Alexander Rehm on April 22nd, 2009

When working freelance, some of the time when you are working on a client’s website or print material you are being given some sort of branding guidelines to adhere to. Some of the time these branding guidelines exist somewhere in a drawer in someone’s desk, but no one knows where. This is even worse when [...]

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Alexander Rehm on February 22nd, 2009

Those of you following me on twitter know I tend to spend a bit of time every couple of days in finding new extensions for FireFox (and sometimes Thunderbird) which are making my life as an Information Architect, Web Designer or Project Development Manager easier. These extensions may be some all of us have been [...]

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Alexander Rehm on February 10th, 2009

Working in a busy office is one of the best parts of being a designer or information architect – you can bounce off ideas, discuss projects with others and get their input, and you can generally have a good laugh. That is until the time comes where a new project is being started or requirements [...]

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Alexander Rehm on December 2nd, 2008

I am happy to announce that the new site of Melon Design & Marketing has gone live today!! Melon Design & Marketing is a creative communication agency based near Milton Keynes, between Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, specialising in a number of sectors such as branding & corporate identity, graphic design, website design & development, advertising [...]

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Alexander Rehm on September 29th, 2008

So you have finally done it, you are a freelancer or have set up your own little design agency and you have your first clients with jobs coming in. And now comes the time that a project comes to the point where money is involved, be it just before the first 1/3 of the project [...]

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Not so long ago I received an email from a former student of mine who has just started up his own design studio asking whether or not outsourcing work to contractors, freelancers or studios makes sense and what to look out for. Especially for upcoming design studios or companies / agencies who are lacking in [...]

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Alexander Rehm provides a quick breakdown of usability / user testing and accessibility testing for websites and prototypes

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Alexander Rehm on April 12th, 2008

Alexander Rehm discusses website Information Architecture, from the initial sitemap to developing best-practice website prototypes and planning out user-testing

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