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MinaChang.com: Nominee for Site of the Year!

Sarah Camp — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:23:33 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the website we built for musician Mina Chang (minachang.com) has been nominated for Site of the Year at CSS Creme. The site was built entirely in WordPress and was a last-second project, so that makes us extra happy that it’s getting the great responses from the design community.

Oh, and, of course, be sure to support us and cast your vote!

Finding Inspiration

Sarah Camp — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:10:38 +0000

Of course, there are inspirational design galleries online. But I’ve found that when I am designing for one medium, it is more useful to look at inspiration in other mediums. For example, if one is designing a website, it would be more beneficial to go outside for a walk, or go to an art museum, than to look at a website design gallery.

Why? Well, if you are looking at tons of designs for that exact thing that you are creating, it will be extremely difficult to avoid having elements largely inspired by those designs. Your design will be more original and “fresh” if you look elsewhere.

I can look out my window and find inspiration in the rain, the trees, the grass. I can go to the mall and watch people; looking at their clothes, their movements, the way they present themselves. I can watch a movie, play a game, surf the web, go for a bike ride. Normal everyday activities should be able to bring inspiration – and they do.

What inspires you?

Camp Creative Group: ‘Beauty’

Sarah Camp — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:41:53 +0000

It’s one thing for us to say that we make beautiful websites that our clients fall in love with, but it’s another thing entirely when we get to hear other people say it. Of course, it’s not always so easy to pass that along to our readers – however, today we have had the honor of receiving a fantastic design critique from wecritiquedesigns.com.

We’ve been listed on several design galleries (such as thebestdesigns.com and cssheaven.com) and even favorited on many, featured on some, and chosen as an “editor’s pick” on w3csites.com (a site that only accepts your design if all of your files validate completely). We were even featured in an article about lighting effects on Smashing Magazine, which was pretty exciting in and of itself.

But none have brought me the sheer joy that this review brought me. It is expertly written and just to see that people really do “get” the design and why it is the way it is, well, that just makes all of the hard work worth it.

The Camp Creative Group are a design agency who live by the moto “Fall in love with your design” and it is their very own website that I have fallen in love with.

To read the review in it’s entirety, visit wecritiquedesigns.com.

Free iPhone Backgrounds Via CCG

Sarah Camp — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:19:28 +0000

We normally don’t give things away for free, so when we do, it’s probably a good idea to jump on it! We’ve created seventeen iPhone backgrounds for you to use. A couple of them are art created by us, while others are photos from various places, including Hawaii. All rights to the images belong to the photographer: myself. Feel free to download them for your iPhone or iPod touch!

Wind

Turtle

Tree Path

Tree Light

Sunset

She Sells Sea Shells

Plumeria

Pink Plumeria

Pineapple

Palm Silhouette

Regal Mountains

Monster Tree

Bright Sun

Follow Your Heart

Lost in the Woods

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We hope that you enjoy them!