UX and UI designers – the new matchmakers
By Julia Stoops. User experience and user interface designers play matchmaker, bringing an organization and their audience together. As I outlined in User Experience Design is All Around Us, UX design…
Web Project Management and the Art of Mastering Complexity
Redesigning a single, large website entails managing a lot of moving parts. Multiply that by four, set them on not-quite-parallel timelines, and it’s akin to playing three-dimensional chess. In a highly…
The Future of Healthcare: The Tuality Story
Healthcare is a rapidly changing industry, and the pace isn’t expected to slow down any time soon. Healthcare is a rapidly changing industry, and the pace isn’t expected to slow down…
Ringing in the Year of the Monkey at Mochitsuki
Mochitsuki is the ceremony in which rice is pounded with large mallets, then molded into sticky rice cakes called “mochi.” It symbolizes starting the New Year with a full belly in hopes of abundance…
A New Name, Six Decades in the Making: a Brand Transformation
How do you successfully transform the brand of a well-established engineering firm? Gard Communications recently wrapped up such a metamorphosis for BHEGroup, formerly Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers. The 60-year-old Eugene/Portland firm…
UX Design: Feeling Smart and in Control
By Julia Stoops. Why are so many websites such bad examples of User Experience design? Following my first post, User Experience Design is All Around Us, this post will look at…
South Medford High School wins $25,000 in U.S. Cellular’s Battle of the Stands
High school football is a way of life in many of the communities where U.S. Cellular maintains a presence. That’s why, as part of the company’s commitment to local communities, U.S.…
Brian Gard & John Mohlis Honored at AFP Philanthropy Awards Luncheon
This year on National Philanthropy Day, a few of us at Gard had the pleasure of attending the Oregon chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ annual Philanthropy Awards luncheon. Our…
Helping OHSU Move Faster Forward
No matter where you get your healthcare in Oregon, there’s a good chance that OHSU has touched your life and made it healthier in some way. Breakthroughs and discoveries made by…
User Experience Design is All Around Us
By Julia Stoops. Interactive experiences should feel easy and intuitive, whether they happen out in the world or in the digital space. Here at Gard Communications, we notice that new website clients’…
