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Signal vs. Noise: Color as a Wayfinding Tool
Used carefully, color can become a helpful wayfinding tool to better help a user know where she is and where to go next. When it comes to user interface design, you may want to limit your use of color....
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How to Implement Accessibility in Agency Projects: Part 1
If you're interested in making the sites you build more accessible to visitors with disabilities, or if you want your colleagues to be more aware of accessibility issues, it can be hard to know where...
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On Shaping a Design Education
When we say someone is self-taught, we mean that their skill has been acquired apart from any formal education. The term connotes initiative, dedication, and raw talent – particularly attractive...
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On Shaping a Design Education
When we say someone is self-taught, we mean that their skill has been acquired apart from any formal education. The term connotes initiative, dedication, and raw talent – particularly attractive...
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Inline Styles, User Style Sheets and Accessibility
There’s been a lot of buzz in front-end development around CSS organization and optimization. Two techniques that have emerged involve using inline styles. One is to inline critical styles in the head...
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Angled Edges with CSS Masks and Transforms
Elements with angled horizontal edges can create a unique visual flow while progressing through a page. Though not commonly seen on the web, we decided to use the treatment on the new website for The...
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Florence and Working Through Your Bad Ideas
I was delighted to recently design Florence, an exploration of a tool that could help patients better keep up with their medications. (Read Laura’s breakdown of the whole project here!)One of the most...
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Using Visual Loudness for Better Wayfinding
“It needs more ‘pop’.” Can I tell you how many times I’ve heard that phrase? It’s the sad reaction to a design that could lack proper emphasis. My reaction is usually something like, “if everything...
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Designing PCBs with Unique Board Edges
This holiday season we continued one of our cherished holiday traditions -- homemade company vige-gifts. It’s a project on scale with a mini kickstarter and requires time from nearly every lab. This...
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5 Tips for Saving SVG for the Web with Illustrator
Authoring SVGs in Illustrator is easy. Authoring an SVG in Illustrator and then properly exporting it for the web can be... tricky. Here's a short list of tips for avoiding common problems with...
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Speaking the Same Language About Research
I recently wrote about how we’re taking steps to do more research at Viget. Part of that effort is educating teammates on high-level, pragmatic topics like how to talk about the benefits of research...
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Designing PCBs with Unique Board Edges
This holiday season we continued one of our cherished holiday traditions -- homemade company vige-gifts. It’s a project on scale with a mini kickstarter and requires time from nearly every lab. This...
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Let The (Puppy Bowl) Games Begin!
Last week, we had the extreme pleasure of being a part of the launch of the 2016 Puppy Bowl Fantasy experience! The Puppy Bowl Fantasy Game follows the model of fantasy football. You draft a team,...
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Planning for Scalability
We recently launchedThe Puppy Bowl Fantasy Draft. Most apps that we launch experience their share of traffic spikes, but this app was unique. The event-oriented nature and popularity posed some serious...
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Starbnb: Discover exotic places with local hosts in a galaxy far, far away
A Starbnb is BornLate last year Viget celebrated Pointless Weekend, an annual internal hackathon that pushes us to concept and build something original in just 48 hours. The weekend starts with a...
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10 Lessons Learned from University (.edu) Redesigns
So, it’s time to redesign your college or university website. Where do you begin? How do you make the project a success? What are some things to watch out for? With so much to consider, the whole thing...
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Announcing... Gifbowl!
We Vigets love games. We’re known to host game nights at the office, discuss our favorite board games over beer, and even bring games to our holiday gift swaps.So, when our annual Pointless Weekend...
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Forever a Student: Fostering A Learning Mindset
Soon I’m embarking on a new adventure; I’ll be heading off to code school full time to learn software development. Transitions are a good time for introspection, so I’ve been wondering what it will be...
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Boulder, Meet the Busy Board
The Viget Boulder office is nestled in the heart of downtown Boulder, a couple blocks off historical Pearl Street Mall and mere yards from the Boulder Transit Center. Every day a parade of locals pass...
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Organizing Large Arduino Code Bases
So you went ahead and bought yourself an Arduino UNO, some sensors, a few buttons, and you're having a blast learning about all the things you can make. But let's say you're ready for the next level....
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