At CauseLabs, we know accessible design shouldn’t be a guessing game. For years designers have relied on contrast checkers that tell you whether a color combination passes or fails accessibility standards (like WCAG’s 4.5:1 contrast ratio for text) because roughly 2.2 billion people experience some type of visual impairment. Our owner, Michael Gillihan, got tired […]
CauseLabs Resources
Lessons & insights from our journey for positive impact.
How do you design websites for a global audience?
At CauseLabs our approach to designing for a global audience begins with listening. Language and culture shape how people interpret content on a page. We study regional behaviors, accessibility needs, and emotional cues before we sketch a layout. We build flexible content systems that support translation, right to left reading, local idioms, and imagery that […]
Earning Climate Neutral Certification
You can help your company reflect the sustainability you want to see for the environment. A fundamental way to do this is to lead your company to receive climate neutral certification. Not sure what it means to be climate neutral, let alone what climate neutral certification is? Don’t worry. CauseLabs received climate neutral certification in […]
CauseLabs Ranks Among Real Leaders® Top 150 Impact Companies of 2021
CauseLabs is humbled to be ranked on the Real Leaders Top 150 Impact Companies of 2021. Real Leaders, a premier source for recognizing organizations that are making a positive social and environmental impact, announced the newly selected winners of its 2021 “Top Impact Companies” from around the world, which include well-respected brands of all sizes from a […]
2021 Supported Browsers and Devices
Our supported browsers and device list helps communicate what is covered in our quality assurance testing when CauseLabs delivers a new website or web application. The following is our 2021 supported browsers and device list: Supported Browsers: NOTE: Microsoft End of Life dates for IE11 and Edge Legacy are as follows: Android Devices: NOTE: Android […]
Shop for Good
Online shopping this holiday season? Start shopping early and support mission-driven brands that give back. Shop for good, ethically made, fair-trade, and sustainable gifts by looking for certifications like B Corp and Fair Trade Certified. By purchasing gifts from Certified B Corps and Social Enterprises, you’re not only giving a gift, but you’re also supporting mission-driven […]
Designing with empathy
Human-centered design (HCD) is at the core of CauseLabs’ empathetic approach to creative problem solving. This methodology defines a framework that seeks to better understand the needs, wants and behaviors of the user, and to best identify a technologically feasible and economically viable solution. By focusing on the end user’s perspective, their environments and routines, […]
Marketing in a Pandemic
Living during a pandemic is hard. Working during a pandemic is challenging. Knowing the best way to market your business during, and after, a pandemic is a perilous journey at best. Catastrophes happen. Storms bring floods and high winds. Fires sweep through mountains and plains. Plagues and pandemics spread across land and seas. No matter […]