This article is about asking challenging questions in business. One of the reasons why Design Inspiration is still designing websites and corporate IDs 20 years after I set it up, is that we make a point of asking ourselves the tough questions and learning from our answers.   It’s Easy To Avoid the Important Things Running your own business is tough work. You have to learn skills that you never previously dreamed you’d need....

The Harlem Shake is the latest viral video to grab the internet’s attention. Just 30 seconds long and horribly addictive, the Harlem Shake videos are everywhere. Now it seems there’s a formula which anyone can use to create their own viral Harlem Shake vid.   If you’re one of the few humans left who haven’t seen one, check out this website that displays randomly chosen Harlem Shake videos. If you’re curious...

The website for the Barbican Kitchen bistro on Plymouth Barbican. Barbican Kitchen is owned by celebrity chefs Chris Tanner and James Tanner.

The website for Tanners Restaurant, Plymouth, owned by celebrity chefs, James Tanner and Chris Tanner. Website designed by Design Inspiration.

The Brief Kate Harris commissioned a new website for her Bed and Breakfast business at Sandwell Famhouse. With a beautiful house, set in lovely gardens in the glorious Devon countryside, Kate needed a website where the photography would do full justice to her surroundings.  She also needed to be able to demonstrate and update easily her tasty breakfast menu, and display her tariff. Our Solution As soon as we saw Sandwell Farmhouse we knew that...