Artropolis (www.artropolis.com), an award winning Minneapolis web design firm with over 400 sites to its credit, announced on December 13 that it is looking for someone with creativity and technical knowledge to fill a Web designer position. The ideal candidate has a passion for design with some technical experience. The candidate should have a bachelor's degree in design or a related field and at least two years of experience.
MotorSport.com (www.motorsport.com) announced on December 10 that the 2004 Mid American Sprint Series Champion and Rookie of the Year Cameron Dodson has announced a new look to his website www.camerondodson.com. The state-of-the-art website, designed and maintained by Frank Larsen of Frank Larsen Agency of Web Design (http://Flawd.net), will bring fans all the current news and results, action photos, Dodson's racing schedule, dates and locations of upcoming appearances, and the opportunity to send a question to Cameron and receive a personal response. Licensed Cameron Dodson merchandise will be available on the website as well.
5StarPro (www.5starpro.com), a Massachusetts web design and Internet solutions company, announced on December 9 the launch of a new web site for Swift River Gunworks (www.gunsmith-services.com). 5StarPro worked with the original www.sr-gunworks.com web site, made some minor changes to format and content and launched the new web site www.gunsmith-services.com.
TemplateMonster.com (www.TemplateMonster.com), a top global provider of website design templates, announced on December 9 that they are no longer merely a provider of web design templates but also a full-fledged Web Design resource, having turned a new leaf in the autumn of 2004 with the launch of their Web Design Library (http://webdesign.templatemonster.com), an internationally refereed resource, which covers all theoretical and practice-oriented aspects of the effective, efficient and attractive presentation of information, providing a platform for the dissemination of design thinking and research. Slated to be a one-stop web design resource, the project began with no fewer than 2000 unique materials, including articles from renowned gurus like Jakob Nielsen. Since that time, the number of daily visitors has exceeded 7000. The number of new materials being submitted by designers has likewise grown.
Monster Design (www.monsterinvasion.com), a Redmond, Washington-based graphic and web design firm, whose client list includes giants such as AT&T Wireless, Honeywell, Microsoft and Starbucks, announced on December 6 that it has completed the design of the United Nations web site for the Year of Microcredit 2005. The site can be found at www.yearofmicrocredit.org. The Year's goal is to provide greater access to credit, savings, insurance, transfer remittances and other financial services for disadvantaged households in order to move towards more secure livelihoods and prosperous futures.
PaperStreet Web Design (www.paperstreet.com), which creates new web sites and revitalizes aging ones, announced on December 6 the release of its new Total Control content management system for law firms. Law firms can now update their web site online, in real time, at any time. Features include the ability to upload new text, create new pages, and delete old pages with ease.
Buy Domains (www.buydomains.com), a provider of domain names, unveiled on November 23 a new visual Web site identity. The Web site was redesigned by BrowserMedia (www.browsermedia.com), a Washington, DC-based interactive Web development and Internet software company. In addition to aesthetic appeal and site organization, the site makes use of advances in Web markup such as CSS, making it easier to maintain and more compatible with modern Web browsers. The site also employs SEO strategies to drive more traffic.
Template Monster (www.templatemonster.com), one of the largest website templates providers on the Web and a first-rate E-commerce project in web design enjoying more than 30 000 unique visitors daily, announced on December 1 that it is set to sell Logosets – individual sets of 10 exceptional quality logos, which will be available to web developers. Each logo is a high quality 300 dots per inch (dpi) graphic and although direct reselling of any logo is strictly prohibited, customers can do virtually anything else with it – from creating their own personal website, memos or stationery, to making an overhead boardroom presentation.
Fountainhead Technology Services (www.fhtechnology.com), a web development company, announced on November 30 that it has selected Pioneer Strategies (www.pioneerstrategies.com) to provide it with public relations services. Fountainhead offers e-commerce, web design and development and hosting services. Pioneer Strategies offers campaign and communications planning, media relations, community relations, special event planning, copywriting, web site content development and speechwriting.
Saltmine (www.saltmine.com), a Web design and development firm, announced on November 30 that it has created a new Web site for the Seattle-based independent casual game developer Sprout Games (www.sproutgames.com). The new Web site features game downloads and player reviews as well as links to Sprout partners and distributors.
