GoooOOo Girl! Go go GO GIRL!! So you can probably tell we’re really excited to share this latest addition with you. GO-GIRL which stands for Gaining Options-Girls Investigating Real Life, is an engaging program for middle school girls to help increase their confidence in their academic endeavors. With such energetic target audience, we couldn’t help [...]

The 5th World Usability Day and the 7th Annual Usability and Accessibility Conference at Michigan State University, will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on the MSU campus.
Designing for a Sustainable World
Designing for a Sustainable World focuses on how our products and services impact our world. The [...]

Turn your everyday photos into something that looks like it was taken by a semi-pro. This four-step tutorial is fun because it doesn’t require hard work and the final outcome never disappoint! Lets start!
STEP 1
Once you’ve picked your photo, Duplicate the layer.

STEP 2
With the duplicated layer selected, go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. This [...]

The University Pharmacy is a tenant of The Towers Residential Suites. They are a full pharmacy and open to the public. They came to us because their web presence was lacking, it was hard to find what they offered, promotions and basic information.
We took the needs of the pharmacy and its users and designed the [...]

Within the last year we have seen a dramatic increase for the demand of HTML emails.  To keep up with the demand we have created some default templates for schools and colleges, as well as a very basic template to keep the Wayne State University brand uniform across campus.
There are two basic methods on sending [...]

C&IT recently launched a new dashboard for applicants to check their admission status. It allows them to see at a glance what they applied for, the items they completed and what they still have outstanding. I will post more about the actual dashboard later.
This morning I was presented with their default login page to bring [...]

You probably have not noticed but we made a slight change to the flash panel on wayne.edu. In the top drawer we place success stories from around campus. But before you get to the stories it was designed to display a branding image.

Why this made sense then
It made sense when we first launched because it [...]

We just launched the redesigned and realigned TechTown Web site. Although it is not a department of the university TechTown is closely tied to us and provides high-technology startups with the resources they need to be successful. They approached our department to raise the stature of their site to match what is deserves.
New Site Features
Compacted [...]

We just launched the redesigned Government and Community Affairs Web site. The redesign was prompted by a need to expand functionality and their site outgrew the old navigation.
The design was inspired by a drive to simplify the navigation, the old site had 3 areas where a user could find links. Centralizing the links to the [...]

The admissions homepage grows every semester, new programs being promoted and others ending. For most prospective students this is the first or second (wayne.edu or a print piece being first) impression of the university. Making the page engaging is key since getting them to the site is half way to applying. Including a random student [...]