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Why Your Law Firm Deserves More Than a Template: Custom Website Design for Legal Practices in South Africa

September 7, 2026

In an industry built on trust, precision and reputation, your website is often the first and most scrutinised impression a prospective client will ever have of your practice. ...

Why AI Website Builders Outperform Template-First Platforms in Flexibility and Speed

August 17, 2026

For years, template-first website builders like Wix, GoDaddy, and. Shop...

Best Web Design Companies in South Africa: Top 10 Verified Agencies (2026)

July 28, 2026

South African businesses don’t need another website. They need a ...

AI Website Design and Development for best results!

July 15, 2026

Why Your Next Website Should Be Built by a Machine (Managed by Humans W...

Mobile-First Website Design: Why It’s Essential for Businesses in 2026

July 14, 2026

Most of your visitors are already on their phones. If your website was ...

The 3-Second Rule: Ultimate Tips To Capture User Attention Instantly

July 2, 2026

Visitors decide whether to stay on a website or leave within three seco...

Custom Website vs Template: Which Is Better for Your Business?

June 8, 2026

Your website is often the very first interaction customers have with yo...

Hidden Issues You Didn’t Think About – AI Website Builders

April 7, 2026

AI is no longer a futuristic concept – it’s here, embedded in the...

Why a Professional Website is the Best Investment for Your Business

March 3, 2026

In today’s digital age, your website is often the first interaction pot...

The Exciting New AI Website Design SEO Trends To Use

February 2, 2026

In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, the way we build websites is ...

5 Reasons To Redesign Your Website NOW!

January 8, 2026

Because your first impression shouldn’t feel like 2012. At KNOWN we’re ...

Want your website to rank higher on Google? Here are our ultimate tips.

December 10, 2025

In today’s digital world, speed isn’t a luxury – it’s an expectation. W...

The Future of Website Design + Amazing New Trends for 2026

November 18, 2025

At Known Design, we’ve always believed that websites are more than just...

How great Website Design impacts SEO now!

October 3, 2025

In 2025, the line between beautiful design and smart SEO has completely...

Skills that Creative Agencies look for when hiring a new Designer

October 2, 2025

Design agencies are looking for a combination of creativity, technical ...

Neuromarketing in Website & UX Design: How to Make Your Site Speak to the Brain

September 8, 2025

Ever wonder why some websites make you click, scroll, and buy without e...

Pixels vs Code: Why Designers and Developers Clash (and How to Fix It)

August 29, 2025

Designers love to imagine perfect worlds. A clean grid, a balance of wh...

Top Design Mistakes Clients Make (And How We Fix Them)

August 19, 2025

Being a designer isn’t just about making things look good, it’s about s...

The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Website Security in 2025

August 4, 2025

Best Practices, AI Threats & How to Stay Safe WordPress powers over...

Scary truth about the environmental cost of AI behind-the-scenes!

June 26, 2025

What really powers AI? Data Centres, Energy Use, and the Environmental ...

Ultimate Must know Pros and Cons of AI in Website Design

May 8, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly transformed the website ...

Top 10 Best WordPress Security Practices

April 10, 2025

A website is often the most valuable asset for individuals and business...

Understanding the Impact of AI on Web Development

February 28, 2025

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is the fastest-growing technology that is ...

Top 10 Web trends you have to see!

January 7, 2025

Keeping up with all the latest and greatest creative enhancements to th...

Things I’ve learnt while being a web designer

December 20, 2024

Getting pushed into the deep end in the fast and non stop moving world ...

What you need to know before selecting a Website Design and Development Agency

November 8, 2024

Choosing the right website design and development agency is a big decis...

Mastering User Experience Design Easily For Incredible Results!

August 26, 2024

The internet is competitive, so it is beneficial to create websites tha...

10 Best Web Design Agencies in South Africa 2024

July 29, 2024

We are happy to announce that Known Design has just been awarded 2nd pl...

Top Digital Marketing Trends To Grow Your Business Right Now!

July 9, 2024

Digital marketing changes constantly and quickly as it evolves. Staying...

Google AI Overviews Delivering Crazy Incorrect Results In The USA.

June 3, 2024

In recent months, Google launched their new AI-powered search tool in t...

How did you know you wanted to be a designer?

May 17, 2024

We all have something that draws us into the arts, whether you were dra...

Top 10 Tips for Creating an Optimised Logo Design for Print and Web

January 24, 2024

A well-designed logo is essential for brand recognition and success. Ho...

The Ultimate Website Design and Development Trends That Drive Results

November 21, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, having a well-designed and perfectl...

How To Increase Your Website Revenue With Neuroscience

November 15, 2023

In today’s digital age, user experience (UX design) plays a vital...

The Top Five Assumptions Clients Make When Hiring a Design Agency

November 10, 2023

Hiring a design agency is an important decision that can greatly impact...

How to Optimise Your WordPress Website For Success

July 3, 2023

Optimising your WordPress website for Google’s page one ranking r...

Five real issues that slow down your WordPress website, and how to fix them.

June 12, 2023

WordPress is the most popular content management system globally and po...

Revolutionising Design with AI: How to Improve your design, website design and web development

May 3, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of our lives, ...

