The team at Graphic Mint are delighted to announce to our friends and clients the completion of one of our latest and fastest projects: the Cannonball Run website! Oh, and by ‘fastest’ we mean the feel of it, not the time it took us to design it and build it! Cannonball Ireland is an annual [...]

Ah, college, those were the days, right? Everyone here at Graphic Mint has fond memories of our days at college. Studying at a high level institution must be one of the top goals for everyone, either for themselves or for their children. It’s no easy task getting there, so once you achieve that you must [...]

(Focus on the User! Part 2 of 3) As seen in the previous post, designing a product (a website for instance) calls for thoughtful research on the user experience. And that requires to study habits, needs and idiosyncrasies of users. So then, what exactly are we supposed to be looking for? The Aim of the [...]

The Past and the Present Amongst insiders, it is simply referred to as UX: User Experience. This is the subject that’s leading research and bringing the most remarkable innovation in the design industry. Getting straight to the point, companies where usability decisions are still dictated by engineers or graphics designers are becoming part of the [...]

I had a fantastic time at WebExpo Prague – as a presenter and as an attendee. I am impressed by the level and scale of innovation that is bubbling here in Prague – truly a web hub to watch out for. The Czech hosts were super-organised and very hospitable! Slides View more presentations from Seamus [...]

Finally, after months of over, under and just right designing we are launching the new Graphic Mint Website and Graphic Mind Blog! A Web Design company’s own website is often the most difficult task to finish. Firstly, there is the “Cobbler’s Children” factor.  The tale goes that the cobbler’s children have the worst footwear of [...]