handmade websites
beautiful email blasts
for businesses that want to rise above the noise
“Create your own visual style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others”
–Orson Welles
We are reliable.
We are trustworthy, conscientious and we wont disappear halfway through the job.
We stay in touch for the whole process and beyond.
We are not just designers.
We know how to code with HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP.
We can build an entire site from the ground up so you have total control.
We do more than web.
We can create an amazing email for you to send to your clients.
We can even design business cards and brochures that jump to life on phones and tablets.
“The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design”
–Massimo Vignelli
WEBSITE DESIGN
A responsive website that looks beautiful across all devices — desktop computers — tablets & smartphones. Most web projects are built in WordPress, a Content Management System that is customizable to incorporate your company's look and feel. We also build websites that are hand-coded from scratch to give you complete control over design and functionality.
WEBSITE PROJECTS INCLUDE:
Initial project design session
Domain name & web host acquisition
Look & feel design concepts
Project development
Google analytics
SEO integration
Website training session and handoff
EMAIL BLASTS
Whether you’re sending an email newsletter, a special offer or an invitation, email marketing can deliver your message and help get your business humming! We can help you put it out there by designing — coding and uploading your emails from your Gmail account or for a huge MailChimp or Constant Contact account.
EMAIL PROJECTS INCLUDE:
Initial project design session
Look & feel design concepts
Project development
Email service implementation
Testing
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
There are always additional things that need to be taken care of together with – or alongside a web site design. Here are some of those you may need some help with.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES INCLUDE:
ANIMATED LOGOS
Email setup: build mailboxes, setting up mail clients
AdWords
Site monitoring
Site backups
SSL support [https: on your website]
“Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries”
–Neville Brody
Challenge:
Develop a minimal site with a scrolling
page displaying the work in each of Dan’s
design categories.
click here to view live site
Challenge:
Design a stunning email that stands out in
everything necessary to sign up or join
the Society.
Including animation in the header of the
email to stand out even more from other
email blasts.
click here to view email
Challenge:
Create a stunning site that detailed each
of Townhouse Kitchens services.
Also took several of the interior
photographs for the portfolio section.
click here to view live site
Challenge:
Design a stunning email that stands out in
everything necessary to sign up or join
the Society.
Including animation in the header of the
email to stand out even more from other
email blasts.
click here to view live site
Challenge:
Design and build a space for the music
producers to have their audience visit on
a regular basis, including a blog – music
and video pages
Also created a working store for the sale
of merchandise and downloading music.
This included setting up tax scales and
shipping zones, as well as taking the
product photographs of the merchandise.
click here to view live site
Challenge:
Design a stunning email that stands out in
everything necessary to sign up or join
the Society.
Including animation in the header of the
email to stand out even more from other
email blasts.
click here to view live site
–front door of Milton Glaser's studio
email: kevin@kevinsartain.com
tel: 646.281.5437
click here to see my illustrations and animations
© sartain | design 2017