags. With mass adoption, comes new devices springing up regularly. In turn, they bring with them new approaches and paradigms for interaction design teams to consider during …
Transforming the user experience for an NHS service
Recently, we’ve been working on a fantastic project at Cubeworks for CAMHS, the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service at Sussex Partnership NHS Trust. The client approached us to see how we could help to transform attitudes by breaking down …
How web design sometimes goes straight to hell
A recent post on the supremely irreverent The Oatmeal was titled ‘How a web design goes straight to hell’ made me chuckle and cry at the same time. I laughed because Matthew Inman (the human behind The Oatmeal) has a …