Logistetica offers affordable web and graphic design to companies who seek real advantages over their competition. Similarly Logistetica set themselves apart with this excellent site.

What I like most about this site is that less is more. There are no wasted graphics or copy on this site, no needless images or irrelevant commentary, just well delivered messages that leaves readers with an absolute understanding of what Logistetica does and what makes them unique.

There’s real substance too. An aesthetically pleasing website is meaningless if the site isn’t user friendly or even worse they can’t open it in their preferred browser. Logistetica’s pragmatic approach to web design is well conveyed throughout and I would have absolute confidence that a site designed by these fellas would fulfill my brief to the max!

Their up front pricing policy is refreshing. I hate outsourcing projects, agreeing a price per hour and getting stung with a bill that I know didn’t take half as many hours than it says on the invoice! Logistetica don’t charge by the hour, they operate a flat-rate pricing policy making it easier for clients to manage their budgets, appropriate in today’s market.

They’re based in Orange County, California (wish I was) and even their contact page is cool, check it out!

Current Mood: Mischievous

I suppose it depends on your creativity level at the time but I personally find designing a logo much more of a challenge than designing a site. Heck, Wordpress practically does it all for you and there are some great themes out there but that still leaves you with a generic logo to contend with.

I’m feeling quite generous today so I’d like to share with you a very cool site I found, Prize Logos - http://www.prizelogos.com. Don’t pull your hair out any longer, I’m serious! Prize Logos is a logo design website that offers affordable, high quality logo design that is sure to make your life MUCH MUCH easier!

About Prize Logos

First of all, when you seek out a company to help you come up with the all important design of your business brand, you want to go with a company that focuses on quality and has the experience and portfolio to back it up. Prize Logos is a small but effective design studio that has created over 3,000 professional logos in the past 5 years.

I thought I’d include a few small samples for you all

Prize Logos’ Features

If you’re looking for a company to help you design a custom logo then look no further than Prize Logos. Packages are not only affordable but start with a minimum of 3 custom & unique designs which can be delivered as early as 3 business days.

Prize Logos’ Site Design

One of the many reasons I’m mentioning them today is because I like how everything is laid out in an easy to navigate, web 2.0 kind of way. What I mean is, you’re not inundated with graphics everywhere, tons of “look here” and “hey you!” text, causing your eyes to water before you’ve had a chance to even read the first paragraph. Go on, check out their portfolio…you know you want to

Prize Logos Services

Straight forward, great deals, no-brainer! Here’s a bit more info for those of you (like me) who need detail:

Essentially there are 3 packages (not including Add-ons)

1) 3 Mockups - 3 Revision Rounds - B&W Version
2) 5 Mockups - 3 Day Delivery - Unlimited Revisions - B&W Version - Flat Color Version
3) 10 Mockups - 5 Day Delivery - 3 Revision Rounds - B&W Version - Flat Color Version

Side note: They do offer a faster service (for a fee of course) so if you really need a quality logo designed quickly, head on over and give them a call, they’re a friendly bunch there to make your life easier!

Current Mood: Happy

About Rockatee

Rockatee Design is the portfolio and design blog of a 32 year old german, female graphic designer who is clearly passionate about design and most things to do with an artistic swagger.

Rockatee’s Features

First of all, great name. Memorable, and for anyone like me who forgets the dvd they watched 2 nights before, a good name is important. I gather Rockatee doesn’t have much time for blogging due to the bi-monthly blog posts but they seem helpful and her readers appear grateful. As a matter of fact, check out the free wordpress theme she’s so kindly offered to the wordpress lover community Thanks!

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/16/wordpress-fun-a-free-wordpress-theme/

Also, she sounds well versed in creating web standards compliant CSS hand-coded sites including illustration and brand identity. A solid service package if you ask me.

Rockatee’s Site Design

Design is always subjective but I like the look of Rockatee. Subtle, pastel colours, light use of font as background textures keep your eyes focused on where they should go. Rockatee’s design portfolio includes fun don’t-take-me-serious layouts as well as corporate where’s-my-coffee formality.

The Services

I’ll just rattle off their at-a-glance menu of services because sometimes everything can be said in fewer words - an art I have yet to master (”concision” that is, see, I keep going on and on!).

