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What 100 Vinted Parcels Taught Me About Data Management and Indexing Techniques
100 Vinted parcels, one toddler and a surprisingly useful lesson in data indexing. Mark uses the chaos to explain linear scans, hash indexes, B-trees, inverted indexes and Bloom filters — and why the right technique depends on how your data is used.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 306 min read


3 Small Interior Design Changes That Make a Room Look More Expensive
A room does not need a full redesign to feel more considered. Try these three interior design changes: a larger rug, repeated materials and layered lighting.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 152 min read


Two Dyslexic Founders, One Clear Approach: How Dyslexia Shapes M&M Digital Services
Being dyslexic has shaped more of M&M Digital Services than people might realise. For both of us, it has meant learning to navigate information, systems and ideas in ways that make sense to our own brains. Over time, those workarounds have become part of how we think about good design: if something is too complicated, too jargon-heavy or too difficult to follow, there is probably a clearer way to do it. Mark: patterns before the problem is obvious Mark’s dyslexia has always s
Michelle Fewster
Aug 143 min read


Good Digital Design Should Make Life Easier: 3 Signs Your Process Needs Rethinking
There is a particular kind of frustration that comes from doing something you know should be simple, only to find yourself opening three systems, copying the same information twice, waiting for an approval and then sending a message to make sure the next person knows it is their turn. It is easy to assume that this is just how the process works. Often, it is not. It is simply how the process has evolved. Businesses grow, teams change and new tools are added to solve immediate
Michelle Fewster
Aug 144 min read


Can Someone Understand Your Homepage in 5 Seconds? Try This Simple Website Test
Your homepage does not need to explain every detail of your business. It does need to make the important things obvious — quickly, clearly and without making visitors work for the answer. Before you change the colours, rewrite every paragraph or add another section, there is a much simpler place to start: the five-second homepage test. The five-second homepage test Open your homepage, look at it for five seconds, then look away. Now answer three questions: Who is it for? What
Michelle Fewster
Aug 133 min read


Marketing Isn’t Just for Businesses: Why the Best Events Feel Like a Brand
Marketing thinking can make personal events feel more thoughtful too. See how M&M creates cohesive event branding, personalised party games and creative assets for weddings, gender reveals and birthdays.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 127 min read


5 Statement Ceramic Vases That Look More Expensive Than They Are
A beautiful vase does not have to come from a fancy pottery studio to make a room feel considered. We’ve picked five affordable ceramic statement vases and styled them across modern, Scandi, country and Mediterranean interiors — with ideas for using them with stems, without stems and simply as sculptural objects.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 126 min read


Designing a Home Around How You Actually Live
A beautiful home should make everyday life easier. See how thoughtful space planning can turn overlooked rooms, corners and storage into spaces that genuinely work for modern family life.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 105 min read


How We Reimagined a 1930s Living Room After Almost 20 Years
See how we reimagined a 1930s living room that had not been decorated for almost 20 years, using period-aware design, a mood board and AI visualisation to reveal what the room could become.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 105 min read


Halloween Trends 2026: The New Way We’re Decorating Our Homes
Discover the Halloween trends shaping homes in 2026, from dark romantic interiors and statement lighting to playful colour, nostalgic styling and grown-up Halloween hosting.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 106 min read


How We Helped Tenacium Build a Tech Brand That Actually Felt Like Them
Tenacium had the technical expertise, but its digital presence looked too much like the wider corporate IT market. See how M&M refreshed the website, brand identity and LinkedIn approach into one distinctive system.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 105 min read


Christmas Decoration Trends 2026: Welcome to the Pop-Culture Christmas
From The Odyssey and Bridgerton to 90s nostalgia, discover six Christmas decoration trends inspired by 2026 pop culture — recreated for real UK homes.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 107 min read


How We Reimagined a Character Cottage Without Losing What Made It Special
A&R had bought a character renovation with huge potential — and spiralling costs. See how M&M explored more space, better flow and warm modern-cottage interiors while protecting the home's gables, fireplaces and identity.
Michelle Fewster
Aug 106 min read
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