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GRASP: a Framework for Product Cycle Acceleration
GRASP is a framework for product cycle acceleration, comprising four elements: Goal, Resource Assessment, Strategy, and Plan. It aims to provide a quick overview of design and development effort, highlighting the importance of resource assessment and distinguishing between strategy and planning. The framework can be used as a complement to existing frameworks like OKRs and…
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Dieter Ram’s 10 Principles for Good Design
These have appeared in a lot of places, including Wikipedia, fluidui.com, and this rather nice version using a design of Rams’ to illustrate each point. I include them here for your reference and mine. Good design: Is innovative – Rams states that possibilities for innovation in design are unlikely to be exhausted since technological development…
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New Release: lcLipsum Plugin for LiveCode
Now available for free download is my latest LiveCode plugin: lcLipsum. It’s a Lorem Ipsum generator and tool for LiveCode users and developers. It provides text to use when mocking up layouts. What’s Lorem Ipsum? It’s the “fake Latin” that you see in mockups and preliminary layouts. (Actually, it’s not so fake. It’s an excerpt…
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Lourdes Valdes: Art Online
Miami artist Lourdes Valdes has a new site, courtesy of Charles Buchwald & Friends. This WordPress based site has an extremely clean design to keep the emphasis on Ms. Valdes paintings and let the rest of the layout disappear. Unlike the Flash based site it replaces, the design is responsive, to be easily viewable on…
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Green Power!
Charles Buchwald and Friends is consulting on software development, corporate identity programme, and a marketing campaign for a new “green power” initiative in Veracruz, Mexico and Mexico City, DF. This exciting new initiative is anticipated to debut this fall. Watch here for more, as the project progresses.
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Award Winning Firm Museografica Goes Live with CB&F
Multi-award winning museum and exhibit design firm Museografica has gone live with Charles Buchwald & Friends. The new site is the product of extensive collaboration between the renowned company and CB&F. It highlights 20 of Museografica’s 40 museum projects from around the world, with an extensive projects section, a brief history of the firm, profiles…
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LifeLong EnerJoy! with CB&F
Tina Huang, PhD, has been working with Charles Buchwald & Friends to develop a business identity and an online presence. Her new website went live on Tuesday. Featuring a fresh, lively design as befits the content and message, it features a custom logo by CB&F as well as many other custom elements. Check it out…
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Change Talk Associates Live with CB&F
Change Talk Associates, a Vancouver based consultancy that works with individuals, groups and organizations across Canada who support others in making health and related changes, has gone live with a new website, thanks to CB&F. The new site debuted just a few days ago. A careful collaborative process has produced a refined and elegant aesthetic for…
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Sunspring Shines with Charles Buchwald & Friends
Sunspring Estates has contracted with CB&F to develop a custom iPad app. Currently under development, the bespoke app will offer support to the sales staff. An intuitive administration feature allows quick and easy configuration, to keep pace with changing offerings. Friendly hand drawn illustrations keep the interface friendly and informative. CB&F’s unique development tools are…
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More Apps in the CB&F Pipeline
A Vancouver business and a Victoria-area entrepreneur have contracted with Charles Buchwald and Friends to develop new iOS based apps. Currently in development, both are anticipated to debut in the Apple App Store in Q3, 2011, with Android versions following quickly. While CB&F’s three key advantages for app development—publishing on multiple platforms from the…