The Fascinating World of the Global Web
If you haven?t had a chance to click through the 113-slide deck on The Emerging Global Web yet, you?re seriously missing out. 25 years on and the web is finding new ways to be awesome, and here?s just a few…
If you haven?t had a chance to click through the 113-slide deck on The Emerging Global Web yet, you?re seriously missing out. 25 years on and the web is finding new ways to be awesome, and here?s just a few…
Every annual reporting season, companies and nonprofits alike step up their design game to create a solid impression of the past year’s progress. Education nonprofit ASCD knocked their 2013 annual report out of the parallax park with their dedicated report…
It may seem like we’re crazy about apps, but we like the web too. The question is, what’s the future of the web? Is it dying? Are apps taking over? Or are websites coming back in vogue as social media…
One of Almanac’s most recent projects is the branding and website development for photography Jay Fram. We began our discovery phase by working with Jay to identify and refine his target audiences and conducted interviews with some of those people—art…
One category that is every designer’s dream playground is travel. Great photography, unlimited adventures, and huge user experience challenges. There are thousands upon thousands of travel websites and online experiences, and new ones are launching faster than old ones can…
The fact that a simple, often one page, website can create completely irrational consumerism in a human is awesome, isn’t it? That web design can help sell a product is amazingly powerful. That it can absolutely crush a Kickstarter campaign…
Here is yet another incredible identity and web design project by Eight Hour Day. This time they’ve lent their skills to a project for Olive Juice Studios, a wedding and portrait photography business. I can’t get enough of the gorgeous gold…
One of Harvest Creative‘s recent projects was developed for Jessica Puckett of Perenelle Beauty, a line of natural, pearl-based beauty products. The team at Harvest Creative developed everything from the identity to the packaging to the website. I’m especially loving the geometric…
Harvest Creative recently launched a super fun new website. I’m going to hand over the reins to talented designer Michael J. Hildebrand to give you some insight into their process: The first thing we did was take a look at what people loved…
San Francisco-based studio I Shot Him recently got in touch to let us know they’d launched a brand new portfolio site. Their work consists mainly of civic and social projects, like the NY Readiness Challenge, which was of particular interest…
Designer Darrin Higgins developed the brand and web experience for new site Sprout Up, which aims to provide children with environmental education: Environmental Education for the Next Generation. Kids can do more than we think. They can solve problems creatively,…
Speaking of vintage-inspired design and illustration, I am also loving Cardon Webb’s colorful design for a series of texts by Ralph Ellison. For each cover, he drew inspiration from record art and typography from the mid-century jazz era.
San Francisco-based studio HoffmannChrisman has developed some incredibly elegant websites for various wineries and wine purveyors. Case in point: Hanzell Vineyards Cirq Last Bottle
Studio Lin recently completed a beautiful identity and e-commerce website for Brooklyn-based industrial designer Jason Miller: The website features a custom font that references CAD drawings as a distinguishing element. Full e-commerce capabilities allow all of Jason’s work to be purchased…
Outpost is the Los Angeles-based studio of Atley G. Kasky and Keith Scharwath. Out of all their projects, I’m particularly loving this work for Lybba, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming healthcare: Outpost partner Atley G. Kasky collaborated with Lybba, a nonprofit dedicated to…
Molly Weber created these beautiful laser cut pieces as a student at Academy of Art University. The pieces were designed to promote Bridesmade, a fictional bridal expo focusing on handmade weddings.
Martin Oberhäuser designed the site below as part of a pitch for an undisclosed client. The design includes visual and structural concepts for a travel and booking website. Take a look at the Behance page to see a few more screens,…
Here’s a great identity and site design by Los Angeles-based Ludlow Kinsley (who is also responsible for Milton Glaser’s beautiful new site). Fix Food is a nonprofit created by director Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.) and others, whose aim is to change the food…