What can you say about Umbra’s globally recognizable design of home products that hasn’t been said? Let’s just put it this way, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City has an Umbra trash … Continued
At Doejo we spend lots of time with our hands on keyboards, tablets or mices and coffees and our eyes glued to screens. No one really thinks of the hazards of the workplace at … Continued
We’ve got quite the talented artist/ illustrator in our midst here at Doejo. It’s hard to pinpoint when Homeless Cop (AKA Jason Fennell) first caught our eye but his work started to snowball into numerous … Continued
Chicago is stacked with the finest gastropubs and neighborhood bars, but sometimes its patrons become fickle. When you own and operate a restaurant in this city — or in Pioneer Tavern Groups’ case, three restaurants … Continued
Time for another roundup of what we’re up to at doejo… I think this is going to become tradition. This week Rachel is putting together a new site for our friends at Soupbox, Marko is … Continued
So you’ve been able to add Typekit fonts to your WordPress blog, but today it’s got a whole lot easier! Typekit is now integrated with WordPress. Starting today, a new Custom Design upgrade provides a visual … Continued
Silence is golden, time is money.. An average human brain weighs about 3 lb, has a volume of around 1130 cubic centimeters. At the age of 20, a typical human has around 176,000 km (149,000 km for females) … Continued
The problem: a user needs to select multiple items from long list. When confronted with this in a recent project, we searched for the most user-friendly solution. The ‘Default’ An example would be selecting your favorite … Continued
Helping to launch young entrepreneurs with an audacious business plan is only our specialty. Our buddies Mark and Jon Sider from Highland Park, IL. had such an idea for a recovery sports drink called Greater … Continued
Bibliophiles and fair-weather bookworms alike will enjoy recommendation-driven app BookYap, the brainchild of local entrepreneur Hallie Steube. It’s kind of like Netflix and eHarmony in the way it connects users but instead of movies and … Continued
Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofski can spot a good startup concept a mile away. As two of the founders of Groupon, they decided to start venture fund Lightbank which now employees more than 5000 people … Continued
I use keyboard shortcuts heavily. There’s one thing that always annoyed me on Mac. To close an application one would hit “Command + Q”. When you in multi-tab application such as browser to close a … Continued
When it comes to creative art direction and branding, nobody does it better than Doejo. Recently, we’ve had the pleasure of partnering with Strobe, a West Coast tech startup from the creator of SproutCore, Charles … Continued
A great before and after story we love to tell comes from Chicago-born webzine, Consequence of Sound. This four-year-old site covers the worldwide music scene while keeping readers in the know on music festival info — … Continued
With everyone wrapped up in tailoring a personal web experience for every individual, have we all been lead into information isolationism? See Eli Pariser’s presentation on TED. BONUS – How to avoid the filter bubble … Continued
Here’s a perfect example of our savvy app-crafting skills: TinyVox. Check it — we created an app that digitally records sound bites, lectures, snippets of you spittin’ rhyme for that country-techno concept album you’re working … Continued
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