Test Your Brand’s Strength
Successful companies are built on strong brands — take our new test to find out how yours measures up!
College Sustainability Websites
Design expert’s review of university sustainability department websites – what design choices work, what doesn’t, and why.
From Turn to Scroll – a Sustainable Annual Report
Creating the University of California’s Sustainability Annual Report Website Changing the way you create an annual report is not easy. The transition from a print to a digital presentation can …
Sharing stories of all Virginians
Snow White had her seven dwarves. Each one with their own personality lended its strengths to the others in order to accomplish a task. Our work with Virginia Humanities provided …
Make Your Website Accessible and Inclusive (in 9 ways)
Being emphatic is what designers do
99 problems with data filtering
Is creating a filter for content easy?
Storytelling Through a Map
Can data and a map tell your story?
Don’t overcomplicate it: redesigning forms
Form design can be like a maze. Don’t overcomplicate it for your user.
Three classes of tea
Coffee is too bold. Hot chocolate is too sophomoric. No, tea is the the perfect drink. Drinking tea is charming, quaint, and comes from a longstanding tradition. Have you ever …
What is design thinking?
I had the privilege of having drinks with Ellen Lupton last week (think: water + 50 other people in the room). Her topic: “what is design and design thinking?” Defining …
Convio Donation Optimization Study and Us
There’s no hiding our giddiness when it comes to testing designs and participating in studies that reveal how the change to the smallest of details can increase donation completion rates …
Now that’s a Spicy Meatball
Smell that? It’s a steamy savory saucy meatball sub heading your way on a plate of goodness and you’re running to it. Meatball subs—they symbolize the joy of eating. A …
Carbon Calculator Launched for Alcoa
Turns out openbox9 was minty-green and was not the green, tree-hugging group it thought it was. We learned alot about how one can reduce their carbon footprint on the Earth …