Misha Zadeh Graham is a Seattle-based designer who has produced an incredible collection of vibrant designs for paper, home, and textiles. We built her redesigned site in Shopify, importing all the products from her Etsy store (and adding many new items). In terms of site design, we let the color and product photography tell the story of her growing brand. Check out her site here: https://mishazadeh.com/.
Dr. Mark Chien is a Chicago-based physician who had worked for years as part of a team in a traditional medical practice. He decided to switch his focus to a concierge model of care, allowing him to better meet the needs of patients. We created this new site to reflect that personal touch and effectively market these services to existing and potential patients.
The site was built in Squarespace platform. In terms of design, we used upbeat photos of active Chicagoans to focus on the health benefits of regular care. The logo uses a limited palette of blue, white and gray, which is echoed in the design. The copy gets straight and to the point to make it easy to browse on both desktop and mobile devices.
Dr. Saskia Lytle-Viera recently moved her medical practice from Napa, California to Austin, Texas. For the launch of Austin Osteopathic, she wanted a fresh, bright, inviting site design. Rather than focusing on the aches and pains which might bring her patients to her, she wanted to instead include positive images of the vitality and healing a healthy lifestyle and osteopathic treatment could offer. In addition to information about services, treatment and insurance, Saskia detailed her own personal values and explained the osteopathic approach. Check out the site here! https://www.austinosteopathic.com/
Announcing a new site launch for the upcoming memoir Running is a Kind of Dreaming from HarperOneBooks. J.M. Thompson chronicles his personal battle with depression and drug addiction—and how running helped save his life. We used powerful imagery from the book cover to bring the site to life, while highlighting the significant praise that the book has already received. There’s an opportunity to pre-order from a variety of online booksellers, along with detailed information about the book and author. Check it out here: https://runningisakindofdreaming.com/
A new site launch this week! đź“Ł Fearless Cooking is a cooking school and culinary store in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood. After COVID hit, owner Catherine Siebel pivoted all classes to virtual instruction and set up safe ways to shop. She’s introducing in-person classes and extended hours just in time for summer.
The original site was built in a mishmash of platforms, so we moved everything over to Shopify. Design-wise, we made the site’s look and feel much cleaner, bringing upcoming classes front and center and making the checkout process much more straightforward. If I still lived in Chicago, you better believe that my kids would be going to the cool summer camps they have coming up.
Charlie Carter is a Seattle-based lawyer whose primary focus is advising startups. During his 25-year career, he has formed hundreds of companies, advised through financing, growth, and sale transactions. His business approach is guided primarily by his own personal values of truth, connection, renewal, empathy, commitment, and action. He’s found that when these values align with his clients, magic happens.
He decided this was the year to go out on his own and start his own business. We designed the site with beautiful imagery from the Pacific Northwest and kept the copy tight and concise with clear calls to action. Included are enthusiastic testimonials and links to current and former clients. Learn more about Charlie and his work here.
First Due Movers is a concierge moving service in the Seattle area. Founded by veteran firefighters, the company is rooted in the core values of fire service: trust, honesty, and attention to detail. With the redesign of this site, we wanted to show off the qualities that make this business stand out, while highlighting their impressive Google customer ratings (4.9/5). We broke down the different service offerings step-by-step so customers knew the process and included separate descriptions for each individual service. We included a variety of calls to action on the site to capture leads and optimized the site for indexing.
Check it out at: www.firstduemovers.com
Taylor-Smartt is a Texas-based real estate and holding company with a diverse portfolio of businesses. Included is everything from McCraw Oil to the convenience store Kwikchek to Two Hot Mamas salsa. This site introduces each entity and demonstrates the values which bind the each company together. Check it out here.
Christina Loff has done marketing work for some of the most interesting people (Snoop Dogg! DOLLY PARTON!!!) and innovative companies like Wikia, Minted, Chronicle Books, and Hello Lucky. The obvious next step was branching out on her own and founding a marketing and publicity business.
Christina wanted a brightly colorful site with punchy copy. The result is a compact site (built in Squarespace) that’s both minimal and bold at once. You quickly learn about Christina’s impressive capabilities and work, with a clear path to connection.
My first major site launch of 2021 was close to my heart— Dream Chicago. This Chicago-based nonprofit starts the conversation by asking, “What’s your dream?” The responses fuel a program that brings art programs and opportunities to underserved populations through a dynamic group of artists, dancers, photographers, and writers.
Design-wise, we had a lot of fun, introducing a lot of animation, bright colors (inspired by Chicago’s flag!) and playful fonts. We invited interaction with the Dream Map, where visitors could submit dreams and see them populated on the map.
Founder and Executive Director Heather Treadway said: “I’m so INFINITELY grateful to have discovered you–I began 2020 with my broken foot, followed by a pandemic and more seemingly broken professional and creative dreams…yet hearing your story of recovery (from the same injury, nonetheless), working with you to make our virtual home / website more real and welcoming, and then finding out you have a background in books as I’m trying to realize that dream as well…it just all seems to good to be true. So 2020 is the year I discovered Lisa, and that is something worth celebrating and marveling about!”
