Web Design Posts

Web design involves more than picking out pretty pictures and choosing cool type because what’s popular is always changing. Do you remember … hit counters recording every visit on so many homepages during the late ’90s, rounded corners on nearly all photos during the early-’00s, over-sized buttons designed for most call-to-action prompts during the mid-’00s, […]

If you’re considering a web design project, you may have heard that you need a Request for Proposals (RFP). Or, you may have heard that RFPs are painfully inefficient and to be avoided at all costs. As is so often the case, we think the wise answer lies somewhere in the middle. Take a strategic […]

When you were a kid, you knew that if you didn’t make it to Santa’s twice-checked “good” list, you might not get that new bike after all. Now that you’re a grown-up with a website, the stakes are higher. When Santa visits your site—and he will, because he’s still relevant like that—he’ll know if you’ve […]

As an average art school student in Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol aspired for a career teaching fine art, unaware that he would eventually move to New York, earn the moniker “Pope of Pop,” and become one of the most inventive, influential, and successful artists of all time. If your site isn’t engaging your target audience (or […]

Whether you’re starting a website project from scratch or working toward a redesign, deciding on the best approach can be tough. Can you do the work yourself? Should you use a template? What level of service do you really need? Let’s take some of the guesswork out of web design. We’ll establish a baseline, then […]