About Argument from Design
Ray Drainville established Argument from Design in 1999 to develop websites, soon expanding into print design, virtual reality creation & photography. Ian White, long associated with Argument from Design, joined the company in 2007 to augment our ability to development web applications.
Our aesthetic, for graphic design & web development alike, is minimalist in nature. Graphically, our aesthetic helps guide the viewer’s eye to an item’s crucial elements & what we’re trying to communicate. With regards to web development, that minimalist aesthetic guides us into producing leaner & more maintainable code.
And this translates into good business sense for our clients: we focus our work fully upon their needs & ensure that they have a firm foundation upon which to grow. As our portfolio & case studies attest, we specialise in addressing the real needs of businesses both small & large as well as institutions of higher education.
Our Approach to Jobs & Clients
Should you decide to hire us to work for you, you’ll find that Argument from Design pursue a very transparent approach designed to include our clients in the process as much as possible. You’ll see what we’re doing at every stage.
Whilst we give our clients the individual treatment they deserve, in another sense we treat all our clients the same—in other words, much as we’d prefer to be treated ourselves if we were in your shoes.
How We Use & Develop Technology
We’ve developed web applications using a number of technologies, initially PHP before moving on to the incomparably more productive fields of Ruby on Rails.
Ian White, our Lead Programmer, writes more about our Agile Development & Test-Driven Design approach—and why this is approach is good for our clients.