Design Meme

Design Meme, founded by Stuart Robertson, is a web design consultancy, based in Guelph, Ontario, which specializes in creative and accessible, standards-based designs.

Services

We believe in finding creative, cost-effective solutions for our clients, that support all their business goals online. We combine strong design skills with a deep understanding of accessibility, web standards, and modern web design techniques.

We pride ourselves on explaining technical issues in a friendly, uncomplicated way. Our philosophy is that our clients should feel comfortable with their websites and any technology being used, whether it’s an online gallery, an e-commerce site, or an easy-to-use content management system for making daily content changes without requiring a lot of technical training.

Our experience with accessibility and web standards can help make your site available to as many people as possible, and improve how easily your site is found using various search engines.

The Name

Design — To create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.
Meme (pronounced “meem”) — A unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.

Stuart Robertson

Design Meme’s Founder and Principal, Stuart Robertson, first started creating websites in 1996 for the Government of Canada. He launched Design Meme in early 2000 while working as the Website Manager for the University of Guelph. He continues to work and teach Web Design at the University of Guelph and University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto. His writing on new web design techniques has appeared in print as well as Jeffrey Zeldman’s A List Apart, an influential online magazine “For People Who Make Websites.”

In January 2006, Stuart published the X-Ray extension for the Firefox browser, which helps web designers ensure they are coding their web pages properly. It was downloaded over 90,000 times in the first 4 months alone.

We Can Help

Do you have a project you’d like us to help you with? Let’s Talk.