13.05.08
David
The 2008 American Business Awards, known affectionally as The Stevies, has named Look the Biz! as a finalist in the event promotion category. Dusted were commissioned by Diversified USA, to develop a key part of the style strategy site – a fashion do’s and don’ts game – and we are very proud to be associated with the achievement. Read the rest of this entry »
Awards, Dusted, Web
12.05.08
David

Visited the Grand Designs show at Excel in Docklands at the weekend and amongst all the haberdashery and eco-challenges were some pretty cool pieces of innovation. The most notable was the pioneering Vertebrae from industrial designer, Paul Hernon. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Technology
09.05.08
Matt

OK, so you’ve got the minimal approach to search typified by Google, but what if you’re after something a little more exciting. Well PicLens can offer you a full-screen, 3D, visual solution to searching and browsing images and video.
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Technology, Web
01.05.08
Matt

The footer, as if to warrant its physical position in life, can often be left until last during the design process, like some sort of digital outcast. To the contrary, the footer deserves so much more attention than that. It can often be the next port of call in the event of a site’s navigation lacking a link that a user feels should be there (most commonly, this is a link to contact details). It can reinforce a brand, offer up exciting tools and just simply finish of a page in an aesthetic way. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Web
30.04.08
Jack
Gary Hustwit has announced the DVD release of his documentary Helvetica. This is a feature-length documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the rapid increase of one typeface which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Design
24.04.08
Matt

After visiting the Future of Web Design last year, I thought I’d attend again this year taking my trusty sidekick Jack along for the ride this time. Once again it was a very interesting day with top-quality speakers. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Dusted, Web
18.04.08
David
It is pretty hard to ignore the rising panic amongst banks, consumers and Gordon Brown as Britain’s economy (allegedly) plummets uncontrollably into decline. Recently it has been difficult to pick up a paper without every headline describing sub-prime markets, falling house prices and rocketing interest rates so you’d be forgiven for thinking now would be about the worst time to re-launch a financial services web site. Or would it? Read the rest of this entry »
Dusted, Web
10.04.08
David

Today’s Design Week revealed a fresh new (and apparently, less expensive) identity for the DairyCo – the new name for the Milk Development Council (MDC). According to the agency behind it, the new logo is “… about promoting openness and freshness in its bright colour scheme…” though we think it bears a slight resemblance to our own ‘D’ logo – what do you think?
Design, Dusted
02.04.08
Darren
The BVCA (British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association) today voted the Terra Firma web site, Site of the Month, April 2008. The BVCA each month highlights a web site from the private equity and venture capital industry. They went onto commend the recently published Annual Review, saying “Terra Firma’s Annual Report published earlier this month is an impressive reflection of the way buy-out houses are becoming much more open and responsive to wider audiences.”
Awards, Dusted, Web
24.03.08
David
There has been an international flavour to the Dusted studio lately with several pieces work coming to the boil for Chinese, Japanese and American markets – our internationalisation department has been very busy (but not yet managed to leave the confines of SE1). Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Dusted
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