Indianapolis Web Design Blog

As a designer, I’m not real thrilled about this idea, but it’s an old idea and doesn’t come as a suprise. We designers make our living designing things like logos. Obviously if you’re a hobbyist or don’t make a living, one wouldn’t care so much. It’s been done before, but iStockphoto carries a lot of [...]

Hello graphic designers, that the font issue of the web have been solved – you know the problem: the one where a designer can’t make the visitors of his new website view his his favorite pet font? Or has it really been solved? //

Every once in awhile I look in on my client’s websites in order to help them run the best website possible. Training is usually necessary, and together I can help them learn some best image practices. By following the image use guidelines below, you can Increase website load times Save bandwidth (bandwidth costs money) Help [...]

As we all know, our economy is down, and the effects and ramifications are being felt far and wide. A lot of companies in need of design or web services are holding onto their wallets a bit tighter, but at the same time, the need for good design and marketing is at an all-time high. [...]

Since custom design is my #1 job, I rarely need to use ready-made templates. When I do, it’s for good reason: the client needs to save money. These designs never get claimed as my own and never make it into my portfolio. //

Recently I had a friend (who is in charge of teaching the high-school youth of America about web design) tell me that his students really liked “grunge” and felt that Web 2.0 was going away (to be replaced by grunge) thanks in part largely to this old article over at Smashing Magazine. A whole lot [...]

Well, It’s been long enough, so I may as well call it official. The Colts horse logo design project seems to have been abandoned. The page of finalists still exists, but no update since April. What a weird “contest” it was. If anyone knows what happened, I’d love to hear about it… indianapolis design colts [...]

The Indianapolis Colts® have posted the five finalists, which the fans will whittle down to one sparkling choice next week. Finalists: Voting will begin by early next week (around April 28th) and will be open for approximately seven days. Here’s my take on the five finalists: //

All of you fans and designers out there (many fans ARE designers) check this out. The Indianapolis Colts are putting on a design contest to come up with a horse logo for the Colts. This won’t replace the famous horseshoe, but will still get some play. According to colts.com, “The Colts will use the winning [...]

French Designer Philippe Starck, well known for his housewares you buy in Target stores, assumes himself accurate while declaring that he wants to give up design in an interview with a German publication. //