Mega menus have long been more than simply a fashionable trend. They offer useful ways of presenting information and simplify the navigation in particular of websites with a large number of topics or products. We have implemented a mega menu for the company Metallbau Kreiterling. more...

Basecamp is a highly useful online tool for project management. Groups can together work on projects and make use of simple functions that are intelligently linked. Basecamp is used completely intuitively, which also makes the tool interesting for cooperation with freelancers and even customers. And the special thing about Basecamp is that it doesn’t offer more than necessary! more...

On the 3rd and 4th September 2011 the German Web-Video Community got together for the 1st Videocamp to be organised in Berlin. The event was organised like a Barcamp, where the programme of the event is proposed by the participants and put together on the actual event date. Design & Data was present to join in on the conversation. more...

The German region of Thuringia clearly has a lot to offer. A new commercial created by KNSK demonstrates that Thuringia stands for many products, innovations, personalities and inventions. The Space Industry also takes up a central position in Thuringia, which shows that ESA content once again is featured in prime-time TV in Germany. more...

How do astronauts live on the International Space Station ISS? What happens when a rocket launches? And how do astronauts prepare their food in space? All these questions are answered in the popular German TV show "Schlau mal!", where the moderator Flo explains the world to young audiences through exciting experiments.
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If you haven’t heard of Google, you haven’t lived. That may sound a bit exaggerated, but it is actually not very far from reality: website operators often consider a good result in the most popular search engines to be the most important criterion for the success of a website because many visitors access websites via the search results. But how can we make a search engine understand that our content is relevant to the user’s search enquiry? Part Four in the series “Writing for the Web” will provide you with the answers. more...

If you want to learn how to play the piano, saxophone or guitar, you take lessons at a normal music school. But who prepares you for a Techno-, Mnimal-, Electro-, Dubstep-, Hip Hop- or EBM production? The answer to this was founded in April 2010 in Cologne and is called EMS - Electronic Music School. Design & Data has been accompanying and supporting the young and ambitioned school since its establishment. Now it shines with a new website. more...

Brochures, catalogues, magazines, flyers or presentations published as e-papers on the Internet: online publishing has always been more or less restricted to publishing and media houses or major corporations because the costs incurred by obtaining the necessary software licences used to easily reach several hundred euros. The free, uncomplicated service offered by Issuu.com now enables small and medium-sized enterprises to enter the world of e-papers as well. more...

Good style is not just a question of taste. This is true for home furnishings just as much as for writing texts for the Web. Part Three in the series “Writing for the Web” describes how to become more focused and choose the correct words. more...

Are we alone in the universe? Or is life on our planet merely the result of a series of lucky coincidences? This mystery is the subject of a documentary produced by Berlin based Story House Productions that will soon appear on 3Sat. We are happy that we have been able to contribute to the realisation of this fascinating production. more...