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A while back, the team here at dt set out to redesign our internal project, Champion Sound. With Champion Sound’s maturation, we felt it would be fitting to create a look to help it along. Some of our goals were to… Read the rest

If you’ve used Mint.com, Dropbox or any site that uses the standard top notification bar then you’ve probably seen the “planned maintenance” notification or the “balance is low” warning. The two aforementioned sites are exceptionally good when it comes to UI design and interaction, but some sites just get it wrong. Here are a few tips that can help when designing one of these systems.

Working on a slick web application like Champion Sound is a real joy, and keeping up with the times can be challenging. These days Twitter is becoming a household name, and Facebook already is, so it makes sense that Champion Sound should play nicely with these two platforms. If you want to get the word out, email is only part of the solution in today’s social climate. Short messaging has been on a rise since it became popular on mobile phones like the Nokia 5100 series in the late ’90s, and it’s still with us and stronger than ever today.