Sketchbook Archive: March 2009
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How to Handle a Copycat
March 27th, 2009 March 27th, 2009
Imitation is often said to be the best form of flattery. However, when your designs are your livelihood, is imitation flattery or potentially detrimental?
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Advertising, Promotion and Public Relations
March 26th, 2009 March 26th, 2009
A website is often a marketing endeavor; it is important to know and understand the difference between advertising, promotion or public relations.
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Why We Can’t Do Spec Work
March 24th, 2009 March 24th, 2009
Fundamentally, it isn’t about wanting to do spec work or even believing in the idea; it is just something we can’t do more than something we’ve arguably decided not to do.
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Our SXSW Experience
March 23rd, 2009 March 23rd, 2009
From a company birthday to the celebration of New Years Day, nothing really tracks another year or us like the coming and going of SXSWi
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The IE6 Strategy
March 20th, 2009 March 20th, 2009
For ourselves and our clients we have to account for a browser that makes up between five to twenty-five percent of a potential user base.
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A New Visual Experience
March 10th, 2009 March 10th, 2009
Details of the new nclud.com re-alignment from a design perspective.
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Introducing HappyHour!
March 9th, 2009 March 9th, 2009
It is no secret that we are huge fans of SXSW as well as the occasional happy hour. So, it is with great excitement that we introduce you to our latest project, HappyHour!
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Making the switch: Textpattern to ExpressionEngine
March 9th, 2009 March 9th, 2009
Textpattern has served us well at nclud for the last two years, but we decided that as a part of our re-align this year we’d look into a new CMS option.
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SXSW Bound!
March 8th, 2009 March 9th, 2009
The entire nclud team will be down in Austin again this year, we are looking forward to some interesting panels and catching up over some great parties!
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Designing for the Brand Experience
March 6th, 2009 March 6th, 2009
In design, everything starts with the brand. The objective is always to design for the essence, message and style of a brand as it relates to the summation of parts.
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A Beautiful Mobile Experience
March 5th, 2009 March 5th, 2009
Here at nclud, we are always excited about new mediums to distribute a brand through, especially when it's in everyone's pocket.
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Practice what you preach; we’ve re-aligned
March 4th, 2009 March 4th, 2009
We are excited to introduce our new and improved web presence at nclud.com. We kept brand integrity top-of-mind while ensuring an elegant experience.
