We joined Twitter almost five years ago, and we now have more than 800 followers. We love the way that Twitter allows us to interact with the schools that use Serif in their classrooms. We spend a lot of time building, tweaking and testing our different software programs for our …
Scandinavian design wasn’t fully recognized until the 1950’s, but since then we have seen a rise in the Scandinavian inspired home, perhaps originating from the introduction of Ikea, and the popularity of a minimalistic look.
To many of us our homes are a haven – for relaxation, quality time alone, …
Optical illusions are images that can be deceptive or misleading to our brains, and can involve patterns, colours or shapes. What is actually happening to our brain is it is processing a “one tenth of a second” delay, which means it has to try and predict what comes next, and …
There are people you just can’t help but love. And Sir Ken Robinson is one of those people.
“The most important thing a teacher can do for students is to keep their curiosity alive”, says education guru Sir Ken Robinson. Over a thousand educators gave Robinson — who gave the …
October 31st is most notably Halloween. But people all over the country were looking forward to more than just dressing up in their fright night outfits and trick or treating. Because October 31st 2016 was the day that Apple launched its new iOS 10.2 set of Emoji’s.
Hard to …
The season of goodwill is nearly upon us, and we felt it only right that we helped with the festivities. And what better way than to combine fun with computer based learning! Arts and crafts are not just exciting for a group of schoolchildren but it also has some great …
Following on from last’s weeks theme of making mistakes (which, let’s face it, we all do from time to time!), here are some examples of what mistakes students might make while using the Serif Design Suite and how they can learn from them. Feel free to share these with your …
“Being creative in today’s fast-moving, tech-driven world requires a particular set of skills that goes beyond fact-based learning: problem-solving; creative thinking; and the ability to experiment, fail and try again,” says Lucy Jolin, writing for the Guardian newspaper this month. “But is our education system set up to deliver innovation …
The new school term brings with it a whole host of mixed emotions for teachers. After 6 weeks of relaxation and reflection, and generally having some down time (although those with kids may not have had any of this!) it is time to pack away the sun cream, pull out …
Whilst reading an article on watches, it made me think. Do advances in technology (say for example in computing) necessarily make things better? Or do they in fact add unnecessary complication to our lives?
Take watches as an example.
The article I was reading examined the art of Breguet luxury …