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How to create brand confidence through localisation and globalisation, why a search icon is not always what it seems and when to be naked in a public swimming pool…

I’m Andy – a third year Interaction Design student at Northumbria University, and for the past three months I’ve been working as a UX Designer at JUMP.

JUMP was commissioned by Joslin Rhodes to design and develop a new website for this unique lifestyle financial planning organisation.

As a company, we look to produce web products that not only perform well, but look good too. Now, while you can produce a great representation of a design that looks good in the browser, there is a way to bring that design to life and that is through the use of animations.

This International Women's Day Danielle reflects on why we still need advocates for change, people championing women in STEM industries, asking difficult questions, making real opportunities and facilitating change.

Anything you see that has a purpose, has been created with an end user in mind. This can be anything from a tea cup to the Large Hadron Collider; design and functionality decisions have been made that consider how a user thinks and feels when interacting with said product.

A mobile-first approach means that when you are designing, you consider the smallest screen first, working your way up towards the biggest screen. So why should we be doing this?

Trick or treat? With the eeriest of holidays on the horizon, we have been working on a Halloween treat for all through Terrors of Toon, showing you some of the spookiest inner-city spots and surrounding areas in Newcastle.

Perfected3D enhance, optimise and prepare 3D data for 3D printing and they came to JUMP about taking the brand to new dimensions.

The designer and developer divide is a popular topic in the digital industry right now, so we looked at what could be done to bridge this gap. The result? A Designer vs Developer dictionary.

As the snap election draws nearer, we consider the impact of political branding and look at one particular campaign that ticks all the boxes.

As Global Accessibility Awareness Day is upon us, it’s a great opportunity to explore this as well as consider what we can all do move forward in the future and make digital access include everybody.

Day 2 at the annual F8: Facebook Developers Conference in San Jose, California.

Day 1 at the annual F8: Facebook Developers Conference in San Jose, California.

JUMP refreshed the Ward Robinson brand and website in order to create a classic, timeless identity that is both distinctive and representative of the organisation as a whole.

International Women's Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. At JUMP, we are doing just this. In solidarity with, and in support of this day, we are exploring those that have inspired and continue to influence our work.

Nirvana Europe helps to organise 100 events annually and have over 110,000 clients, planning and executing bespoke travel, accommodation and logistical arrangements to spectators of events spanning the globe. JUMP have recently finished a refresh of the brand, redesigning the front and back end of the site.

We spoke to two of our developers, Paul and Chris, about their process of working with the People’s Theatre and NE1, two very unique projects with diverse requirements.

We recently updated our website and we wanted to ensure that everything was the best it could be in order to create a positive user experience for all. So where to start?

This is where User Experience Design comes in, the role of a User Experience (UX) designer is to make sure the website, app or digital product is the best it can be for business and user.

At JUMP, we work collaboratively both with our clients and as a team. After all, teamwork makes the dream work, but effective teamwork takes good communication, trust and diversity.

The Get into Newcastle website is run by Business Improvement District company NE1, as a resource for locals and visitors to get the most out of their city.

The North East's digital and tech sector is currently the fastest growing in the country, great news not just for those of us who work in the digital realm but also for all businesses across the North East who can benefit from being part of a fantastic culture of digital innovation.

Everyone says they want to stand out from the crowd but do we really mean it? In the case of web design, it seems that we don’t. Instead, each organisation ends up sitting very comfortably in the accepted style of their sector.

In 2014, online retail sales exceeded £100 billion for the first time, with revenue expected to exceed £115 billion by the end of 2015 (source: IMRG and Capgemini). That's almost £2,000 spent in 2015 for every adult in the UK.

Don't let that hoodie fool you, Mark Zuckerberg is a man hooked on making money. This became clear when organic (unpaid) reach from posting from a business Facebook page reduced dramatically in the last quarter of 2014.

Over the past few years, the way businesses promote their brand and get eyes on to their company has changed drastically. In the past, a small newspaper ad and a small sign outside the shop were usually enough to bring a few more people in to see what you can provide as a company.

The year is 1999. The Nokia 3210 is the must-have mobile phone. This is due mainly to the 'ahead-of-its-time' feature list it boasted. There is no external antenna, you can send picture messages, and you can even play games on it.

Any website can be viewed on an internet-ready mobile device; a 'mobile website' is one which has been specifically designed to be viewed in this format.

CSS was initially released on 17 December 1996 and is developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It didn't become popular until around 2000 when browsers began to use more than the basic fonts & colours and HTML began to evolve using a larger variety of styling.

The majority of contemporary user interface design can be described as skeuomorphic; the ideology of replicating the physical world in the digital world.

When we build websites here at JUMP, there is always some varying level of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) that goes on behind the scenes prior to, during and after a website build.

Before we get stuck into HTML5, we must first take a step back and look at the original HyperText Markup Language (HTML). HTML is a markup language that when viewed in a web browser will display web pages full of information, images, photographs, products and tables etc.

An online presence for your business is no longer simply invaluable and important, it has become essential. It may be the first point of contact a customer has with your company or organisation, and therefore it is important to present a professional image that is consistent with the identity of the business.