The Beautiful Work: Web

Web sites keep evolving. What looked good yesterday may not look good today. I spend a lot of time perusing the web in search of functional, yet beautiful web site design.

And I walk my talk.

This is the fourth edition of my own web site since 2003. I wanted it to be clean and minimalist, yet bold and beautiful. A lot of clutter on your site makes it hard for visitors to get what they came for. It’s important to remember that your web site is an on-line store-front.

Would you have so much stuff in your store that they couldn’t even get inside the door?

Please take a stroll through my web site designs. We can meet in person or talk on the phone if you like what you see.

Marisa Design: www.marisadesign.com

Marisa Design partners with Fearless Design to create dynamic, browser compliant web sites. After I designed several sites for Marisa Design, Margie Matteson, the owner, approached me about redesigning her own site. She wanted her web site to evoke an earthy, peaceful feel with various compartments to showcase her work. She tells me that friends, colleagues and clients love her new design and that it has brought in a lot of new business.

Britton Homes: www.britton-homes.com

Marisa Design, my web programming partner, asked me to design a web site for her client, Britton Homes, a home remodeling company. They wanted a classy site that showcased their remodeling projects. In addition, they wanted their free report to be front and center. Looks great, doesn’t it?

Penelope James: Branding, Logo, Web Site, Copy Editing

Penelope liked my sassy Linked In profile so much she hired me to design her web site! Another reason to be yourself wherever you go. First we uncovered her Fearless Brand. Once we had that, we worked with a talented illustrator in Mexico to create the banner image for her provocative upcoming book: Don’t Hang Up. I had the site coded by the fabulous Web Image Designs. Penelope’s gotten terrific feedback on the design. What more can I ask for?

Christopher Events: www.christopher-events.com

Laura Christopher, an event planner, approached Marisa Design to create a web site for her new business, Christopher Events. She wanted a clean and uncluttered look, with relaxing earth & ocean colors. I took the colors from her existing logo and a great ocean photo of an event. The site has a simple, open feel. Just the experience you’ll get when Christopher Events plans your event!

East Douglas Insurance: www.eastdouglasinsurance.com

Insurance company web sites tend to be unattractive. Marisa Design asked me to create a web site to promote East Douglas Insurance, a Central Massachusetts insurance agency. My goal? To create a really lovely web site for them. I also wrote the copy for the home page. It came out great. They love it!

Lush Landscapes: www.lush-landscapes.com

Lush Landscapes (www.lush-landscapes.com) is a Medfield-based landscaping company that hired Marisa Design to create its first web site. The site’s earthy colors, floral designs, contemporary photography and ordered content give the site a lush but tamed feel — just what you’d expect from a top-notch landscape company.

Robmar Design Associates, Inc.: robmardesignassociates.com

Robmar Design Associates (robmardesignassociates.com), an upscale interior design company located in Hopkinton, hired Marisa Design to design and provide the copy for an elegant web site that would appeal to their sophisticated and diverse audience of homeowners, non-profits and corporations. Using the company’s corporate colors — dark purple and light gray — we created a handsome site with strong lines, an uncluttered feel and just the right amount of details.