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This is a thoughtful blog about digital experiences. Design, development, concept, copywriting, SEO, social media marketing, usability... The lot.

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July 8th, 2011 by Ian

Silver Pistol design work for Australian Government awarded 'Site of the Day' at Awwwards

News just in: Our latest work has just been awarded the Site of the Day award at Awwwards.

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April 27th, 2011 by Ian

Motion Designer – Gary Nicholson

Gary Nicholson, one of our favourite designers has just updated his reel. Glad to announce Silver Pistol are collaborating on a project with him over the next few weeks.

showreel_11 from Gary Nicholson on Vimeo.

March 9th, 2011 by Ian

A new site for an awesome time tracker: Yast

You may have read a testimonial we blogged about a while back. We can now reveal who it was from: It was from Halvor Gregusson of Yast, after we first showed him his new design.

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March 4th, 2011 by Ian

Silver Pistol to design the new Austrade website for the Australian Government

We're pleased to announce we've been given the task of re-designing the Australian Government's new Austrade (Australian Trade Commission) website, to bring it into line with 'Brand Australia'. This is the third time we've won the contract. We must be doing something right!

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March 3rd, 2011 by Ian

See how WordPress can work for a corporate site

One of our latest creations, the shiny new Sefiani website, is live, and we're very proud of it. Built on a WordPress framework, the new site has more custom widgets than a widget factory!

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January 17th, 2011 by Ian

Queensland’s devastating floods: The silver lining

The people of Queensland are totally amazing. You’re probably tired of hearing people saying that, but they’re saying it because it’s true. I’ve been totally humbled by their generosity; here’s why…

My wife Karen and friend Lisa during Queensland flood cleanup

My family volunteered with the cleanup effort

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November 23rd, 2010 by Glenn

Feedback like this makes it all worthwhile

Blurred image of web design for post about client feedback
We're doing the web design, development, copy and information architecture for a very, VERY cool Web 2.0 tool. We can't tell you what it is yet (so stay tuned for that), but we can tell you we submitted the first draft of the home page copy and design (combined) today, and our client was extremely impressed. Of course, we knew he would be, but still it's always nice to hear positive feedback. And his was amazingly positive. This is what he emailed us (honestly!):

I woke up this morning and I prepared for a usual day at the office. My eyes fought to stay awake as I opened my laptop to read the morning news. Then I saw your e-mail. I got nervous and knew this was the moment I had been waiting for. And then, when I saw what you had sent, my head, my body, my nerves woke up simultaneously. I suddenly felt like the design I had come to discover. Fresh, natural and elegant. It was the morning I woke up to the great words and art of Silver Pistol.

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October 14th, 2010 by Ian

Guns blazing: Look what we've been working on…

Screen shot of web design mockup for Cali Made Me
Been a long time since we updated our blog and there's a good reason for it: we've been a touch busy!

Below are some sneak peaks at the work we've been doing, jobs we’ve won and work that’s live.

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July 22nd, 2010 by Glenn

Nice viral piece by Volkswagon… promoting their Facebook page

This HD vid speaks for itself.

June 24th, 2010 by Ian

World Cup: Rooney v Ozil = Shrek v Gollum? You decide…

Found this little gem this morning. Love it! Of course, I'm a pom, so clearly I'm biased. Good v Evil? You decide…

FIFA World Cup 2010: Rooney v Ozil, soccer's good v evil?