WE SPEAK WITH ELEANOR STEVENS, SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE FOR UCAS, ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Anyone who applied to university or college from school will remember being nagged to fill out a special form. That document ...

WHEN IT COMES to applying for creative positions we all seem to get more concerned with compiling our portfolios than anything else. However, more often than not you won’t get a chance to showcase an employer your work unless ...

Breaking into the web design trade is tough, very tough. That challenge was the motivation behind Web Designer’s inaugural ‘Creative Careers’ recruitment special back in issue 131. We wanted to provide an annual opportunity to not only offer the latest ...

According to Webcredible.co.uk, a London-based outfit that provides usability andaccessibility services for websites, intranets, mobile devices and applications, a seven-point checklist for your site’s accessibility is as follows: 1) Use ‘informational images’ – where possible, dependent on browser support, empower logos or images with descriptive ALT or Title text in pop-up ...

COMMERCIAL CREATIVE Eric Jordan Founder of the hugely successful 2Advanced Studios, arguably the industry’s most influential web design agency Much of the appeal behind Flash has always been its promise of allowing designers to dream – although few of its devotees have dared ...

PLATFORM PIONEER Carlos Ulloa The man who brought and continues to bring an extra dimension to Flash design with Papervision3D One of the greatest things about any technical development community is that some of the people involved don’t just accept ...

MADCAP MAVERICKS WEFAIL Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before… The terrible twosome who have brought humour and lo-fidelity artistry to the masses WEFAIL is, in fact, a creative collaboration between two men from opposite sides of the globe, ...

THE MOTION MEN Hillman Curtis vs Nicholas Da Silva Flash isn’t all about web design. There’s a huge community built around making short films and animations – just ask ...

On the modern web, they are all-seeing and all-powerful, with a ubiquity across the online world that inspires devotion. But who are these prophets that spread the word of its divinity among us mere mortals, and what does it ...

It is the language of style that has transformed HTML into something beautiful, Web Designer tracks down four leading lights from the world of CSS coding and asks them to share a small sample of their knowledge with the masses... Stephanie Sullivan Coder, ...

The software giant awoke from its web slumber to throw an exciting bash on the Vegas strip. Mark Billen was lucky enough to get a front-row seat at the unveiling of some promising technological announcements. Plopped in ...