Insights

We are delighted the Wirehive 100 Awards have recognised the passion, skill and experience of Cyber-Duck’s leading figures for the second year in a row. Against a striking theatrical backdrop at Guildford’s G-Live, our CEO Danny was announced as their first Digital Leader of the Year, while our Design Director Craig took the the Creative of the Year crown. 

Our project with Cancer Research Technology has earned a third accolade! Ximbio was shortlisted for the UXUK Awards this year, amidst tough competition from household names including HSBC, NatWest and Amnesty International. As yet another benchmark for UX excellence in user-focused design, this collection of nominations demonstrates the power of our proven UX process.   

We are thrilled to announce the start of another project with the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI). This time, Cyber-Duck will rev up the IMI’s Professional Register: launching an integrated campaign to drive awareness and value to the professionals and organisations recognised. 

MozFest is an annual, hands-on festival held by the Mozilla Foundation that celebrates the open Web. It brings together technologists, industry leaders and creators to inspire, teach and hack innovative solutions with the community. Our team was thrilled to be a part of this year’s festivities, running our third workshop with MozFest – this time on user-centred design. 

From November 18, 2015, Cyber-Duck will be hosting drop-in hours at our Farringdon office every Wednesday. Come by for a chat with our experts over coffee, tea and croissants! We’re open to anyone in the community – from small businesses and social enterprises, to charities and independent projects.

With long-standing client Wilmington plc, Danny and Sylvain recently offered insights into the five key elements all businesses must include in their digital marketing strategies for 2016. Here are the main takeaways.

We’ve all been there: following a set brief to the letter, super glued to finding a screen-based solution. How can we break out of this narrow way of thinking, and design solutions that truly boost the user’s experience? Here, I explore a great new way of thinking, revealed by Golden Krishna in his fantastic ‘The Best Interface is No Interface’.

It’s time for Cyber-Duck’s fourth annual Quack Hack! Inspired by our business challenges, 19 ducks dreamed and developed creative, ambitious projects in our intensive, 24-hour Hackathon. Here’s a snapshot of our weekend.  

At this year’s Quack Hack, Craig and I teamed up to build ‘Can I Ride?’. Our animated app allows users to check the weather and see if the conditions are best for riding their scooters. More importantly, this project was a way for us to experiment with coding performance-optimised animations.