Category Archives: Design musings

The Special Places portfolio … and the Quest for the Digital Holy Grail

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Alessandro Bonora

Of the many challenges and opportunities facing digital agencies, one of the most pressing currently is how to present content across the huge range of platforms and devices available to today’s consumer, from website to mobile phone, and magazine application … Continue reading →

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bigFIG image optimisation hints

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Roger Landman

Introduction to optimising Back when Internet speeds were slow, you either didn’t use images on your website or you optimised them to the point of a badly taken identity document photograph. With the Internet speeds increasing astronomically since then, the … Continue reading →

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Dr. Mario Garcia on using WED in the multi-platform world

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Alessandro Bonora

I have been a keen follower of Dr. Mario Garcia’s thoughts on design since my postgraduate days at Rhodes University where I was first being introduced to his ground-breaking WED concept.

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Responsive Design: the user is king

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Alessandro Bonora

Recently we at bigFIG have begun exploring responsive design techniques as a solution to the constant evolution of viewing mediums for our websites and apps. When we started building interactive magazines four years ago this concept really didn’t exist, and … Continue reading →

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