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The “Swiss made” and the challenges of design

5 March 2013

by Ryan Vannin

People tend to imagine Switzerland as a special country, made of strong contrasts and, perhaps, many clichés. Foreigners tend to imagine the Swiss people living in idillic landscapes such as those described… More »

Tags: advertising, challenge, communication, creative, creativity, crenative, design, guest post, ideas, switzerland, web design

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Nearbors – launching soon

25 August 2012

by plastical

nearbors splash page

We just activated Nearbors and we’re almost ready to open it for early subscribers. Sign up today and me and my team will let you know as soon as the beta is… More »

Tags: app, business, business model, entrepreneurship, generation, geolocation, idea, mobile, nearbors, platform, startup

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Our first experience with Mobile First and Responsive Web Design

9 April 2012

by plastical

Mobile First and Responsive Web Design

After we published our first responsive website, many people asked us how we did it and how we approached the whole design process. We thought about it and decided to share our… More »

Tags: approach, augmented, breakpoints, design, first, indesign, mobile, photoshop, responsive, rwd, technique, web, web design

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Home Office Survival Kit – #14 Build your network

18 March 2012

by Ryan Vannin

One of the most difficult aspects of becoming an entrepreneur is how to build and grow your customers’ base. But in reality no business is able to succeed if there isn’t a… More »

Tags: #homeofficehero, business, creativity, entrepreneur, home office, how to, kit, network, smb, sme, social, survival, tips, tricks, tutorials

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Making it better is the real key to innovation

7 January 2012

by Ryan Vannin

A quick one on innovation. I personally consider innovation as the process to make things better, not newer. And by that I mean listening to people and try to solve their problems,… More »

Tags: business, creative, improvement, innovation, listening, making, problems, solve, succeed, success, things, value

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Home Office Survival Kit – #13 Don’t procrastinate

1 January 2012

by Ryan Vannin

I read somewhere that if you can’t make it in less than a week (in your plans), it simply means that the idea, project or the task you’d like to do will… More »

Tags: #homeofficehero, business, creative, entrepreneur, freelance, help, home, how to, kit, leadership, office, smb, sme, startup, survival, tips, tricks, tutorials, work

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Home Office Survival Kit – #12 Be ready to change and to innovate

23 December 2011

by Ryan Vannin

Working from home can turn into your worst nightmare, if you’re not able to face reality: as soon as you step into the home business work environment you probably have bought yourself… More »

Tags: #homeofficehero, business, creative, entrepreneur, freelance, help, home, how to, kit, leadership, office, smb, sme, startup, survival, tips, tricks, tutorials, work

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Home Office Survival Kit – #11 Just use really useful tools

17 December 2011

by Ryan Vannin

UPDATED What’s great about being and working from home is that you can choose freely your favorite apps and software for your daily tasks. Since I’m into the creative field I can’t… More »

Tags: #homeofficehero, business, creative, entrepreneur, freelance, help, home, how to, kit, leadership, office, smb, sme, startup, survival, tips, tricks, tutorials, work

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Home Office Survival Kit – #10 Charge what you are worth

8 December 2011

by Ryan Vannin

I won’t beat around the bush on this one. What to charge is one of the most searched topics online, and all share the same assumptions: value yourself and what you do… More »

Tags: #homeofficehero, business, creative, entrepreneur, freelance, help, home, how to, kit, leadership, office, smb, sme, startup, survival, tips, tricks, tutorials, work

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Home Office Survival Kit – Video Episode 3 [Tips 7-9]

27 November 2011

by Ryan Vannin

And finally here we are with the third episode with the following tips: #7 Use original software #8 Learn something new every day #9 Less is more As usual feel free to… More »

Tags: #homeofficehero, business, creative, entrepreneur, freelance, help, home, how to, kit, leadership, office, smb, sme, startup, survival, tips, tricks, tutorials, video, vlog, work

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