How to find a Web designer to improve a current design?
May 17, 2013 11:00 AM Subscribe
I have mostly completed a website design for a small company - logo, colors, info architecture - but the visual effect of all the elements together isn't.. quite.. "there" yet. How would I go about finding a Web designer who could improve the design "the rest of the way"?
For example - take the existing elements and, either modify some, or add a couple of touches here & there, to pull the design together into a more attractive, visually "tight" design.
I know how to go find a design agency to create a new idea from scratch, but how do you go about finding a designer (or design team/agency) to take an existing design & *improve* it?
For example - take the existing elements and, either modify some, or add a couple of touches here & there, to pull the design together into a more attractive, visually "tight" design.
I know how to go find a design agency to create a new idea from scratch, but how do you go about finding a designer (or design team/agency) to take an existing design & *improve* it?
Iterating on a existing design is something that any designer should be able to do. If a designer always wants to start from scratch they're not really doing their job properly IMHO. So the same way you'd find any other designer -- which depends mostly on your budget -- should work for this as well.
(Of course this does depend on the quality of your almost-there design...)
posted by ook at 11:38 AM on May 17, 2013
(Of course this does depend on the quality of your almost-there design...)
posted by ook at 11:38 AM on May 17, 2013
As you look, keep in mind that many "Web Designers" are really "Web Developers". You'd be ahead of the game by looking for a Graphic Designer, ideally one with good experience designing for the Web.
posted by humboldt32 at 12:18 PM on May 17, 2013
posted by humboldt32 at 12:18 PM on May 17, 2013
Best answer: I might be able to help you if you want to PM me the details. Otherwise, you can check out sites like Sortfolio or Behance and look thru a ton of portfolios.
posted by spilon at 12:22 PM on May 17, 2013
posted by spilon at 12:22 PM on May 17, 2013
Best answer: You can also look on Dribbble. If you want an economical contractor, you could try an independent contractor site like Elance or a design contest site like Crowdspring. There was an AskMeFi question yesterday from a graphic designer and you might find some useful information among those answers in terms of how to give guidance to your web designer.
posted by Dansaman at 12:28 PM on May 17, 2013
posted by Dansaman at 12:28 PM on May 17, 2013
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posted by oceanjesse at 11:21 AM on May 17, 2013