The days
of design for pure aesthetics are gone. Business today requires a
design posture that embraces business goals and drivers, efficiency,
accountability and measurable results as priorities.
Good
design comes from achieving a concrete understanding of those priorities
within the context of the targeted audience. Design is an iterative
process that requires an open and honest exchange of ideas, concepts
and often unconventional thought.
Offering
professional web design as a service in today's market has progressed
far past the point of just being skilled in art. It has evolved to
a point where being skilled in business is not just a nice addition
to the process, but an absolute requirement for success.
So many
factors play into solid, comprehensive design, but the focus of my
efforts remains the relationship between the user and the company.
Past the fundamentals, past the common-knowledge mantras of usability
and architecture, successful user experience through effective design
is always possible when the message is clear and the audience is known.
Your
business has a voice that speaks in specific tones. My job is to ensure
that voice is "heard" in a visual sense by the people you
are speaking to.