How to start designing a logo

Published: 10 October 2013

This is probably one of the most frustrating parts of a design journey but can be incredibly rewarding if you get it right. Unfortunately there is no holy grail or solution to this, sometimes it’s just a case of sitting in a dark room and having a ureka moment! One thing is a certainty though […]

Update: 10 October 2013

How to tell if a website is responsive

Published: 9 October 2013

Ok I know this sounds like a dumb article to write but it still amazes me how little website owners know and understand. It’s ok for developers and designers to know all this stuff but there are some people out there that just don’t get it and it’s nothing to be ashamed of, it can […]

Update: 9 October 2013

Happy Birthday Google, what is Hummingbird?

Published: 29 September 2013

Google turned 15 years old last week and a day before the birthday celebrations started they announced the rolling out of Hummingbird which was in-fact rolled out a month before their birthday. What is Hummingbird? Hummingbird is an algorithmic search update that’s been designed to deliver more complex search results in a quicker way. In short […]

Update: 29 September 2013

iOS7 got it’s UI design all wrong!

Published: 25 September 2013

If you know me you’ll already know my opinions about the new iOS7 and at the risk of alienating myself from family and friends on certain social media platforms I thought it might be better to blog about this to the world, as apposed to putting them to sleep with my rants! Having downloaded iOS7 […]

Update: 25 September 2013

Moyra Rowney, Godolphin School

Published: 12 September 2013

We have been working with Square One Marketing & Design for the past two years and it has been an absolute pleasure. They successfully put together a very complicated website on a somewhat flimsy brief and spent many more hours on the project than any of the parties involved anticipated. They also went the extra […]

Update: 12 September 2013

Kate Ogden, St Helens School

Published: 12 September 2013

We are delighted with the website that Square One built for us and the ongoing support we receive in continuing to develop and improve the website. We have received much positive feedback from our prospective and current parents since the website was launched.

Update: 12 September 2013

What you CAN do with WordPress

Published: 7 September 2013

Being one of the most popular content publishing platforms available today WordPress has certainly come a long way since the early days of blogging. I myself have started an in-house project called the “Job Book” which allows us to track all the current work going through Square One. This includes job details such as what’s […]

Update: 7 September 2013

Why your websites UI is ruining your UX

Published: 29 August 2013

First of all lets explain what UI and UX is. UI is User Interface and UX is User Experience and one without the other is just an impossibility really! Consider the body and the mind. The body’s User Interface are senses; touch, smell, seeing, listening and taste. The body’s User Experience is the mind and […]

Update: 29 August 2013

How to paginate WordPress like Dribbble

Published: 24 August 2013

During the development of the new Square One website I wanted to replicate the way Dribbble lets you paginate through shots. If you checkout a user on Dribbble there are two shots or thumbnails listed on the right hand side that will paginate the previous or next shot uploaded by the user. So I started […]

Update: 24 August 2013

Why your web designer let you down

Published: 24 August 2013

Ever wondered why your web designer let you down? Let’s take a few steps back first… So you found a web designer or a consultant and you’ve spoken to them about the brief, you might have even put a documented brief together and the project is underway, you can tick that off your list of things […]

Update: 24 August 2013