Previous Work
Hey guys, sorry about the late posting. I was at a friends house last night who didn’t have Internet access and I was trying to play it safe and not drive in the ice.
I enjoyed reading about the various projects that Simple Bits had been involved in. They have worked with some major companies! That would definitely be a great resume for any design firm, hopefully I can achieve even half of those clients in my future as a web designer. The only thing that I wish they had added would be client feedback or testimonials. It would be great to hear what ESPN or Google had to say about working with them.
On the Happy Cogs site I really enjoyed the case history about their Kongregate design process. The speed in which they were able to conceptualize and develop the site from scratch was awesome. I also liked the section about flexibility, as users and designers came on board things about the site design had to be fluid and change along with them to accommodate.
Hicks Design was a fun site to look over. I thought that his logo designs were really fun and smart. I thought it was pretty cool how they had worked alongside Stuff and Nonsense to design the Really Worried site. I also really liked the layout of his site, it was really simple, aesthetically pleasing, and easy to navigate.
I do wish that there had been client feedback or testimonials on all of these sites, but I still immensely enjoyed reading up on the previous work these design firms had been involved in. I think it helps us in understanding how to approach a new design project, as well as reminding us that people and potential clients will also find previous works interesting and helpful when choosing a web design firm. I think it will be an integral part of my portfolio site.
mabyerlyblog said,
January 28, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I was thinking about how big these designers are. Then I wondered how they divided up the projects. When you are as big as they are do you do any of the hands on or just the design plan? I would like to read a blogg of the everyday life of a webdesigner.
slschweppe said,
January 29, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Hey Mr. Late way to go.
I’m just kidding. I also wish that Hicksdesign would have had a little bit more of a work page, and I love his little simple graphics. I do think he is a huge fan of the less is more. SimpleBits.com did have some huge corporations that I would love to work for someday. I think the client testimonials would have help all the sites, and that is something I would like on my portfolio site also along with the previous work to give everyone an idea of what I am capable of. Nice post.
rmspencer said,
February 23, 2009 at 10:13 pm
that “really worried” website has a good look and feel to it i like the layout of it