With more and more people purchasing smart phones daily, there’s pressure on the web to keep up. Unfortunately not all your favorite flashy sites translate into their mobile counterparts so well. Your bookmarked pages need to create mobile versions of themselves so that you can enjoy them anywhere you go. Many popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and even your personal bank introduced these portable sites a long time ago. However, it’s time for the rest of the web to catch up. Even...
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Verdure’s website instantly transports the user into a serene tropical getaway. If only all corporate retreats were this peaceful. The relaxing bamboo imagery and muted green layout create an instant calming mechanism. The nature sounds are also a nice effect for setting the mood. It’s clear that Verdure wants their current and potential clients to feel at ease when learning about Verdure and its philosophies. I was instantly intrigued by this company, upon navigation to the site. It is interesting because the imagery...
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Formerly Art Partitions, LYNNEL Art to Form is striving to revise and expand the ways in which original artwork can be used in commercial and residential settings. Their process employs digital technology to enhance and transfer artistic compositions to glass, acrylic, fabric, metal, and wall coverings for use in a wide range of environments. In the original meetings to discuss the design and interface that would become the site, words like "architectural" and "minimal" were used very often, but in the context of separate...
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Unfortunately, financial services have received a bad wrap. Endless numbers, accounts, investments, and worst of all, suits, have most people running for the hills. Clear Creek Investment Services breaks these stereotypes by creating a service where clients come first, and dollars signs come second. Visit their calming virtual office to gain more information before making an appointment with the owner, who will personally handle your finances. Once you're a client, you can view your account right from their website whenever you feel...
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In today's world, the current attitude is "go green, or go home." Adhering to this mantra, Solar Eclipse Shades provides an eco-friendly, yet functional product. Focused on improving the environment, Solar Eclipse Shades has created state of the art shade products that protect against harmful UV rays, while integrating polymer solar voltaic systems that actually generate clean power. I for one am on board for their vision to provide green products that reduce the heat and danger of UV rays, while creating a...
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Jayson Marrs and Jetmir Zymeri, owners of the chic Denver LoDo lounge The Lure, approached me (Benny Yarnell) about designing a website that would capture the feel, the atmosphere... if not the very ethos of their establishment. Crucial details that defined their space involved ground breaking lighting technology, furnishings custom-constructed of colorado-specific materials and textiles, and the aim for a specific sense of fashion, attitude, and lifestyle. The space is distinctly long and narrow, and most of the action takes place along...
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Always considered therapy, but have an aversion to doctors? With AskAnAlly.com, the doctor comes to you. You never have to leave your couch while you visit Dr. Jane's surprisingly cozy interactive office. Play in the waiting room (home page) by composing music and drawing on an old school Etch-A-Sketch. Most importantly, ask anonymous questions or browse the archives; either way, stop searching and get answers. Most people become wary at the very mention of therapy, psychoanalysis, or psychiatry. Often referred to as "quacks,"...
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How does one take roughly 30 different stock photos, a few original photos, and a specific communicative theme and make them all work harmoniously to manifest a singular, uniform scene? The short answer is lots of digital painting, lot's of isolating, lots of levels, and lots and lots of layers. The long answer, however, has more to do with principles of classic art composition and some background in visual storytelling techniques. Let's dissect a little and dive in. Scrolling from left to right,...
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