User Experience

My 5 takeaways from UX London

The UX conversation is shifting to focus more on sustainable design.

Creating accessible websites: a primer for website developers

Creating accessible websites: a primer for website developers

At Liquid Light we pride ourselves on building accessible and inclusive websites, and have built websites and platforms with a focus on accessibility for the likes of the disability charity Leonard Cheshire and The Washington Group on Disability Statistics.

Moving conference programmes into the digital space

ADR UK came to us to create a print design for a conference booklet, but we saw an opportunity to create a mini-site that offers a seamless experience for both the organisers and their attendees.

Web accessibility and forms

Forms are an important part of any web application, here's a brief view on how to make sure your forms are accessible for everyone.

Don’t make me think - A bible on usability by Steve Krug

There is one book that everyone who is interested in usability should read, and that is “Don’t make me think” by Steve Krug.

Why should you consider Cloudflare for your website?

Cloudflare is a service which, among other things, provides a CDN (Content Delivery Network), firewall, and performance layer for your website. It has plenty of paid upgrades and features and is a developer’s dream, but what advantage does it have for you to put your website “behind” Cloudflare and how does it work?

How we deliver consistent wireframes across a growing design team

As a small design team, we have previously never felt the need to create a framework for our wireframing process. Instead, we have opted to create bespoke wireframes per project, allowing designers total freedom to explore the wireframing approach based specifically on the needs of an individual projects brief.

Complexity in our complex world: how designers can tame complexity

Elegance and ease of use are often down to simplicity, not just in terms of design and aesthetics, but also features and functions. If a product only has a few features it’s usually easier to understand and operate ...

Inspiring uses of illustration in web design

Why do so many tech companies uses illustrations in their website? Other than making a website interesting to look at, there are a few more subtle reasons.

The technical challenges in building a data portal

We recently designed and built a data portal which collects disaggregated data from multiple sources from 40 countries for Leonard Cheshire and The Department for International Development. This data is presented on the portal in a series of visualizations across 16 development indicators, grouped into the four themes of inclusive education, economic empowerment, technology/innovation and stigma/discrimination.