We recently created this sleek 20-page publication for the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce. The publication features 35 of the top young professionals in the Grand Island community that are under 35 years old. They come from a variety of professions – education, healthcare, banking, law and marketing to name a few – and are actively involved members of the community. The Chamber wanted the publication to be vibrant, elegant and professional,…
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2018 has started and we’re looking forward to a great year full of new design trends and a whole new wave of styles and ideas on the web. The last few years have steadily seen more and more people surfing the web on their phones so that will continue to drive trends and how people use websites and what they expect to see (and how quickly!). With the rise of artificial intelligence,…
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Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to kick off the new year! We’re certainly ready, but we do want to take a look back at 2017 and see some of our favorite posts on the Snoack Studios Blog. We’ve gathered together a collection of posts about website security, WordPress, design inspiration, and more and they are all listed here below. Let us know your…
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Design has been around since the beginning of time and people love talking about the way it changes our lives and how it makes us feel and think. We love quotes on design – whether they are inspiring, funny or just so true. We gathered together a great collection of 12 quotes on design that made us smile, think, and feel inspired about being a designer as well as a consumer of…
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Typography brings such a big design element to any website, and just by changing the font you can change the whole look of the site. We love using Google Fonts for great free fonts that are easily embedded in websites. They have hundreds of fonts to choose from, everything from handwritten fonts to special stylized fonts, and cursive fonts to big blocky fonts. There are tons of unique choices that can fit…
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We are true typography nerds here at Snoack Studios and love all things type. We enjoy how different fonts have their own characteristics and how a design can be changed completely by changing the font, spacing, and color of the text. Even if the text isn’t the main element of a design, it still plays a large and integral part. Typography has it’s own set of vocabulary words that many aren’t familiar…
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Did you know that 27% of the web is powered by WordPress? Considering how many websites are out there, that’s a large percentage! More and more websites are switching over to WordPress because it’s user-friendly, it’s easily customized, it’s secure (and constantly updated to keep it that way), and the community is very supportive and active. Many big sites and celebrities are now using WordPress including The Walt Disney Company, Dole, Chicago Sun Times, Glad,…
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Happy New Year! A new year brings a new set of trends in the ever-changing web design world. Each year we see trends rise and fall in popularity and are largely dictated by changing technology and how we use it. Mobile usage has been steadily on the rise, and the web has changed greatly because of it. We’ve seen responsive design grow because of the growing amount of mobile users as well as a…
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Business stationary doesn’t have to be boring – it can be beautiful AND functional at the same time. It definitely needs to serve a purpose and allow you to write and send letters and documents and be legible, but it can also leave a lasting impression with its recipient as well. We’ve gathered together a collection of creative, bold, classic, and stunning stationary examples that stand out and make their business look exceptional….
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Video backgrounds are an increasing trend that we’re seeing in more and more websites, giving the user a more vibrant and rich experience. People like to see motion and movement in websites, giving them something something to look at and more to experience on the site. Using a video as a background is a great opportunity to provide movement with meaningful content that the user can appreciate and enjoy. Some videos use…
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