Indianapolis Web Design Blog

In every good-sized city there exists what I call the Freelance Stratosphere. It seems like every day I hear about a new freelancer, sometimes a direct competitor - someone else doing web design in Indianapolis.

Via MomAndPopInvestors.com
The Race for the Creative Class
“…Why are some cities thriving and others are dying?”
The idea is that cities are striving to pick up sub 35 creative types who will plant their feet and bring new life to the city. So if you’re a freelance designer, keep you head high, cities want you.

Kudos to Ft. Wane (Indiana) native. I read an article in the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette yesterday about his website, familywatchdog.us. As it turns out, I have used this site in the past when I moved and was impressed at it’s operation. While not the greatest design, I was able to easily search my area […]

I find this a little interesting. I will admit to nothing more.
“Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. […]

Bitwise to open new branch in Evansville. They want to hire and use local employees, rather than bring the work back to their main office in Indianapolis.
Indianapolis-based BitWise Solutions, an Indiana Web design and development company, plans to open an office in Evansville. The company will debut in Evansville with a booth at the second […]

I try not to repost other’s content, but this was so good that I had to share it. Matthew and I are of one mind on this issue. He’s written us an excellent article with some great visual aids, one of which I will share with you:

by Matthew Inman

Freelancers have a leg-up on the other working drones of the world. Stodgy, old-skool business types are mysteriously attracted to our care-free and footloose ways. Like hip, modernized pied pipers, we’re strangely attractive and repulsive at the same time. Just like train wrecks, people want to look at a freelancer but are not sure it’s […]

If you’re a designer or went to any kind of graphic design school, you’ll find this amusing, yet pertinent:

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