Tag: design

We want  simplicity in design. Space between elements on a page should be elegant and purposeful. Typography should be beautiful and easy to read. How … Read more

Design is about making technology work for people. This article outlines one of the core design principles that we want to adopt for the University … Read more

User-centered services consist of a series of phases. I’ve already written about the discovery and alpha phases. The next in the series is the beta … Read more

The core notion behind the development of any user-centered service (for example, a website) is the notion of a lifecycle of phases: discovery, alpha, beta, … Read more

The past couple of years the webdev team has done a lot of work to shift away from (what we see as broken) waterfall development … Read more

The webdev team spent a lot of time over the summer building a timetable app for the University of Kent Student Guide. We could’ve built … Read more

The webdev team recently welcomed Jonathan Thirlwell as our UX developer. This role is an entirely new one for our team, and for web development … Read more

The rise of mobile The University of Kent, like many UK universities, now has a dedicated student-focussed mobile app. It’s great, and early indications are … Read more