We share our inquisitive musings.

Unravelling Complexity with on-IDLE: A Creative Approach to Design Challenges
We design | 06.02.2024

Unravelling Complexity with on-IDLE: A Creative Approach to Design Challenges – In a world teeming with complex ideas and intricate problems, simplifying and presenting these ideas understandably is invaluable.

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Simplifying Complexity: Designing for Clarity in 2024
We design | 08.01.2024

Simplifying Complexity: Designing for Clarity in 2024 – As we step into 2024, the world of business continues to evolve rapidly, with sustainability and complex legislation becoming increasingly significant factors. 

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Would Infographics Make Complex Issues Simpler for Your Business?
We design | 08.03.2023

Would Infographics Make Complex Issues Simpler for Your Business? – Infographics are a great way for businesses to simplify complex issues and make them more accessible.

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Benefits of a website redesign
We design | 17.02.2023

Benefits of a website redesign – The benefits of a website redesign - is it worth it?  Do's and don'ts when revamping an established website. 

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Sustainable design and coding buzzwords reviewed
We explore | 27.10.2022

Sustainable design and coding buzzwords reviewed

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Good to know: Typography, Layout & Design Resources
We explore | 24.10.2022

Good to know: Typography, Layout & Design Resources – There are a lot of different layouts and design resources to choose from. 

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Good to know: Design Systems
We explore | 18.10.2022

Good to know: Design Systems – The complexity of this system inspired me to create this page and keep an overview of what's there ...

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Good to know: Fontophiles
We explore | 18.10.2022

Good to know: Fontophiles – Good typography is never an accident, just like good design. That's why I decided to make a list of all resources ...

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My learnings from TikTok
We explore | 30.09.2022

My learnings from TikTok – Interesting and unexpected design discoveries from watching hours and hours of videos.

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How I built our snow animation using variable fonts
We design | 06.12.2021

How I built our snow animation using variable fonts – It’s that time of year again where we can have some fun applying our typographic learning from the last year to create a festive campaign.

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All things Design
We explore | 20.08.2021

All things Design – Keep up to date with the Tools, Tips, Tricks by designer Jade and creative director Marc.

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What CMS to use for your project?
We develop | 27.04.2021

What CMS to use for your project?

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REST API server
We develop | 31.07.2020

REST API server – Read about our challenge to build a REST API server ourselves for a successful client's lead portal. 

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The tools our developers use daily
We develop | 14.05.2020

The tools our developers use daily – Wondering what technologies we use daily at work? Keep on reading.

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We won again!
We develop | 01.12.2019

We won again! – We are proud to announce that we've won another Web Award. It's great when the work we do with and for our clients gets noticed. This time the award is for Best Photography Website.

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How to turn a photograph into a digital watercolour on Photoshop
We explore | 18.05.2018

How to turn a photograph into a digital watercolour on Photoshop – People often say there’s no replacing traditional media with digital techniques, but when you’re hunting through stock images trying to find the perfect one, sometimes there’s no other option.

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Working with Swiss Standard German text as a British designer
We explore | 17.10.2017

Working with Swiss Standard German text as a British designer – A guide to typographic and punctuation rules in Swiss text.

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Jost Hochuli: Printed Matter
We review | 28.09.2017

Jost Hochuli: Printed Matter – A week before starting my placement at on-IDLE, I got my hands on a copy of the recently republished ‘Detail in typography’ by Jost Hochuli. I had no idea that I would have the chance to shake his hand only three months later.

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We win awards for our customers
We design | 07.09.2017

We win awards for our customers – on-IDLE has been presented with a winning award for The Philosophy Foundation website conceptualised, designed and built by our fantastic team...

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LCC Futures Lecture: Designing for Mobile
We explore | 21.11.2013

LCC Futures Lecture: Designing for Mobile – Watch the full lecture by Ané-Mari Peter as the final speaker at the LCC Futures Conference 2013 and view the slide show. The primary message of the lecture is to "Learn the language of touch".

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