Blogs Posted Under Web Design

Prior to the recent holiday, comedian-juggler Tyler Linkin from Los Angeles contacted Design 7 Studio to work on creating a more cohesive brand and a new fresh website to go with it. Wanting a fresh, playful approach, with a hint of quirkiness, the concept was to create a logotype for Tyler that conveyed what he does and a bit of the flavor of his show – one that mixes situational humor, audience participation, and great juggling skills, all while wearing a sharp, crisp.. || Continue Reading →

It has already been a crazy and busy New Year, so I am just now getting down to getting a new entry posted up here. Today’s showcasing is something rather unique in my book.  How do you envision a new, creative way of inviting people to your upcoming wedding.  Usually wedding invites are elegant forms of paper, perhaps embossings, and are fairly minimalistic in their design approach.  You say the date, the time, the location and the RSVP info. What if you wanted to give.. || Continue Reading →

50 Designers 50 Mottos Fifty and Fifty is a curated project which attempts to construct a handsome new way of looking at our country. Fifty designers, one per state, will illustrate their state motto, creating something steeped in history but completely modern and unique: a kind of designer’s atlas. Fifty and Fifty was created by Dan Cassaro, a designer and animator living and working in Brooklyn, New York. More of his work can be seen at YoungJerks.com Here are some samples: Alabama Tennessee Minnesota I.. || Continue Reading →

I ran across the website of New York-based interactive art director Doug Burnett and found his site a refreshing distraction from my normal surfing adventure. Doug created a layered, paper-machete world in which visitors can literally go for a drive through view samples and examples of his work, not only as a print designer, but his web-related work. Grab, pull, scroll, and arrow-key your way through his horizontally placed landscape and you will find it a nice and inventive use.. || Continue Reading →

Design 7 Studio was approached to do a simple design for a small website that promotes a new up-and-coming Christian singer and songwriter, Annika Sheffield.  Her music has a homegrown, acoustic sound and therefore the site needed to mirror that. What makes a designer’s job the easiest?  Having fantastic photography to work with, as exemplified by the lens work of Sarah Kathleen. This website utilizes some big images, some fun jQuery functionality for the menu and music.. || Continue Reading →

I love fun websites.  I love informative websites.  I love exquisitely designed websites. Put them all together, and once good hyrid example would be the BBQ War website. It’s sole purpose is to pass on great grill recipes and all done in the venue of competition or “battles” between featured grill masters.  The result, a fun and beautiful reference site for all of us that love to grill or tap into our primitive nature to place our recent kill over FIRE. The.. || Continue Reading →

I came across an amazing Flash-based website that pays tribute to the quest for the ultimate cheese burger.  Cheese & Burger is a website that does nothing but dish up 30, yes THIRTY, different recipes for cheese burgers.  We are talking using a variety of beef, a tons of different types of cheeses, different types of buns, and condiments to boot.  This site has some great and quirky voice-overs, a terrific interactive flip-type booklet format and is just plan fun to engage.. || Continue Reading →

Kelli Schonher makes maps.  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) maps to be precise.  While her website, GEObispo wasn’t in need of a fix, she felt that the bare-bones template she was using didn’t really have the character and polish that she wanted. So she recently hired Design 7 Studio to give her online presence a good-sized overhaul, not only in the look but in the content. The result was a big improvement and one that really helps detail what she does.  Hand-coded.. || Continue Reading →

Break out the Elvis wig, the pimp glasses, and your best Rat-Pack getup! The annual fundraiser known as Midsummer Magic is back and it will be quite a party. Midsummer Magic is the annual platform to raise money for the Paso Robles Library Foundation. As part of a sponsorship arrangement, Design 7 Studio was put to the challenge of coming up with this year’s event logo, website and the rest of the materials from posters and refrigerator magnets, to t-shirts and print.. || Continue Reading →

Design 7 Studio just put the finishing touches on a project that was in the works over the holiday. The Cambria Historical Society, led by client Susan McDonald, approached Design 7 Studio to take on the task of redesigning the organizations website back in the Fall of 2009. The project launched and went live on the servers on January 28, 2010. It was decided in the beginning that the website needed an antique, vintage look to help promote the Society’s purpose of presenting.. || Continue Reading →