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Case Study: The Shopify Design that Helped Crowdfund a Business
Hamtun Watches is a UK-based ecommerce company that specialises in building and selling high-quality automatic watches at affordable prices. Read on to find out how Swanky helped Hamtun outpace their competitors by creating them a compelling and user-friendly custom Shopify website design. …Read More
Case Study: How a New Shopify Design Increased This Store’s Revenue by 68%
Winternational are an online luxury women’s ski-wear store, providing beautiful designer ski apparel to customers across the globe. Read on to find out how Swanky helped Winternational to boost their revenue and maximise their brand’s international ecommerce success. …Read More
Can Website Design Be Green?
There are lots of things that we care about. We love our families. We love innovative website design. We love local charities in Exeter. We love pizza. We also happen to be big fans of the environment. …Read More
Single-Page Web Design
If you're looking for an innovative, modern web design with a touch of flair then you may have come across single-page website design. A single-page is exactly that; a website which consists of one page. It will typically encourage you to stroll down to access further content. …Read More
Experiments in Speed: The 100mph Bicycle
"It started out with an idea... to simply build a bike and see how fast we could go." …Read More
Responsive Web Design: Spot the Difference
Responsive Web Design (RWD) involves designing websites which can adapt to every device. Once upon a time all websites were designed for desktop users; today we're looking to RWD to help us ensure that our designs are helpful for every site visitor, whether they're using a desktop, smartphone, tablet or even TV. RWD is an extremely helpful framework which enables web designers to build flexible, adaptive websites. Below are some of the ways in which which responsive web design helps us to achieve this across a range of different devices. …Read More
10 Ways to Boost Your Shopify Sales
The growth of E-Commerce continues to have a massive impact on the website design industry. In 2012, there were 820 million people living in Europe; 529 million use the internet, and a staggering 250 million are internet shoppers. The average spend per internet shopper is estimated to be over £1,000 a year. This does not mean, of course, that every E-Commerce business is making the most of these opportunities. …Read More
The Hedgehog Concept and Web Design
If you've read Jim Collins' 3 million copy bestseller 'Good to Great', you'll know exactly what we're talking about. …Read More
Welcome to Norway
There are few better occasions to implement a carefully-planned practical joke than at a Stag Do. However, these friends from Norway took things to the next level. …Read More
Skinny Ties, Skinny Jeans and Skinny Web Design
Does your bloated website design need to lose a little weight? …Read More
What Kind of Web Design Do I Need?
For many companies, boasting a sparkling web design is essential. It demonstrates professionalism and helps to strengthen every area of the business. Investing in website design services is therefore an easy decision to make. However, what about those companies who either don't have a website or whose web design is all rather '90s? It strikes us that the questions that these companies are asking will be rather different. …Read More
Web Design: Keeping it Clean
Roald Dahl worked that way. So did Albert Einstein. Al Gore too. How do messy desks make you feel? Most of us know somebody who loves building paraphernalia towers on their desk. You might prefer to work that way, surrounding yourself with live projects, memos and notes. Filing? Isn't that something that metalworkers do? …Read More
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