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Making Your Application Look Sexy




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What You’ll Learn Today

   ‣ How Visuals Support Brand
   ‣ Applying This to Mobile
   ‣ Review of Your Apps
   ‣ Review of Icons

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Jason@gravityswitch.com


              Web / iPhone / iPad
              Technology serves business
              Educator
              Author




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I Like Tricky Problems




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And You Are?




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             people. people. Award-winning Websites done right.
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Why You’re Here


        Existing App

        New App




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Type of App

                 Games
                 Utilities
                 Productivity
                 Music/Photo/Video
                 Other




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App Pricing

      Free!   $0.00

         $    $.99 - $2.99

       $$     $3.99 - $9.99

      $$$     $9.99+

         ?    Other (internal app)


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Company Size

       Lone Gunslinger

       2-10 employees/partners

       11-100 employees

       100+ employee company




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iPhone vs. iPad




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Android & Others

        Apple only shop

        Getting into Android too

        We do both

        Anything else? HTML5?




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What You’re Best At

          Programming

          Designing

          Usability

          Other




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Your Design Experience

         Crayons

         Use Photoshop well

         Design 5 color palettes from this:

         Win awards for graphic design




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Pay Attention


Can you tell which are professional?




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Which...
     Stood out as good or bad?




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Worth $1b?




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Built in bedroom?




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Built for Geeks?




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Are Consumer Apps?




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Why did you think that?




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Sorry... I Lied
      24 Judgement Calls in 7 Seconds
            • Money
            • Education
            • Interest
            • Etc.




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What is Brand?




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Brand = Feelings, Not Logo




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What Does Your App Do?



          In 140 characters




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Who Uses Your App?



          In 140 characters




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What Do You Want People to FEEL?



           In 3 words




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Dig Deeper With One Of Yours




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Dig Deeper With One Of Yours


          National brands




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Dig Deeper With One Of Yours


          National brands
          What do you expect?




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Dig Deeper With One Of Yours


          National brands
          What do you expect?
          What emotions?




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Visually Defining a Brand


       Mood Boards




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Style Guides are Dumb




                                                 55
                                                 pages
                                                       !




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Please Don’t Do This




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Try a Mood Board




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Try a Mood Board




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Try a Mood Board

                   Spend 15 minutes
                   Pick one:
                     Posters
                     Pictures
                     Fonts
                     Colors
If you haven’t gone too far...

       you haven’t done your job.




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Remember


       It doesn’t matter if you like it
       It doesn’t matter if your boss likes it
       It matters if it works




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How to Hire Designers


         2 hours
         5-10 people
         Pay them for their time
         Mood Boards and Designs
         You’ll know who to work with




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Do You Have Style?




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Main Menu




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Main Menu




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Main Menu




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Main Menu




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Main Menu




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Colored Nav




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Colored Nav




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Main Menu




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Fonts




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Serif vs. Sans-Serif?




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Serif vs. Sans-Serif?

 Serif = conservative




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Serif vs. Sans-Serif?

 Serif = conservative   Sans-Serif = Modern




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Serif vs. Sans-Serif?

    When in doubt, use Sans-Serif.

         ‣ Easy to read small
         ‣ More common



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Strange Fonts are Hard to Use




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Strange Fonts are Hard to Use



       tre
           nd     s pa
                       ss

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What else to know


   ‣ Buy your fonts
   ‣ 3 fonts MAXIMUM
   ‣ Spacing m a t t e r s
   ‣ Arial and Verdana are good choices


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Colors




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Colors Matter




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Colors Matter




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Colors Matter




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Colors are HARD


2 years of focused practice




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A Good Color Palette Has...


                5-7 Colors
                2 that stand out
                3-5 that are related




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colorblender.com
Shortcut 1: Online




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Shortcut 2: From a Picture




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Shortcut 2: From a Picture




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What else to know




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What else to know


   ‣ Match your saturation level




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What else to know


   ‣ Match your saturation level
   ‣ More saturation isn’t better




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What else to know


   ‣ Match your saturation level
   ‣ More saturation isn’t better
   ‣ Contrast is eye-catching




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What else to know


   ‣ Match your saturation level
   ‣ More saturation isn’t better
   ‣ Contrast is eye-catching
   ‣ Too much contrast = a Kmart flier


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How to Start




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Prototypes vs. Wireframes




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Prototypes vs. Wireframes




    I’d suggest a prototype because it’s so new.


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Rules of Thumb




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Rules of Thumb

    Cartoons don’t work (usually)




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Rules of Thumb

    Cartoons don’t work (usually)
    Don’t use clip art, other than icons




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Rules of Thumb

    Cartoons don’t work (usually)
    Don’t use clip art, other than icons
    Don’t use more than 3 font families (2 is better)




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Rules of Thumb

    Cartoons don’t work (usually)
    Don’t use clip art, other than icons
    Don’t use more than 3 font families (2 is better)
    Know if you want to stand out, or catch up




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A Golden Rule of Design

    If you lean back in your chair and can’t easily
    tell what you changed in the past 10 minutes,
    it’s time to stop working.
                         - Christine Mark




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Critiques




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Critiques are about being critical. If you’re not
brave enough to try something that doesn’t work,
             you’re a bad designer.



 Be Brave and send something to my Dropbox
  and we’ll help you find what works and what
 doesn’t work. You’ll be a better designer for it.




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Icons




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Icons


What Can We Learn From Logos?




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Batch 1




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Batch 2




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What’s the difference?




