Recent content by retrowilly

Stay away from Streamline.net. The interface for the account control is terrible, which must be why it is cheap. I am currently using UK2 who have been quite good.

Nice and simple design, well done. Like the other comments improving the Nav would help. As well as rollovers how about highlighting the current page? Always good to show users where they currently are as well as where they can get to.

Try this out for a quality sketchbook. The Dot Grid Book: Behance Dot Grid Book - Behance - Shop Brands - Strawberry and Cream.com Not the cheapest of options but it's great for layouts and logos. Helps to have ratios to work off and is a lot more discrete than grid lines

Here's a useful link for lots of vector maps you could adapt to your hearts content! Free Vector World Maps Collection

Hi Greg, It wasn't so much to do with age on my course, just who had the drive. The problem was the course was new and the content was cutting-edge for a university really. Initially it was called 'Interaction Design for Entertainment Media' which was smartly changed to 'Interactive Media' a...

great discussion going on here, I think design courses do need to shape up but some already are getting a grip. I graduated last year off my course and got a job straight away, but Berry was correct in that I was one of a few...the rest are still job hunting. While on the course many of the...

I totally agree, even the client has the right to their opinion. Surprises me that people would be happy paying for that - Good luck to them

Is this seriously how you deal with your clients? You may be comfortable saying that here, but I guarantee you don't say this to the client when you first meet them. They would be straight out the door. Working with someone isn't a 'I know best' competition, it's a partnership. You work together...

Actually, in front of a client they know everything and you should use the time throughout the project to take in as much as that 'everything' as possible. No one will ever know a business better than the person who runs it. I see where your coming from about when clients interfere, but i...

Hi, I actually prefer the second design, it seems a lot cleaner than the dark site and a bit easier on the eye. The main problem you have however is that there is too much content and not enough design elements to create a hierarchy - the mammoth lists of links are just to much to take in...