04/13/21At Gard, we felt privileged and excited to be trusted with an identity-creation and website project for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s new Great Circle Recovery program. It challenged and engaged us in areas where we are particularly passionate: health equity, respecting and celebrating all cultures, and making Oregon a healthier place. Full story »
02/05/21Flash faded away as the web evolved to be accessible and responsive — but with Flash gone, what has been lost? Full story »
11/06/20We’ve started using a WordPress plugin to convert our website images to the faster-loading WebP format. But the even faster AVIF format is coming. Full story »
10/01/20What do painting, philosophy, teaching and fiction writing have to do with user experience design? Quite a bit, apparently, when it all underpins website strategy and design. Full story »
05/13/20For centuries, maps have helped us understand our world. Today, interactive maps can deliver nuanced information on demand, but present interesting UX and technical challenges. Here are two very different maps we built and how they solve specific problems. ... full story »
05/01/20Your organization does good work. Your website should too. Unfortunately, it probably doesn’t. Hear from Gard’s Director of Web and Digital about why most websites are falling down on the job. ... full story »
01/23/18Design is much more than decoration. Good technology design is ultimately about helping the user do their job, and do it well. Bad design hinders the user and, in some cases, can lead to nothing less than catastrophe.
07/11/16User 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, ... full story »
04/13/16Redesigning 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 ... full story »
01/26/16How 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. ... full story »
