Our blog; a mix of articles, designs, and entries by Pixel Primate.
Getting crafty with our Business Cards
Business cards get a bid of a bad rep, don't they? Too often when we think of business cards, we think of middle-management types in badly tailored suits, exchanging details at some ill-conceived n...
View post >Posted by Sam G on 25th Apr 2013
The Rejects of Design
We've all had our fair share of rejected design ideas. It's just part of the job. Rather than chucking failed projects out with the trash though, locking rejected designs away for a rainy day may p...
Posted by Sam S on 5th Mar 2013
The Gadgets We Think We Need
It's safe to say that when it comes to buying bits of tech, I find it hard to walk away from great craftmanship and real innovation. That's even more true when the gadget in question claims it will...
View post >Posted by Sam G on 29th Jan 2013
2012 Round-Up
I'd love to be able to start this blog post by making some casual comment about how difficult it's going to be to get back to the daily work routine after the Holidays. I'd like to joke about how I...
View post >Posted by Sam S on 19th Dec 2012
Christmas Design
Christmas is great for lots of reasons; Spending time with your family, eating and drinking for a few days pretty much constantly, and the joy of receiving knitted jumpers, novelty ties and an iPad...
Posted by Sam G on 19th Nov 2012
Playing with Print
As much as we love building interactive, innovative and intuitive websites and web apps, like most designers, our roots are in print. Although developing for web and mobile devices brings about con...
Posted by Sam S on 12th Nov 2012
Kindle fire HD kills the competition… or does it?
Being a gadget freak, I'm always on the look out for the coolest, fastest, and most groundbreaking new products to hit the market. So, when Apple announced the iPad Mini, I couldn't wait to get my ...
View post >Posted by Sam G on 9th Nov 2012
9 Creative Studio Spaces
When I first started out freelancing, I was working from my student bedroom. Although being poorly lit, completely disorganised and cluttered, and there being barely enough space for a desk next to...
Posted by Sam S on 19th Apr 2013
A Brand is not just a Logo
We all think we know what a brand is. It's safe to say that we all get the same image in our heads when we think of Nike, Apple, Starbucks or Audi. Whether it's a swooshing tick, silhoutted fruit o...
View post >Posted by Sam S on 12th Feb 2013
Infographics: Data for the Mathematically Challenged
For the last couple of years, infographics have become really popular. Simply put, infographics are data visualizations that tell stories. More often than not, designers create infographics purely ...
Posted by Danny on 25th Jan 2013
An Alternative Guide to Christmas Decoration
When I was growing up, there was this bloke down the road who went decoration crazy at Christmas. There were lights on everything. Literally. There wasn't a single surface in his entire house that ...
Posted by Sam S on 3rd Dec 2012
Design: A Lesson in Balance
If I was an evolutionary biologist, I could probably give you all sorts of interesting and complex reasons why humans find balance and symmetry so beautiful. It's probably intricately and wonderful...
Posted by Sam S on 16th Nov 2012
Phones, Tablets and Websites
It's been a bit over 5 years since the original iPhone was released in 2007 - arguably the first phone that offered a 'proper' web experience - allowing people to view websites only intended for mo...
View post >Posted by Danny on 10th Nov 2012
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