Posted by
utopian – July 8, 2010
Scott Hull Associates
Scott Hull Associates first called on us nearly two years ago for the construction of a multi-artist, multi-author site highlighting their respected agency. When the time had come to rethink, refine, and reinvent the site’s visuals, Scott rang again.
Bringing us together once more with Penelope Dullaghan, a frequent collaborator and popular editorial artist from Scott’s stellar stable, the project called for a design that would maintain a similar feel in a simpler, cleaner, and more concentrated form. Penelope delivered a layout we were as excited to develop as Scott and company were to green-light. We added some clever programming on a tag-based quick search feature that prospective Scott Hull customers can use to sample the styles, manners, and methods of the illustrators Scott represents.
The new site puts a honed focus on the work Scott’s team of talents produces for a diverse group of clients — from Jamie Oliver Magazine spreads to award-winning Starbucks campaigns, from the mural helping set the mood for your meal at Panera to Cincinnatti’s Great American Ballpark.
Posted by
brianna – October 6, 2009
Kate's Latest Penguin Art
Kate Garchinsky’s design, illustration, and art works are front and center in her reorganization and visual redesign of her long-standing PenguinArt.com. With a look and feel from Kate’s drafting table atop a WordPress core and custom theme and plugin development by Utopian.net, the site presents work archives and personal projects, along with notes, tales, and updates on Kate’s blog.
Posted by
utopian – August 18, 2009
VonGlitschka.com - Glitschka Studios/Utopian.net 2009
Von Glitschka raises the curtain over his Glitschka Studios site today, with a new design, new hosting, and a new platform for managing updates, edits, and uploads of Von’s latest exuberant and distinctive work. Renovated in collaboration with Utopian.net’s Brianna Privett, vonglitschka.com uses the open-source WordPress content engine with a Leitmotif custom theme. The new site will keep clients in the know about goings-on at the Studios, while minimizing maintenance to keep Von and Co. doing what they do best: creating inventive Illustrative Design for ad agencies, design firms, and corporate art departments.
Posted by
brianna – March 5, 2009
Lietmotif for artist and illustrator Katie Cusack.
Posted by
brianna – October 27, 2008
Long-time Utopian.net hosters and friends from up north, Woodward Design, are in the midst of a site redesign to show off more of what makes their work so sought-after. We helped out with a light development project to transform the firm’s layouts and existing HTML into a WordPress theme for their new “Birdhouse” studio blog, launched last week. Amanda, Dana, Kristin and Anders will be using the easy-to-update space to give glimpses into the process that delivers such beautiful illustration, design, logo, and brand work to Woodward clients, and to provide interaction with fans and customers through comments, syndication, and other features built-in to WordPress at Utopian.net.
Stop by and say hi!
Posted by
utopian – September 4, 2008
The new Scott Hull Associates site
Scott Hull Associates is a respected representative for a varied and lauded stable of talented artists. When Scott and Co. needed a site that would deliver more control to each of the artists they represent, we worked from a beautifully simple design by our frequent collaborator, and Scott Hull-represented illustrator, Penelope Dullaghan. With Penny’s gorgeous look-and-feel, user interface collaboration by the brilliant Josh Sears, and lots of input from Scott, his staff, and their represented artists, we crafted a new site with a new look, powered by a multi-user site manager in the form of WordPress-µ.
It’s open-source foundation software that can empower many team members — and, with commenting and RSS syndication throughout, associates outside the team — to contribute and craft their corner of the site into their best face forward for the organization. We tried to build Scott’s vision of the most immediate, informative portfolio preview in the business. As each artist grows their sample work and their blog in the new format, we hope the site will be almost like a sit-down interview with an artist you might hire for your logo, brand image, or design project.
More…
Posted by
brianna – August 25, 2008
Von Glitschka launched Federal Bureau of Illustration today, a site for illustration case studies with one of the most fun metaphors we’ve ever had the pleasure of implementing into WordPress.
Von Glitschka's Federal Bureau of Illustration
In Von’s words:
“I’ve seen a lot of case study sites. Most are kind of boring and far too serious so I wanted to avoid that when I created my own. The site is done as a tongue-in-cheek play off the metaphor of the FBI. There are a total of seven case files in the archive right now and I’ll add more as time goes on so if you subscribe to the RSS you’ll be notified when I post new case files.”