Social Churn
Volcanic were approached by a very well established estate agents based near our offices in Manchester and asked to help. Joules Estate Agents had been trading for over 40 years selling and letting property and whilst their reputation was solid, market conditions and a feeling that the brand was old fashioned led them to challenge us to produce a new … Continue reading
The significant growth of mobile usage in the last few years has meant that more and more agencies are having to design their clients websites to work across a number of devices from mobile, tablet, laptop to large screen. Here are some interesting facts about the usage of mobile In Q3 2010 only 4% of visitors to a website used … Continue reading
As a digital agency we’re always using high quality logo’s and images so we thought we would share this little nugget we stumbled across. So you’re developing a site or a mobile app (much like Volcanic on a daily basis) but you need some sweet icons to bring it all to life. Making your own is always an option but … Continue reading
As we end 2011 with many news programme’s gloomy about the future of business and profit warnings ringing out of our ears I want to share my thoughts about how we at Volcanic will be looking to help our clients in 2012 and what we will also be doing. As we spoke in detail with our customers during 2011 a set of … Continue reading
22 years ago this week the big story on all the world’s TV news stations and newspaper headlines was the fall of the Berlin Wall. Looking back we might have a view that there was a giant concrete wall encompassing half of Germany, erected at the end of World War II and representing the division between East and West, until … Continue reading
Imagine the scene… You are sat in a dentists waiting room for an appointment you don’t really want to attend, next to 5 strangers who are also waiting for an appointment they don’t really want to attend. The silence is excruciating and boredom overcame you the moment you sat down! Subsequently you do the expected thing and pick up the … Continue reading
This marks my third week at Volcanic, I’ve learnt so much in such a short space of time and will continue to do so from all the team here. I’ve drank a lot of tea which has caused a slightly jiggly belly (but tea is the backbone of the british work force, right?) This week has seen me embark upon … Continue reading
You often hear people describe themselves as… “a good ideas person”, but what do people mean by that? and does it count for anything? My response would be to say – that’s a great start, but people claim to have good ideas all the time and very few of them are millionaires. You may recall the great idea Alex Tew … Continue reading
Hello… It’s quite fitting that for my first blog post I will be writing about the powers and ways of negative space or more commonly known as white space. I myself am fresh to Volcanic, a blank canvas if you like (thankfully in no way negative). Being a junior designer means that i’m … Continue reading
