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Face-Jack Me iPhone App Design
Face-Jack Me, a fun face modification iPhone app that I designed, went live in the app store a few days ago. In this post I’ll walk you through the project, from the icon design and wireframes, to the actual user interface design. (more…)
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Making Design Improvements Based on Real Visitor Data
Find out a how I approach the ‘manage’ stage in my four step project process by using CrazyEgg to continually improve my clients websites. (more…)
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Hiring a Web Designer / Front-End Developer
I’m looking for a creative, up and coming web designer / front-end developer to help work with me on a range of exciting web design and development projects. Sound like you? Then read on! (more…)
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Nannies Like Us Website Launched
A few days ago I launched a new website for a small nanny agency starting up in Salisbury and Bath. Here I’ll explain a little about the project and how I approached it. (more…)
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HTML Email Designer
A couple of days ago I launched a side project called HTML Email Designer. No prizes for guessing what it’s all about! In this post I’ll explain the site’s premise. (more…)
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Authentic Style moves into office space
About 3 weeks ago I made the decision to finally move out from my home office and into some rented office space. In this post I’ll explain why I made that decision, how its going and post up some pictures too. (more…)
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Sea Urchin Fishing iPhone Application Design
Yesterday the Sea Urchin Charters iPhone App went live in the app store, so I thought I’d take some time to write up a case study for anyone who might be interested in the planning and design behind the app. (more…)
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iPhone App Design Workflow For Designers
Since the release of the iPhone 4 its meant more work for us app designers. In this article I’ll talk about the best method I’ve found for creating iPhone app design’s for both the iPhone 3 and the iPhone 4. (more…)
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Web Design Portfolio Tips for Success
Creating a web design portfolio that works is a real challenge. You need something that portrays you and your design work well and at the same time encourages clients or employers to make contact with you. (more…)
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Design Amendments: ‘What if the initial design isn’t quite right?’
Its not something either the client or the designer wants to think about, but its something that needs to be outlined at the beginning of each project. (more…)
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Happy Clients In 2010
2010 has been a great year for business and really flown by. I thought I’d share with you a few quotes from happy clients and sneak peaks of some projects I’ve worked on over the last year. (more…)
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Case Study: Paul Lamb Ecommerce & CMS
About a week ago I launched a new website for blues band Paul Lamb & The King Snakes. In this post I wanted to talk about the planning behind the project, the design and bringing it together with WordPress. (more…)
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HTML5 Live: A Sitepoint Course
About a month ago I enrolled on an online course organised by Sitepoint called ‘HTML5 Live’. The course was hosted by John Allsopp and I must say I’m really pleased I decided to sign up. (more…)
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Perch: A really little content management system
Got a new project on at the moment that requires some of the content to be updatable by your client? Then read on. This is a quick post about a neat little CMS I use for sites that require basic content management. (more…)
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Choir Email Newsletter Design & Tips
There’s something about email newsletter design that I love – be it wrestling with Outlook or getting back to tables I don’t know. Here’s a quick case study on a newsletter I recently designed and developed. (more…)
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Case Study: Steve Giles Online
About a month ago I had the pleasure of completing a website for Salisbury based vocal coach Steve Giles. I’ve finally set aside some time to give a little insight into the project. (more…)
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One Year Self Employed
It certainly doesn’t feel like it, but Wednesday 21st April marks one whole year of working for myself. Its been quite an experience and one that I’m really enjoying. In this post I’ll look at some of what I’ve learnt. (more…)
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Inspirational Links For Business Owners
Today I found myself with 30 minutes to spare at the end of the day, so thought I’d share a few interesting links I’ve been collecting over the past few weeks that might just be useful for you too… (more…)
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Goals for 2010
The arrival of the New Year has made me, like many others I’m sure, sit back and take a look at how I can improve my business and also consider what might be big over the new year or so. (more…)
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iChampi iPhone Application Design
I’m really excited to announce that the first iPhone application interface design I’ve worked on, iChampi, has finally gone live in the iTunes Store! It’s been amazing to finally use the app on my iPhone. (more…)
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Wow, what a month!
Boy oh boy has this month been a crazy one! I’ve been working on some really great projects and have set out some plans for myself as well. Let me tell you about what I’ve been up to in this post. (more…)
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Authentic Style Featured in MacUser Magazine
It was brought to my attention a few days ago that Authentic Style was featured in the article ’10 Of The Best Online Portfolios’ in the February issue of MacUser magazine. (more…)
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Freelancing: What I’ve Learnt So Far…
I’ve only been freelancing a few weeks now, but already I’ve learnt some pretty valuable things. In this post I’ll discuss some of them and lastly show you an easy way to improve your business. (more…)
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Officially a Freelancer!
Well not quite yet, but as of 21st April. That means I’m taking on work, so if you’re looking for new website get in touch. Keep reading if you want to find out exactly what I’ll be offering. (more…)
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Mastering Email Newsletters
A well designed and successfully implemented email newsletter is a great way of keeping in touch with your customer base, and as a designer its also a fantastic service to be able to offer clients. (more…)
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Internet Explorer 8 is here. Well, almost!
Microsoft has just put live its Release Candidate for the new, (and supposedly improved) IE8. This is a pretty big deal in the web design community, as it could help to eliminate the 20% of users still using IE6 (more…)
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The Tagging Game: 7 Facts About Me
I just got tagged by Paul Seys over at Shortboredsurfer.com to write up 7 facts about myself. I apologise in advance for the low quality of this post, but its actually bloody hard thinking of 7 things! (more…)
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A Quick Hello & Introduction To Authentic Style
Welcome to Authentic Style. My name is William Smith, (although please call me Will), & I’m a web designer from Salisbury in the UK. You’re viewing my new blog which I’ve just added on to my portfolio. (more…)
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10 Amazing Free Fonts You Need To Own
New fonts can act as a massive inspiration. Thats why it’s a great idea to regularly update your collection. I went on a little search today and found these little gems that you must own. (more…)
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5 Essential Firefox Plugins for Designers
Firefox is most of us designer types browser of choice these days. Its standards compliant & offers an array of brilliant add-on’s in the form of plugins. There’s 5 I can’t live without, so I thought I’d share them. (more…)