Like many designers I’ve spent some time either uploading my own shots or viewing others on a little site called dribbble.com. For those that don’t know:
Dribbble is show and tell for designers, developers and other creatives. Share sneak peeks of your work as “shots” — small screenshots of the designs and applications you’re working on.
I’m happy to announce the launch of Mission Arlington’s new website. Mission’s previous website was a product of the efforts of Jeffrey Zeldman and Brian Alvey in 2005, who referred to us for the website refresh late last year. I took on the visual and technical design, and assisted Mission’s IT department in integrating the design with their custom content management system. My hat goes off to them for the feat. (more…)
We are addicted to branding. And if you have your own brand, or are responsible for creating or managing someone else’s, you should be, too. Why? Because your brand is everything.
When a company spends countless hours and dollars to develop a brand, most take the next step and ensure that the brand communicates their message through other media like business cards, flyers, websites and online ads. Yet, we were surprised to find that so many companies neglect to ensure their brand remains consistent when a user visits their website to print an article, service offering or mission statement. Why – after all that time and money – would you allow your brand to degrade to unstyled default serif fonts, large text and blue links? (more…)
Is it just us, or is everyone redesigning or rebranding this year? There have been a series of sudden and not so subtle brand adjustments made as of late. Notably by Gatorade, Tropicana and Pepsi. They all had their reasons, and each has had it’s customer base react differently. We’ve decided to outline exactly why and how we decided to not only rebrand, but redesign our web presence. (more…)
