Services
User Interface & User Experience (UI/UX)
Full front and back end web development and design. We utilize a wide variety of open source technologies to accomplish the exact look and feel you need, and we are fluent in all the necessary languages: xhtml, dhtml, css, javascript, ajax, api, cms, flash, php.
Content Management System (CMS) Customization and Integration
Retail and medium sized businesses need robust, easy to use, frequently updated websites. With a low-to-no cost open source CMS like Expression Engine, Joomla, or Wordpress, your site content can be updated by any employee with a few minutes of training, while maintaining the same look and feel on every page. One of our most important fair use goals is to integrate a CMS into the design of our clients’ sites so you can stop paying exorbitant design fees for simple content updates.
E-Commerce
We develop robust CMS driven e-commerce sites on Magento, a free open source e-commerce platform. Magento can be integrated with your existing inventory system of choice making live tracking of your products simple and timely. Magento’s modular design also allows easy integration of customer relations systems, analytics, and almost any other e-commerce function necessary to achieve your business goals.
Web 2.0 Presence and Buzz PR
Keeping up with all the social media sites is practically a full time job but it’s vital if you’re going to reach your target audiences. We can get you set up with a unique Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Blog design, and guerilla ad campaign that’ll generate the buzz to get your brand rolling on the numerous web 2.0 platforms. TwitLink, MyBook, FaceToob, YouSpace? We’ve got you covered.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Even with a snazzy homepage it can be difficult getting important traffic from Google and other search engines. Proper use of keywords, descriptions, content, URIs, AdWords, AdSense, Webmaster Tools, and Analytics can increase your chances of potential customers finding your site.
Logo and Brand Image
From a simple typeface logo to full brand identity development, we’ll discover and design a look that works just for you. From your first business proposal to latest major product launch, you need to look your best and we’re always happy to help.
Print Design and Advertising
Invitations, brochures, business cards, posters, catalogs, advertisements. We’ll help you develop your fresh ideas into professionally printed solutions. We can prepare your next project for small format in-house printing to large-scale-printer formats.
WeOlive Catalog
Despite the move to online marketing and sales, in-store and at-home ordering is still very effective for niche markets and should not be forgotten. This concept catalog for WeOlive, a retailer for local olive oils in California, clearly demonstrates a market that is increasingly overlooked.
Photography, Still Imagery, and Retouching
We’ve got tons of experience in digital capture, retouching, digital art, and printing. Our photography and digital design service is invaluable from weddings to product shots. We can get your next photo project from idea to print in no time.
Motion Graphics and Kinetic Typography
Make your advertisements or logo pop with fully rendered 3D animation, audio, and video you can use on your next YouTube project, banner ad, or website.
Beck Concept Album Artwork
Inpired by the design work of California graphic designer Scott Hansen, this album artwork concept design for Modern Guilt draws upon various graphic techniques including photography, vector graphics, gradient and texture overlays, and typography.
Copy and Press Writing
Coming up with a great idea is a tough job but sometimes communicating your ideas through a press release or an about page can be even tougher. As a reviewer of everything from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Malaysian restaurants, we’ve got experience in pitching ideas and swaying opinions, so the next time you’re at a loss for words feel free to look us up.
Content Editing
There’s a lot of words on the internet, in books, in everything, but most of it is rubbish. If you’ve got the content but need it cleaned up, we’ll be glad to hack and slash your jungle into a French garden.
