Leonie Senior Designer

Blog posts by Leonie:

What is it like to work at Distilled?

By Leonie. Published September 2, 2011 in the Distilled category

A few months ago now, Andrew Martinolich joined us for a 2 month internship, working just 2 days per week. He has written about his experience whilst working at Distilled, which provides an insight into what it is like to Continue reading »

Distilled’s new Events Branding – Logo Design

By Leonie. Published August 12, 2011 in the Distilled, London Link Love 2011, Web Design category

Over the past month or so the Distilled Design and Events team have been working hard to rebrand Distilled’s events. But why are we rebranding our events? Earlier this year we held two link building conferences, one in London and Continue reading »

What Everybody Ought to Know About Twitter Backgrounds

By Leonie. Published February 12, 2010 in the Social Media, Web Design category

What is your Twitter background? A random photograph strangely filling only a quarter of the screen? Or perhaps a slightly pixelated company logo in the top left hand corner? Or maybe you’re a minimalist… just a plain colour background for Continue reading »

The Perfect Client – Potters Fields Park

By Leonie. Published October 7, 2009 in the Reputation Monitor category

Don’t you just love it when things run smoothly? It becomes clear that a harmonious working relationship, like any relationship, involves input from both parties. Without equal effort from the client, and the team they have hired, business relationships can Continue reading »

Usability versus Dyslexia

By Leonie. Published August 12, 2009 in the Distilled, Web Design category

Legibility guidelines for dyslexia often conflict with usability conventions for websites. My challenge was to find a way of designing a website that adhered to both sets of rules. Background: Just before embarking on the new website design for the Continue reading »

How using banner ads can help increase traffic to your site

By Leonie. Published March 30, 2009 in the Reputation Monitor category

Banner ads: no one really likes them. They’re not interesting to create, they look pretty horrible and, quite frankly, they can be very annoying. So why have we just uploaded a new banner ad to promote our Reputation Monitor?  These Continue reading »

What makes designing for the web different to designing for Print?

By Leonie. Published March 5, 2009 in the Web Design category

Design for the web is considerably different to designing for print. This post discusses ten ways they differ and explains how we at Distilled design for the web. As a web designer, I’m constrained by the build. Not all designers Continue reading »

The Five Second Test usability tool

By Leonie. Published January 22, 2009 in the Reputation Monitor category

The five second test is a simple usability test that helps you measure the effectiveness of your user interfaces.  Distilled have been using this tool to discover what users notice most about our website.   The tool works by flashing Continue reading »

Inspiration away from the computer

By Leonie. Published January 13, 2009 in the Reputation Monitor category

Hello, I am Leonie the designer here at Distilled, I wanted to share how I gather inspiration at the beginning of a project, and also to ask how you get yours. There is only so much inspiration I can gather Continue reading »

Conversion Rate Experts – The tricks of the trade

By Leonie. Published August 11, 2008 in the Reputation Monitor category

Following on from my previous conversion rate posts, I’ve been checking out the suggestions made by our friends The Conversion Rate Experts – who always have good advice for turning visitors into paying customers. They have recently redesigned their website, Continue reading »