Want To Know Why A Beautiful Custom Built WordPress Website In South Africa Is Best?

April 20, 2023

When building a custom WordPress website in South Africa, there are sev...

10 Best Website Design Trends That Continue To Dominate

April 3, 2023

The power of web is virtually limitless and constantly improving by the...

Top Five Benefits Of A Custom-Built WordPress Website

March 27, 2023

Many of our clients have attempted to build their own websites, and fai...

Picture perfect: Tippity top tips when choosing images for your website

March 1, 2023

A picture speaks a thousand words, even on the interwebs. Ugh, we’ve he...

The (Almost) Complete Guide To Web Designer Shopping

January 24, 2023

New year, new website, new ways to conquer the world wide web. Splendid...

The Year Your Website Makes It BIG!

January 5, 2023

Let’s look New Year Resolutions straight in the eye right here, right n...

Stay Safe From Online Scammers This Festive Season

December 19, 2022

Don’t become a victim to online fraud this holiday (or ever!). Yo...

Will Web Designers Save The World?

December 5, 2022

Newsflash! We’re still passionate about doing our bit to help transform...

Recycling Your Content: The Purpose Of Repurposing

November 7, 2022

These days, recycling is not just a trend. It’s a lifestyle, a re...

Our Website Design And Development Process

October 26, 2022

We start with a consultation to truly understand your business, industr...

Wouldn’t it be great if clients came with warning labels?

October 3, 2022

How do you know if a client is going to be trouble? Red flags, people! ...

SURFING THE NET . . . AND OTHER MYSTERIES

August 29, 2022

Back in the day, in the dawn of time, the Internet was difficult to nav...

The Host With The Most

August 4, 2022

About Hackers And Cold Hard Cash We all know that web hosting is the th...

WEBSITE DESIGN VS WEB DEVELOPMENT

July 5, 2022

ARE THEY THE SAME ANIMAL? The whole website design vs web development c...

Newsflash: Experience Is Everything (Surprise!)

June 3, 2022

Consumers are looking for the personal touch. For real this time. Is it...

The Mysterious VPN

May 3, 2022

What You Should Know Have you seen this VPN? No? Well that’s the point....

To Plugin Or Not To Plugin?

April 8, 2022

A WEB DESIGN CONUNDRUM This is a cautionary tale about when more is too...

The Known Guide to Web Design Trends 2022 – Part 2

March 18, 2022

Well, lookie here! More website design trends for 2022, but this time a...

The Known Guide to Web Design Trends 2022

February 23, 2022

From bleached eyebrows to the revival of the cowboy boot, it’s a ...

Your Easy Guide: Multi-Page Brochure vs Single-Page Websites

February 4, 2022

When it comes to choosing between multi-page brochure or single-page si...

The Real Cost Of A Good Website

January 24, 2022

(and why it’s worth every cent). It’s 2022. And while we ha...

Pantone Colour Of The Year 2022

January 17, 2022

This year’s pantone colour inspires creativity and inner inventiveness....

10 Creative Web Designs Guaranteed to Boost Your Startup Conversion

January 11, 2022

How easy is it to start up a startup? Not very. According to some sourc...

Yes mom. Website Design is a real job.

December 23, 2021

“What do you want to be when you grow up”? If you were born in th...

Website Design Guide

December 20, 2021

Website widths to consider for your mockup In the early 90’s when the f...

Briefing Your Web Designer.

November 25, 2021

AN ESSENTIAL HOW-TO “Look into my crystal ball,” said the client to the...

Mission E-commerce: The launch of your website.

November 8, 2021

The launch of any website is a risky and exciting venture! Arguably, la...

What To Do When Your Client Is Wrong.

October 19, 2021

“The client is always right.” We’ve all heard that before! Do we believ...

Green Web Design

October 1, 2021

There’s Green & Then There’s Green: A Case for Green Web Design Ima...

Pssst! Is your E-commerce website working … or not?

September 20, 2021

Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore; e-commerce website design isn’t what...

The Science Of Art

August 26, 2021

Storytelling as e-commerce Website Design Trend. Selling went from art ...

How Web Designers Get Inside Your Head

August 2, 2021

How to make your website design better with neuroscience What if there ...

NeuroMarketing for Website Design

July 16, 2021

Creative wizardry combined with neuro design principles creates unbeata...

Neuroscience and website design

June 30, 2021

Neuroscience saves web designers time and delivers results. This is how...

Agency Relationships in the time of COVID

June 24, 2021

In Your Face One would be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn’t...

Why you should hire a virtual assistant for your agency

June 4, 2021

The pros of hiring a VA to help manage the traffic and production sched...

ONLINE DATA PRIVACY: Are you in real trouble?

February 5, 2021

How to improve your data privacy wherever you browse Surf’s UpCol...

Go with Google

January 27, 2021

Thinking of launching your new website concept this year? Here are some...

Avoid COVID related Cyber-attacks

December 7, 2020

Whether you are working from home or safely back at the office, this vi...

POPIA Rules The Web

November 26, 2020

Your guide to what every website owner should know about the South Afri...

