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the Blog and Portfolio of Robert Fransgaard

Tokyo as seen by a tourist 1 year ago today

There is no denying it: I find Tokyo fascinating; The future of my industry and the world of Blade Runner and ShadowRun incarnated.
I first visited Tokyo in 2009 with my wife and we both loved the place. So alien… Read the rest of this article.

Abandoned restaurant

My new personal business cards made me reconsider how I promote social media profiles

As a digital designer making business card is not something I do for clients so it is not a familiar process. Adding to that I always find it much more difficult to design something for myself.
Initial design thoughts
I… Read the rest of this article.

Personal Business Card

Music is bad for the usability of your website… or is it?

The original version of this article can be seen at the award-winning Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.
Imagine a man taking a break from his overdue Powerpoint to surf the web a bit. He visits his favourite site only… Read the rest of this article.

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Could Facebook buying Instagram be Flickr’s biggest opportunity?

Yesterday Facebook bought Instagram!
Being a digital professional, I normally try to remain neutral to industry news like this, but I love my Instagram account so my reaction was… less controlled.
NOOOOOOO! Facebook buys Instagram :( blog.instagram.com/post/207850138… #in
— Robert… Read the rest of this article.

Resistance is Futile

Why I left the London digital design agency world and joined Capgemini’s UX team

I’ve just been watching a video of David Reed, a Principal Consultant for Capgemini Consulting, talking about his first 100 days with Capgemini and it made me think about why I, as a creative person, made the move to join… Read the rest of this article.

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The abusive relationship with digital interfaces

The Internet is still new compared with the length of existence of the human race, let alone the existence of the planet. Traditionally the Internet was built with technology (and technology constraints) in mind and users and usability much further… Read the rest of this article.

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How to create a professional website using WordPress as a non-digital Graphic Designer

On Twitter, a talented graphic designer I know recently asked how he could learn HTML code so he could become a digital designer (as in digital art director/UX designer rather than a digital artworker/template designer/frontend developer).
While knowing HTML has… Read the rest of this article.

Wordpress

Responsive design – The next evolutionary step in website design

Image generated using browsersize.googlelabs.com.The original version of this article can be seen at the award-winning Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.
If you have been involved in procuring a website chances are you would have heard pitching web designers say… Read the rest of this article.

Responsive Design

Love this: My Twitter activity as an infographic.

I’m a sucker for infographics. Get you Twitter infographic at visual.ly/twitter… Read the rest of this article.

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