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Ask YC: Best artistic/design firms?
Has anyone dealt with a design firm? I want to hire a company to design the HTML/CSS layout for a project. I'm not necessarily interested in 37Signals/Clean/"web 2.0", but something with a little attitude/art.
- malachi 18y agoOdopod, Method, Barbarian Group
- speek 18y agothe Barbarian Group is one of my favorite things... ever.
- lsemel 18y agoDesign firms can be costly. Might be better to hire a talented freelancer. If you do want to go with a firm check out: Behavior Design, Happy Cog, Concentric Studios, We Break Stuff
- lsemel 18y agoAlso.. if you find a design firm that has particular projects you like you can try to find the individuals or freelancers that worked on them, and hire them individually. I'd google for "portfolio" combined with the name of the design firm, project or designer's name, and contact them directly. This way you get past all the process, procedure, professionalism and project management that come with working with a firm (and which bigger companies really need) and work with the designer directly. Most designers who aren't principals of their firms do freelance work on the side assuming they have time.
- dmpayton 18y agoA friend of mine is a freelance designer, and he does good work. http://www.artificestudios.com/ http://www.artificestudios.com/
- vaksel 18y agoMaybe try to crowd source the design and then just hire someone to do the css? i.e. 99designs for the layout and then just find someone good with css
- wedocreative 18y agoI would regret it if I didn't recommend us www.wearewedo.com ... maybe we're a little too web 2.0 for ya? oh & you can contact me at zee@wedocreative.com - we're not cheapies but we're bloody good.
- pchristensen 18y agoUpmod for ballsy confidence :)
- wedocreative 18y agolegend, thank you. :)
- tortilla 18y agoI love Jeff's work. http://www.jeffsarmiento.com/ http://www.jeffsarmiento.com/
- pmikal 18y agoI recommend John @ http://www.skyrocketmedia.com/ http://www.skyrocketmedia.com/
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- pfisch 18y agoMudbug Media is a good design firm based in New Orleans. http://www.mudbugmedia.com http://www.mudbugmedia.com
- jm3 18y agoFrom someone who's done time in an agency: these are my favorite and most talented digital design shops: http://delicious.com/jm3/agencies http://delicious.com/jm3/agencies (sharing these to amswer your question and because it's inspiring to check out all the great work; most of these shops will be well out of the price range of any reasonably frugal startup.)