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2016 Website Trends, the Newness
What new(ish) things you’ll hear about this year
nine 9’s – a rigorous team exercise
The openbox9 team cuts, chews, and makes some 9’s
Cheetahs Receive Some Help from Our Bytes
When it comes to promoting beauty, the best thing to do as a designer is get out of the way and let the beauty do all the work. Designing for …
Colors in the winter olympics
We spotted a familiar look coming down the hill
Protect Your Web Treasure
Keep your website secure and safe from attacks.
Killing the facebook Logo Softly
Reducing the noise of social media icons on websites is a trend (finally). With little scientific measurements, I suggest most people tap their flip-flop strapped feet to rhythmic beats; so …
openbox9 goes to the White House
Photo journal of a historic visit
Job: Web/Interactive Designer
Join a team that pours creativity into the gooey center of our work. We need your problem solving skills and your quirky novelty that inches towards being considered a disorder. …
Who Killed My Creative Buzz?
The Creative Process What better expression of rebellion than to sit and wait for creativity to strike and subsequently, what better expression of robotic jive than to methodically labor through …
5 Pages I (really) Read Today
Books are great but can a book smash you through 5 subjects in 15 minutes? Below are not my favorite reads, nor do I recommend reading them, but they are …
5 Reasons Spec Design Work is Not Considered
For some the term spec work is foreign slang that may lead to guessing its about sweaty people exercising their spec muscles. Actually it is designers exercising their sweaty mouse …
openbox9 takes Manhattan
Outside of Washington DC there is the nice (lesser known) city of New York that hosted the recent Global Leadership Awards Dinner. openbox9 had the pleasure AND honor to attend. …