Mirvastudio Design Blog

Welcome to the Mirvastudio Blog. As designers, we like to keep a record of things that catch our eye to use for both inspiration, and as a way to stay on top of trends. We also like to share with our friends and clients what we're up to.

Cancun Color Palette

November 2nd, 2008 | Colors, Landscapes & Cityscapes

A nice beachy color palette from a photo of Cancun, Mexico.

Cancun, Mexico color palette

Why companies should not block facebook

November 2nd, 2008 | Business, Technology News

A good article to show to HR, Social networking sites “good for businesses”.

LONDON (Reuters) - Good news for workers addicted to Facebook, Bebo and MySpace — a British think-tank says bosses should not stop their staff using social networking sites because they could actually benefit their firms. The report by Demos said encouraging employees to use networking technologies to build relationships and closer links with colleagues and customers could help businesses rather than damage them. Author Peter Bradwell said that while companies were using specific systems to share information, online social networking sites could also play a role, helping with productivity, innovation and democratic working.

CSS, Project, and Graphic Resources

November 2nd, 2008 | Artwork, Code & Tools

Here are a few useful links I encountered today worth checking out.

GoInCase.com

November 2nd, 2008 | Web Design

GoInCase.com is a nice, sleek, black website.

Sleek black website at goincase.com.

Selected Healthcare Websites

September 8th, 2008 | Web Design

Here are a couple nice websites in the health care industry. Roseville Health uses nice color and imagery. ORlive has a ton of information on its main page but displays it in an approachable way.

Roseville Health Website

ORlive Website

Javascript in Modern Web Design

September 8th, 2008 | Code & Tools

WebDesignerWall.com has a nice list of Javascript resources for use in modern web design. Some that I’ve used before, will use again, and/or will need to check out (again) are listed below.

Tennis Action Color Palette

August 30th, 2008 | Colors

I like the colors in this action shot of a tennis player. It makes me want to design some sort of tennis-related website. Any ideas?

Tennis Color Palette

3rings and Tennis Balls

August 29th, 2008 | Product Design

This post about tennis ball furniture features something close to my heart in a totally different way. As a tennis player, I find these super cool. (Though I’m not sure how it’d look in my living room.) The blog is well designed too; I’ll follow it.