Following the closure of The Guild Coworking in Bath, tallhatDesign has relocated to 1-4 Daniel Mews, Bathwick, Bath BA2 6NG – home of Mytton Williams, and round the corner from the Holburne Museum. Please come and say hello, there is meeting space, coffee, and on a warm day maybe even a swift half in the …more
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New websites 2023/24
tallhatDesign has created a number of new websites over the last few months. From the charity sector – the Museum of Bath at Work, to a company right at the heart of the European energy trading market, Equias.org – as always the variety keeps things interesting. In most cases I have project managed and provided …more
Planning for a massive traffic spike – a BBC appearance with a positive outcome
David Hawcock is a leading paper engineer, and has been a client of tallhatDesign for over a decade. In January he was due to appear on BBC1’s primetime business pitch programme Dragons’ Den with a Pop-up Chess Set he’d invented. We knew we’d need to carefully consider the website hosting and plan for this event. …more
Noel Gay Artists – WordPress development
At tallhatDesign, we had the privilege of rebranding and relaunching noelgay.com in 2022. We played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s new brand identity and creating a modern and user-friendly website. During the rebranding phase, we worked closely with the client to understand their vision and goals for the brand. We helped them to …more
The Big Blue Sea Kayak Challenge
“He’s just rounded the Lizard!” The great thing about being web designer is the fun projects that sometimes come along. Where you get to learn new things and help out in some way with someone’s project. A couple of years ago I started building a site for a friend who was retiring from the Fire …more
twentyfifty – WordPress development
tallhatDesign was instrumental in the launch of twentyfifty.co.uk in 2021. We were involved early on in a re-branding project, and then the build of the multi-lingual website and training of internal staff to manage content and layouts in English and German. New developments for the site are underway for 2022. Another website and branding project …more
Don’t copy the biggest sites out there
Website design, with its usability factors and functionality, can be a tricky business. There’s a lot to think about and juggle, from branding and the ‘graphic design’ side of things, to SEO, to mobile and touch device testing, to conversion rates and ‘reducing friction’. If you’re designing for a medium or large organisation you’re likely …more
Launched in 2019 – some new websites
2019 was a busy year. A new tallhat.com website is underway but in the meantime I thought I’d post a few new projects that have been delivered recently. Some of these have yet to make it to the portfolio… Farmhouse A brand new hotel in the Catskills (up-state New York) – tallhatDesign designed and built …more
New website for The Filter
New website design and build for The Filter (also based at the Guild coworking) https://thefilter.com
Applescript app to batch convert Apple Pages files to PDFs (drag and drop)
I spent a long time trying to find a simple way to batch (bulk) convert .pages files to PDFs on a mac. There were a few Applescript examples online, but I couldn’t get anything working with a simple drag and drop compiled app. Perhaps older Applescript versions that were no longer working with High Sierra? …more