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There is something that’s been on my mind for awhile that I think needs to be addressed. It comes into our own sphere often and it’s something that I explain to new prospects on a near weekly basis.

Oh, do we have another fun website design to talk about. Oh, do we. Can you tell by now that I tend to get excited about new client site launches?

A few weeks ago… Er, more than a few weeks ago, I posted a blog post on why designers should use wireframes. I have always used Photoshop to do more formal wireframes for client sites, but wanted to give Balsamiq a try since I first heard about it. They were gracious enough to give me a copy to review. By the way, they are incredibly friendly and fast responding.

Doing a wireframe before each web site design is a crucial step. Actually, it’s more than crucial. Let’s put it this way, I divide my own work into two distinct periods. The “before the wireframing phase” and the “after I discovered the glorious virtues of wireframing” phase. I do one now for every single project, even the most basic ones.

Well, just 7 months after the second redesign of Koldo’s site, we decided to redesign it again! After a few long talks, we decided that he needed a new design to fit with his new store and that the design wasn’t working for him as well as it could have been.