Services include:

* Web & Interface Design
* hand-coded, webstandards compliant CSS, HTML & JavaScript
* Branding & Identity Design
* Illustration & Graphic Design
* CMS Integration such as: ExpressionEngine, TextPattern, Wordpress, Other CMSes

Enjoy

Current Mood: Cool

About

Omnific Design is a creative graphic design and web design studio located in Footscray, Melbourne, Australia.

The feature

Omnific Design mainly offers strategic graphic design, web design and printing solutions, as well as business design solutions. You can visit the portfolio and view the testimonials from Omnific Design’s previous client.

The design

The site is clean looking, but need a bit more ‘life’. The header image could be better. I hope Omnific Design can raise the standard level of their official website to the level of their exceptional portfolio.

The business

All revenue comes from offline business operations. Their portfolio and testimonials speak the loudest to the site visitors and potential clients, helping in securing more business.

123rf, one of the well-known royalty-free photo libraries has started the 123RF Search and Win contest on September 2008.

Here’s how the contest works:

All you have to do, is search for images on 123RF.com. While you do so, you might ‘accidentally’ found the ’special’ thumbnail.

The special thumbnail is displayed at random times every day. If you are lucky enough, you need to click on the thumbnail to access the prize claim form.

Successfully completing the form, you are instantly declared a winner and can take home a very, very cool Wacom Bamboo!

If you are less lucky, you can also win 20 123RF credits - not bad at all.

What’s more, you can win one for yourself when someone you referred through the 123RF referral program wins too!

The contest runs from September 22 to November 21, 2008. So, you better get going!

But, wait… what’s so special about Wacom Bamboo? If you are a graphic designer and never heard of it, you might missed one of the best tools in creating graphics with handwriting recognition tech.

What Wacom Bamboo can do - animation can show you better, so check out the following:

Amazing, isn’t it?

So there’s there - I’m off to 123RF.com to look for the lucky thumbnail while browsing for images to be used in my website design project

Current Mood: Cool

My answer - Yes, you should. But do it in an elegant way.

Partnership with similar or complementary services provider will actually add value to your site. However, having banner ads and ad network ads like Google Adsense for your design portfolio site is questionable, even damaging your site’s potential, in my opinion.

Why? Because people visiting your design portfolio sites to see the work you’ve done, with the possibility to win their project. If you put ads that are suppose to be visually attractive, on prominent places of your site, your site visitors will be ‘confused’ and distracted from their main focus - your portfolio.

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Current Mood: Flirtatious

IDEO is an innovation and design firm that uses a human-centered, design-based approach to help organizations in the business, government, education, healthcare, and social sectors innovate and grow.

The feature

You can access one of the most innovative design firm’s brand and design portfolio.

The design

Thumbnails-filled homepage is unique, and the pink-purplish colour scheme is as unique as the layout. Well-presented portfolio filled with great design ideas.

The business

No on-site monetisation method - all revenue assumed from their creative design.

Design Disease provides web designs imbued with style while giving usability and web standards the attention they deserve.

The feature

You can order custom design as well as access free Wordpress themes.

The design

The underwater-like design is beautiful and the font size and colour choices are fantastic. The bluish colour scheme surprisingly shout ’serene’.

The business

With the blog design fee starting from US$ 2000, Design Disease is definitely rakes in dollar from the custom web design. Considering the portfolio quality, that is a moderately modest price tag, in my opinion.

This post is GEArtBlog.com’s 100th Post! Yay!

Thanks all for the visit and support - hopefully I can improve my posting quality from now on

Current Mood: Ecstatic

Moxie Design Studios is one of the most popular blog and small business design firms in the market. It is launched and run by Catherine Scoleri and Joelle Reeder.

The feature

The site features list of services offered, as well as Moxie’s portfolio. The site also features Femmeplates - Moxie’s premium Wordpress theme.

The design

Very unique design with excellent design element and colour picks. The use of spaces and typography is top notch, giving the feeling of ‘groovy’ and ‘girl-power’.

The Femmeplates premium Wordpress theme designs themselves are amazing.

The business

No endorsement or any other on-site ads present. Revenues are generated from custom design and Femmeplates theme sales.