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Bottoms up! CentreSource launches new site for Yazoo Brewing Co.
This past Friday, Yazoo Brewing Company held their grand opening for their new Taproom in Downtown Nashville. To coincide with the opening, we also launched their new Web site. The site gives the visitor an overview of the brewery and invites them to discover the many lines of beer that Yazoo has to offer. The visitor can also buy merchandise as well as find out the latest news from their blog and Twitter accounts.
Check out their site at www.yazoobrew.com.
The Bounty Bev Logo Design Process
When we were approached by Bounty Bev to design their logo and initial web presence, I was beyond excited. Distributor of Fort Collins Brewery and Caldera Brewing Company, Bounty Bev is small, willing to take chances, passionate about what they do, and ready to receive creative and branding direction. My favorite type of client to work with.
Having just wrapped up the logo design, I thought it would be fun to share with you an overview of the process.
Minimal.
Even in the design community, there’s confusion and sometimes arguments over what minimalism really is. Everyone has their own opinion on where you draw the line, but common indications include liberal use of white space and limited decoration. Wikipedia describes minimalist design as a something “reduced to its necessary elements.”
Which elements are necessary and which are fluff is itself a gray area as design is often concerned with creating an experience. Only a seasoned designer with a good grasp on a project can say whether a light sheen or gradient helps cater to the experience or is needless noise.
6 Tips and Tricks for Designing with the 960 Grid System
If you’re not familiar with CSS frameworks, you should be. They create a baseline from which designers and themers can create websites, standardizing basic layout options with a common toolset and language. I was passionately opposed to them for the longest time because I feared we would lose the art and beauty of designing and XHTML/CSS coding. My opinion changed once I discovered the 960 Grid System.