We've launched a new blog which we'll be migrating over to very soon.
We recently launched Big Beyond, a new website for those interested in volunteering overseas and hoping to make a real difference to the communities they visit.
There are many tools out there for conducting customer surveys but not many people know you can create rich surveys using Google Docs - both free and easy to set up. Here's how...
Love this talk by Rebeka Cox, product designer at Quora and formerly of Facebook. As she points out, design is proven again and again to be a clear competitive advantage.
An inspiring weekend at LSM London (Sept 16-18) of learning, doing, listening, talking and making new friends.
It’s amazing how the simple things get overlooked during the excitement of getting your new website. All that hard work has finally paid off and you’re ready to show it off to the world. But wait, having spent all that time and money on getting it live are you fully prepared should the “shit hit the fan”?
There seems to be a plethora of services popping up that help entrepreneurs match up with developers that can enable them to achieve their vision. However I've got an issue with this...
Janice Fraser from Luxr (the lean user experience residency) & Adaptive Path explains how Lean UX design is the way forward for startups creating new products. Here here.
Great presentation about the growing importance of visual interface design to both brand and user experience in an increasingly digital world.
The theme of dConstruct this year was Designing Digital Products - and how we can bridge the gap between physical and digital product design through storytelling, emotion and memorable experiences.
As experience designers we wear many hats. Wouldn't it be boring to wear the same hat day after day?
We're delighted to launch CityPad - a groundbreaking new holiday lettings website for Brighton.
We're advocates of the Lean approach to developing websites & apps.
One factor that helps boost your Google ranking is how fast your website loads. Google now looks like they want to help you with that. CDN* businesses watch out!
Excited to receive our mental notes pack of cards arrive today
Nice little write up of Get Comparisons, a web app we've been working on over the last few months.
Websites owners are always us questions such as "How do I choose a supplier?", "What questions should I ask?", "How do I compare like with like?". Well now there's no guessing...
Microsoft has been reported to have bought Skype for $8.5 billion!?! That’s crazy money...
We're proud to have launched a new website and social media campaign for a great new initiative to combat noisy, inefficient and unsafe tyres on our roads.
A new initiative to inspire students to take their science studies further and consider a career in sport science.
Web 2.0 is dead! Long live Web 3.0!
Think this poster just about covers it
We've recently launched a number of websites for our clients. We'll be adding some case studies soon but here's some of what we've been up to.
One of our core values and beautifully expressed by Muji (via the inspirational John Maeda).
We're delighted to have been chosen to work on some exciting new projects for organisations in the Brighton area.
We've just launched our very own web app - Gifty and would love for you to give it a go
Google has raised our level of expectation when it comes to searching. Whether we’re looking for that idyllic getaway or the perfect present we expect search engines to tell us straight away. But even when they do present us with seemingly relevant suggestions do we actually trust what we’re given?
The website experience is getting more and more like the traditional desktop software experience. You click on something and things happen in front of your eyes without needing to wait for the page to reload. You now have software applications that are purely based on the web, like Facebook, Gmail and even more importantly Google Docs. So how do we define what a web app is?
Lizzie has been working with us as part of the Wired Sussex internships programme. Here she tells us her story...
Interesting & comprehensive new study of brand involvement in social media and how organisations can use this knowledge to their advantage.
I've just finished reading Giles Colborne's book Simple and Usable and thought I'd share my thoughts.
Too much of our industry is focused on the functional and usable side of web development. We need to inject personality into each and every online experience so that these become memorable and connect with people.
The web is coming to a screen near you! Being a useless gadget addict I got all excited about the Apple TV this week. However, looking into it further made me realise this could become another Apple game changer...
We’ve been working on the web for more than 10 years and have seen plenty of trends and technologies come and go in that time...
Carlos will be doing a free talk 'Futureproofing your website' tomorrow at The Sussex Hub event.
As we're now set up as a training provider with Train2Gain, your company may be eligible to claim up £1000 towards web training or consulting with Spook Studio.
The Brighton web community is vibrant at the moment. We've been lucky to have 2 great events in the last 2 weeks: dConstruct and the first UX Brighton conference.
Welcome to the world Arthur Laurie McCahill
Hello. My name is Laurence, and I'm on an information diet. You may wish to join me after reading this post. What's your work fidget?
My name is Carlos, I love my iPad and it has been 21 days since I browsed the web on my laptop.
So it sounds like we're going to get a standardised platform for watching TV over the internet. Hope you've upgraded your broadband...
We've just launched a new microsite to promote Qualityreviewer - a book produced by our friends at Urban Design Skills.
FB ain’t so FAB anymore. They're stealing our secrets...! Well, they're stealing the secrets of people stupid enough to make them public.
We've just launched an exciting online project for London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine research group, mapping the drug resistance of malaria across Africa
After 2 years at Premier House we've outgrown our old office and moved on to pastures new... albeit about 5 minutes walk away.
We're taking part in the Sussex Internships Programme again this year. This time we're looking for a web developer to help with some exciting projects coming up in the summer.
Are you a recent graduate and a talented web developer? We're looking for an intern to join the team as part of the Sussex Internships Programme.
There's nothing that gets the web community more heated than a discussion about speculative work. Here's our two pennies worth...
We’re all used to seeing the same old fonts on webpages: Georgia, Verdana and Arial. They’re comfortable, like an old pair of slippers. But like those slippers they’re not that great to look at.
At Spook Studio, we believe less is more. Our ethos has always been based around keeping things simple for our clients and their customers. From creating websites to managing them, we strive for simple, clean interfaces that enhance the user experience.
For while now I've been wondering whether to fully immerse myself into the world of cloud computing.
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- 52 weeks of UX
- 64notes
- Boagworld
- Bokardo
- Boxes and Arrows
- Brighton Hobby Project
- Carsonified
- Cennyd Bowles
- Cognition
- Design & Emotion
- Design Co.
- Digital Buzz
- Dirty Mouse
- Dustin Curtis
- Etre / Reaction
- ffffound
- FormFiftyFive
- Information is Beautiful
- Jane Foster
- Jonathan Harris
- Jonny Holland
- Learn Something New Every Day
- Logo Design Love
- Luke Wroblewski
- Made in England
- Marketing Experiments
- Marta Kagan
- Mashable
- MIX Online
- Smashing Magazine
- The 99 Percent
- The Laws of Simplicity
- The Next Web
- Think Traffic
- Tim Ferriss
- Trent Walton
- UX Booth
- UX Mag
- We Love Lean
- Yongfook
Podcasts we listen to:
- Boagworld
- CNET UK Podcast
- Site Visibility
- Spoolcast
- The Pipeline
- The Web 2.0 Show
- Think Vitamin Radio








