Posts Tagged ‘Design’

Perficient Digital recently won two Best of Industry awards at the Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) for our innovative digital experiences on behalf of Carhartt and The Henry Ford history museum. We were honored in the Best Fashion or Beauty Website category for designing and developing the Carhartt Fall 2016 Lookbook microsite. We developed the microsite for reporters, to make […]

More than 16 million people are living with a cognitive impairment in the U.S. That is a lot of people. That means almost all of us know someone with a cognitive impairment. And, for most companies, that means that a number of customers—or potential customers—will have a cognitive impairment. Many people with cognitive impairments are […]

As designers, there are a lot of things to keep in mind when creating a site that is accessible to everyone. Jesse Hausler, principal accessibility specialist at Salesforce, touched on these in his post, 7 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about Accessibility. Here are three of my favorite takeaways from his post, along with […]

Pixels and rems and ems and percents, oh my. While there are several different methods for coding with font sizes, it all depends on what’s right for your particular project. First Things First Let’s take a closer look at every option: Pixels: font-size: 16px shows as 16 pixels in the browser. Rem: font-size: 1rem shows […]

As touched on in our last blog post, inclusive design is more than designing for people with vision or hearing impairments. It’s also designing for someone with a broken arm, a slow network connection, a cognitive impairment, or even our aging population. It’s about designing for everyone. We should be aware of the differing abilities, […]

In a recent presentation, John Seitz, UX architect at Perficient Digital, discussed the importance of inclusive design and how considering accessibility while designing and building your website has value for your company. Inclusive design is the creation of products or services that are accessible to, and usable by, as many people as reasonably possible. As […]

With SCORE, one of our overriding goals is to minimize the complexity and development effort involved in building Sitecore websites. In most cases, you can use a series of SCORE components to build a complicated UI element, using advanced CSS and JavaScript techniques to completely transform them. One such situation that I recently tackled was […]

The winners of the 2016 W³ Awards have been announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, and Perficient Digital’s work for Carhartt and The Henry Ford is being recognized. Our design and development of Carhartt’s Fall 2016 Lookbook microsite received Gold in the Fashion Website category, while The Henry Ford website took home […]

We are excited to share that today, Perficient Digital is deepening our expertise in enterprise mobile applications. Today, Perficient acquired Bluetube, a $7 million annual services revenue digital consultancy based in Atlanta, GA. “Bluetube’s reputation for delivering excellent digital and mobile experiences, customer-centric mentality, and solid client roster ensures a strong cultural fit and compelling opportunities for accelerated growth moving […]

“What makes good design good?” That was a question posed by Tom Greever, UX Director of Bitovi, in his presentation called Articulating Design Decisions at the Here to There Conference during the AIGA STL Design Week. The conference ran all day Monday and featured a variety of talented designers, strategists, project managers, and more. Back to the […]

We were recently awarded two Best of Industry WebAwards from the Web Marketing Association for our development work for The Henry Ford and Veritas. TheHenryFord.org was named the Best Non-Profit Website and Veritas.com was recognized as the Best Information Services Website. The Henry Ford, in Dearborn, Mich., is the largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in the United States. It […]

Ever stumbled upon an article on social media that catches your interest? You click it. You are curious and anxious to read it. You are in the website – it loads, but at first, it seems empty. The site is there, but there is no text in it. You are probably annoyed. You are probably […]