September 17, 2003
Design Firms — A Not-so-random List
A random listing of firms that are not “big ass”. So all small and mid ass firms will fall here:
Dept 3, previously known as Brand A or somehow related.
BlueLounge
Element Digital
Flat
NowWashYourHands
Cuban Council
More firms from Jimmy:
refinery
MicroArts
Nascent State
chemistri
Olive Media
BaseSix
Samata Mason
Dotglu
ABEL & BAKER Cases
ad2
Second Story Interactive Studios
AGENCY.COM
The Speared Peanut
Saltmine
tractor
open
evolutionbureau
POP! Multimedia
EDGE
LEOPARD
Peel Interactive Media
farmboy Design Group
axiomstudio
Divine
Summit Projects
Atomic Fusion, Inc.
Xylem Interactive
saforian interactive design
Plinko who designed 826 Valencia: San Francisco’s Only Pirate Supply Store, supposedly owned by Dave Eggers. Good chance that it is written by him as well.
Posted by: karen at September 16, 2003 01:24 AMdelapse who did alfaromeostyleclub and Lufthansa’s Miles and More website.
Posted by: karen at September 17, 2003 12:55 PMIs my list edited? Looks shorter than it is.
A UK firm:
and a Canadian one:
Posted by: jimmy at September 18, 2003 10:37 PMR/GA, probably THE leading i-shop around today, has revamped 2 famous arts institutions websites:
Posted by: jimmy at September 18, 2003 10:45 PMSome already appeared under big ass firms.
And I dunno why it looks shorter. Are you comparing it with your default text list generated by IE? This one is actually formatted. I deleted loads of stuff from the page titles.
Posted by: Karen at September 18, 2003 11:08 PMminiusa.com was done by Circle who are part of Euro RSCG
Posted by: jimmy at September 27, 2003 07:51 PMDon’t forget us.
Posted by: Christopher Simmons at October 7, 2003 03:29 AMWow. The announcements section is certainly worth checking out. Especially the selff-promos.
Posted by: Karen at October 7, 2003 11:48 AMMay i submit myself to this list.? May i, may i.? :)
( Soo, shameless self promotion starts right below.. :)
David Hubner, Design & Typography
Posted by: David Hubner at October 26, 2003 05:08 PMOf course you can, I wish more people would post their firms here.
:)
Posted by: Karen at October 26, 2003 05:43 PM24-7, the guys who did the Lana Landis site has a wonderful portfolio of richly textured, vintage looking sites with fantastic sound.
Posted by: Karen at December 4, 2003 07:28 PMI just started not long ago at VSA in Chicago. How are they on the manic scale?!? ;P
Posted by: Dolly at February 16, 2004 10:10 AMhere’s their site: http://www.vsapartners.com
Posted by: Dolly at February 16, 2004 10:12 AMAs far as i know, VSA is one of the bigger Chicago firms, and I also see VSA mentioned a lot together with Cahan when it comes to annual reports.
And you’ve got what … 20 years of history and millions of employees ???!!!
Not too sure about notable projects though. Care to enlighten?
Posted by: jimmy at February 16, 2004 07:09 PMThanks for posting us (olive) on your list. I’ve been referred to as a small to medium ass, but this is the first time my company has. Thanks!
Posted by: Steve at April 29, 2004 09:14 AMwhat bout momorobo?
haha.
Hiya Steve, i’ve always liked your logo!
Momo, is the site up yet? A bit hard to link to when it is not done yah? :)
Posted by: Karen at May 1, 2004 12:22 AM