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There’s Also These Guys




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Icons Should Be Iconic


                    Don’t tell a story
                    Give one feeling
                    Keep shapes simple
                    Don’t overdo it




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Other Icon Tips



             Don’t hack the highlight away
             Don’t put chrome around the edge




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Improve Someone’s Icon
        Share With Us



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Ask Me Questions!




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  • 2. What You’ll Learn Today ‣ How Visuals Support Brand ‣ Applying This to Mobile ‣ Review of Your Apps ‣ Review of Icons gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 3. Jason@gravityswitch.com Web / iPhone / iPad Technology serves business Educator Author gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 8. Why You’re Here Existing App New App gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 9. Type of App Games Utilities Productivity Music/Photo/Video Other gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 12. iPhone vs. iPad gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 13. Android & Others Apple only shop Getting into Android too We do both Anything else? HTML5? gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 14. What You’re Best At Programming Designing Usability Other gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 15. Your Design Experience Crayons Use Photoshop well Design 5 color palettes from this: Win awards for graphic design gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 23. Are Consumer Apps? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 26. What is Brand? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 27. Brand = Feelings, Not Logo gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 28. What Does Your App Do? In 140 characters gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 29. Who Uses Your App? In 140 characters gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 30. What Do You Want People to FEEL? In 3 words gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 31. Dig Deeper With One Of Yours gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 32. Dig Deeper With One Of Yours National brands gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 33. Dig Deeper With One Of Yours National brands What do you expect? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 34. Dig Deeper With One Of Yours National brands What do you expect? What emotions? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 35. Visually Defining a Brand Mood Boards gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 36. Style Guides are Dumb 55 pages ! gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 37. Please Don’t Do This gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 38. Try a Mood Board gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 39. Try a Mood Board gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 40.
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  • 42. Try a Mood Board Spend 15 minutes Pick one: Posters Pictures Fonts Colors
  • 43. If you haven’t gone too far... you haven’t done your job. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 44. Remember It doesn’t matter if you like it It doesn’t matter if your boss likes it It matters if it works gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 45. How to Hire Designers 2 hours 5-10 people Pay them for their time Mood Boards and Designs You’ll know who to work with gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 46. Do You Have Style? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 50. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 51. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 52. Colored Nav gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 53. Colored Nav gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 54. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 55. Fonts gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 56. Serif vs. Sans-Serif? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 57. Serif vs. Sans-Serif? Serif = conservative gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 58. Serif vs. Sans-Serif? Serif = conservative Sans-Serif = Modern gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 59. Serif vs. Sans-Serif? When in doubt, use Sans-Serif. ‣ Easy to read small ‣ More common gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 60. Strange Fonts are Hard to Use gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 61. Strange Fonts are Hard to Use tre nd s pa ss gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 62. What else to know ‣ Buy your fonts ‣ 3 fonts MAXIMUM ‣ Spacing m a t t e r s ‣ Arial and Verdana are good choices gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 63. Colors gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 64. Colors Matter gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 65. Colors Matter gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 66. Colors Matter gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 67. Colors are HARD 2 years of focused practice gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 68. A Good Color Palette Has... 5-7 Colors 2 that stand out 3-5 that are related gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 69. colorblender.com Shortcut 1: Online gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 70. Shortcut 2: From a Picture gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 71. Shortcut 2: From a Picture gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 72. What else to know gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 73. What else to know ‣ Match your saturation level gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 74. What else to know ‣ Match your saturation level ‣ More saturation isn’t better gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 75. What else to know ‣ Match your saturation level ‣ More saturation isn’t better ‣ Contrast is eye-catching gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 76. What else to know ‣ Match your saturation level ‣ More saturation isn’t better ‣ Contrast is eye-catching ‣ Too much contrast = a Kmart flier gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 77. How to Start gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 78. Prototypes vs. Wireframes gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 79. Prototypes vs. Wireframes I’d suggest a prototype because it’s so new. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 80. Rules of Thumb gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 81. Rules of Thumb Cartoons don’t work (usually) gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 82. Rules of Thumb Cartoons don’t work (usually) Don’t use clip art, other than icons gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 83. Rules of Thumb Cartoons don’t work (usually) Don’t use clip art, other than icons Don’t use more than 3 font families (2 is better) gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 84. Rules of Thumb Cartoons don’t work (usually) Don’t use clip art, other than icons Don’t use more than 3 font families (2 is better) Know if you want to stand out, or catch up gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 85. A Golden Rule of Design If you lean back in your chair and can’t easily tell what you changed in the past 10 minutes, it’s time to stop working. - Christine Mark gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 86. Critiques gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 87. Critiques are about being critical. If you’re not brave enough to try something that doesn’t work, you’re a bad designer. Be Brave and send something to my Dropbox and we’ll help you find what works and what doesn’t work. You’ll be a better designer for it. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 88. Icons gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 89. Icons What Can We Learn From Logos? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 90. Batch 1 gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 91. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 92. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 93. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 94. Batch 2 gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 95. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 96. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 97. What’s the difference? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 98. There’s Also These Guys gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 99. Icons Should Be Iconic Don’t tell a story Give one feeling Keep shapes simple Don’t overdo it gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 100. Other Icon Tips Don’t hack the highlight away Don’t put chrome around the edge gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 101. Improve Someone’s Icon Share With Us jason@gravityswitch.com #jasonNmark gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 102. Ask Me Questions! jason@gravityswitch.com #jasonNmark gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.

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