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Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together?

A request designers get from time to time is to combine two different concepts. If a client likes both designs for a website so much they can’t choose one, a natural urge is to try and combine the two. When you’re dealing with unique themes, however, combining them doesn’t always work out so well.

To illustrate this idea, the Bottle Rocket team recently conducted a video shoot for a segment entitled “Steak Cake”. If steak and cake are each great on their own, wouldn’t they be better if combined? We shall see …

The video will go live soon. In the meantime, here are some photos from the shoot. Enjoy!

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The Shoot Steak Cake Family The Steak Cake





The Evolution of Flat Design

Like many trends, web design techniques tend to go through cycles. This article details the evolution of what is now known as “flat design”. Three-dimensional representation was popular fairly recently, and people are rediscovering the virtues of incorporating some of that depth into flat looks.

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Color & Typography: Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together

Effective use of color and typography can make or break good design. That is especially true online, where it is easy to overwhelm the user with an array of colors and options. This article covers some pivotal topics in this area, including the psychology of color and sophisticated use of type and negative space.

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Responsive vs. Adaptive Design

We occasionally receive questions regarding the difference between responsive and adaptive design. There is a time and place for each, and the Bottle Rocket team employs both, depending on the needs of individual projects. This article goes into depth about the differences between the two.

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Simple & Intuitive Design: Always in Style

As graphic design trends come and go, there is one constant: Simplicity. This article gives some nice examples of how corporate logos have been on a trend of simplification and streamlining over the decades. Our personal favorite: The Batman logo.

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