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Nice place to see the possibilities of interaction from Hakim.se

2010 has seen our good relationship with global brand L’Oreal continue, with lots of new work coming our way.

Here’s a quick break down of what we’ve been up to:

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As ever, it’s always good to receive recognition for the effort of so many (client and agency side). So it thrills me to say that the site We Love designed and developed for Sony Ericsson’s Mobile World Congress last month has been received so well by our peers within the industry. Peaking at number 4 in the Design Charts, Site of the Day on Design Licks, Being reviewed in Creative Review as well as being listed in many other ‘hot pick’ sites…

So. Congrats to the team! A job well jobbed!

Well Friday was interesting… We all went to Chessington World of Adventures as a half year treat (a bit late I know… well we have been extremely busy) and a thank you to our staff for their continued good work and efforts. Unfortunately Gav couldn’t make at as he had some deliveries to do… now that is commitment.

Fun was had by all – Company allocated: amount of fun based on time of service – especially the kids. Parents had their hands full trying to teach them the fundamentals of queuing, but still… a lesson learned by us more than them. Some even managed to have some adult rides where height was not a restriction.

Well here are a few choice piccies (the camera battery ran out… so a bit limited). Check out James eldest viewing my sons builders butt… hmmm. Perv.

James definitely proved that White Men Can’t Jump when we were busy winning badly made stuffed toys to keep the kids quiet. Mark proved that he can throw like a girl and still land a hoop or two.

Dan, Mel and James hope you enjoyed yourself. Well Dan did in the adventure park… more than the kids… worryingly…

Gav we missed you. You may have your company allocated fun at another pre-agreed date

We Love would like to say hi to our latest intergalactic, feel the force, I didn’t know it was my sister HERO.

Gareth joins our design team this fine summers day. We could be bothered to put a real pic up as he actually does look like the young Skywalker. Hence the Star Wars reference and the plastic doll. Talks wierd as well – either he is from a different galaxy or… sittingbourne… one of the two…

So Hello Gareth!!

Have you noticed that, when showing cross-sells and upsells, many eCommerce sites hijack you off the page you’re looking at to view the suggested item, often with no way back to the other page without hitting back?  Surely this is not the most usable way to suggest products and improve merchandising conversion rate. The same bad experience is applied when you wish to view your cart… why is this?

Surely cross-sell usability is a factor in their effectiveness. But how can you show customers information about cross-sells without forcing them to abandon the page they’re viewing? How do you create a fluid experience that is based on years of ingrained ‘real world’ habits. Not just reinvented and forever changing behaviours of a fledgling medium.

Answers on a postcard? No! Just wait for the launch of Sugagloss. Our soon to be launched flash based eCommerce / Magento driven site that is 100% SEO friendly. By reviewing best practice and rethinking how shoppers behave (and applying the real world physychology employed by successful retailers) we have advanced the design and user experience of the online shopping experience for our client, creating on page (and relevant) cross / up selling and purchase process that doesn’t break the rich user experience. We have taken one step in removing the barriers…

Keep checking back for the big launch!!

Well I still haven’t got my Eames Lounge Chair yet… . It will come… but I did happen across this rather interesting talk on TED by Eames Demetrios. A little disjointed but a rather beautiful insight into the Eames design process.

Fine news today… We Love 72 were contacted by the Creative Agency Awards for inclusion into the 2009 publication of the top 99 global creative agencies (both offline and online), for works to date including We Own Colour, We Love Xmas 2008, and Digital Gurus.

The book to be published this year will be on general sale through all good book shops. This is not a plug, but a quantitative comment. The book being for sale allows the Creative Agency Awards to select agencies on creative merit rather than have agencies but their way in. A rather refreshing quality in a world of agency owned award ceromonies…

Will let you know more as it happens…

Welcome on board Mr Josh Michnik. The latest in a line of winners who have chosen We Love to design and build a digital folio for his company Charles Lee Loves You!

Josh is a master of Film / Video, plying his trade for the likes of Ferrari, Redbull, Nokia, VH1, Diesel among others… So he is pretty good. Having previously worked with him, when a Creative Director at AKQA, I knew of his talent. We Love actually employed him to do a little digital work for us on our recently launched DigitalGurus site, prior to us Flashing the hell out of it.

Originally from Canada, then London, He’s now on his way to LA, where he will be busy making his mark stateside. He called me and asked if I could help him with a major site revamp. His major concern was his online presence didn’t match the quality of his work. We took the challenge. We now have our first client in the US of A.

Congrats to us… and to Josh for he obviously has very good taste… I mean he is heading to LA…

This week the We Love team went spreading the love to the movers and shakers of the Kent business community.  Held at the Kent County Showground, 2020 Vision is Kent’s largest business exhibition and conference.

With an estimated 350 companies and over 3,500 attendees, the black themed ‘We love…No bullshit. No ego. Pure creativity’ stand really helped us stand out (as if we need any more help with that, especially with Gav’s new haircut!) and generated a lot of interest in both our creativity and 6 kilo’s of Haribo bears..!

Many thanks to all those that stopped by to say hi