We’re The Known Winners!

November 2, 2020

You and us — that’s the winning combination. This happy fact has ...

Surviving COVID-19 Together

October 14, 2020

The year 2020 will live in contemporary memory as the year we all despe...

GET KNOWN

September 4, 2020

Everyone wants to be valued and every brand wants to be known. We know ...

Do a double-take at website design 2020

August 17, 2020

Website design has a powerful impact on buyers and their choices, with ...

Useful tips for Logo design

July 31, 2020

Most startup or small businesses in South Africa do not consider the op...

UI & UX Website Design Trends For 2020

February 10, 2020

Wondering what fresh visuals will be taking over our screens this 2020?...

Website Animation Explained

June 3, 2019

Web animations have always been an integral part of the interactiv...

Five Website Design Trends For Longevity

January 31, 2019

The Web landscape is fluid and keeps changing by the day (Literally by ...

Tips for Good CV Design

July 10, 2018

Your CV is a form of communication and marketing that enables pote...

Website Design Tips

May 22, 2018

In our previous article we discussed that websites should include ...

Website Trends For 2018

March 26, 2018

There have been some major digital and technological advancements in re...

Influencing Users Through UX Design

February 8, 2018

Good Website Design does much more than just provide the viewer with a ...

Optimising Website Images

May 25, 2017

People are connecting to their mobile devices more often than in the pa...

Typography and Design

March 30, 2017

The Definition of Typography The word ‘typography’ is a very strange te...

Typography and Design

March 30, 2017

The Definition of Typography The word ‘typography’ is a very strange te...

UX design trends for 2017

February 11, 2017

2016 was filled with many website design and development trends related...

UX design trends for 2017

February 11, 2017

2016 was filled with many website design and development trends related...

Making every year a Colourful Year…

December 7, 2016

Ask any designer about the power of colour psychology in web/graphic de...

Making every year a Colourful Year…

December 7, 2016

Ask any designer about the power of colour psychology in web/graphic de...

Millennial Branding – Why Change?

November 25, 2016

Wait – ‘millennial’ – you’ve heard this word before. If you...

Millennial Branding – Why Change?

November 25, 2016

Wait – ‘millennial’ – you’ve heard this word before. If you’re unsure, ...

Seven Reasons to Avoid Theme Builders

October 20, 2016

Why coding websites from scratch is better than using a theme builder: ...

Seven Reasons to Avoid Theme Builders

October 20, 2016

Why coding websites from scratch is better than using a theme builder: ...

Creating Lightning-Fast Websites

September 2, 2016

Ensuring that your website loads almost instantly these days is ex...

Creating Lightning-Fast Websites

September 2, 2016

Ensuring that your website loads almost instantly these days is ex...

Website Design And Development Process

August 8, 2016

We all know that when you meet new people, the first thing they do is g...

Website Design And Development Process

August 8, 2016

We all know that when you meet new people, the first thing they do is g...

Design Lingo – Coming to Terms

August 4, 2016

We’ve all had this experience (whether you’re a client of a design team...

Design Lingo – Coming to Terms

August 4, 2016

We’ve all had this experience (whether you’re a client of a design team...

Tips to Optimise Your Homepage

June 14, 2016

Your homepage is the first impression that viewers get when they land o...

Tips to Optimise Your Homepage

June 14, 2016

Your homepage is the first impression that viewers get when they land o...

When Last Did You Updated Your Website?

June 10, 2016

The easiest analogy we can use to understand the importance of regular ...

When Last Did You Updated Your Website?

June 10, 2016

The easiest analogy we can use to understand the importance of regular ...

Elegant Micro-Interactions to Enhance Your Website’s User Experience (UX)

May 6, 2016

1. Transitions Be sure to use transitions when changing elements on a p...

Elegant Micro-Interactions to Enhance Your Website’s User Experience (UX)

May 6, 2016

1. Transitions Be sure to use transitions when changing elements on a p...

Five Best Web Design Trend Predictions for 2016

April 26, 2016

We all know design is influenced by a whole lot of different factors, b...

Five Best Web Design Trend Predictions for 2016

April 26, 2016

We all know design is influenced by a whole lot of different factors, b...

Choosing a Colour Scheme to Fit Your Website

April 21, 2016

1. Where to Begin? A good starting point is to select strong colours fr...

Choosing a Colour Scheme to Fit Your Website

April 21, 2016

We all have something that draws us into the arts, whether you were dra...

Ecosia Search Engine Plants Trees Every Time You Click!

April 13, 2016

Ecosia is a new Search Engine that works exactly the same way Google do...

Ecosia Search Engine Plants Trees Every Time You Click!

April 13, 2016

Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore; e-commerce website design isn’t what...

5 ways to improve your website rankings.

April 11, 2016

It’s not only the smaller companies that struggle to rank well for SEO ...

5 ways to improve your website rankings.

April 11, 2016

AN ESSENTIAL HOW-TO “Look into my crystal ball,” said the client to the...

What is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)?

March 12, 2016

To ensure that your website climbs the rankings on Google, you need to ...

What is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)?

March 12, 2016

To ensure that your website climbs the rankings on Google, you need to ...