Kent House in 48-Hour Design Challenge
In November 2008, I was asked to take part in the 48-Hour Inclusive Design Challenge in Tokyo. The Challenge was collaboratively organised by the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre, Nikkei Design...
View ArticleBranding
Branding is not just about your company logo but it’s also about your business values and every interaction you have with your customers and suppliers. Branding can become an essential part of your...
View ArticleDesigning more inclusive websites
About 10 years ago Professor John Clarkson from the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge and Professor Roger Coleman from the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art...
View ArticleGuidelines for Online Success
One of the best, if not the best, surfer of the web is back with yet another inspiring book on website technologies. Julius Wiedemann from Taschen has recently published “Guidelines for Online Success”...
View ArticleThe Kent House Design and Technology Seminar
Throughout the year Kent House run a series of events on various topics including SEO, Design, Website Development and Internet Marketing. On 22 June we will be holding a free seminar on Design and...
View ArticleFast keyboard-free writing with Dasher
The researchers from the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge developed a usable system called Dasher that allows the the insertion of text in situations wherever a full-size keyboard...
View ArticleMaking ideas happen
The Smashing Magazine has recently published an article that includes 5 tips on how to make any ideas happen. The author of this article, Scott Belsky, has spent over 5 years studying exceptionally...
View ArticleThe recipe for a perfect logo design 2/6
Part 2 – Weighing and measuring If you want to go one step further with your design brief, why not consider using a mind-map to help your designer process all the information you’ve set out for them?...
View ArticleThe recipe for a perfect logo 4/6
Part 4 – Using the correct utensils When using both type and symbols, we must consider how our choice of font will work positioned near the symbol. Typography These days there is an endless selection...
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