design

For Immediate Release

The architectural firm Studio Southwest Architects (http://www.studioswarch.com) has teamed up with Web development firm, Data-Scribe®, to re-energize their Web presence with an implementation of a content management system (CMS) and a redesign. Studio Southwest Architects was founded in 1984 and is a regional award-winning firm, whose practice focuses on cost-effective, sustainable design.

AEC firms and Web firms have one main thing in common, they have to design or build something in order to please the client. The way something looks and feels is subjective, making it difficult to please everyone. As we reviewed some of the comments we've heard when building sites, we realized that A/E/C firms have heard similar ones from their clients.

1. "I really like purple. Is there a way that you could work that in?"

At what point does a custom design become an issue in the development of a Web site or content management system? Are custom designs even an issue in the world of development anymore?

With all the ready-made templates out there, you would think not. Don't fool yourself; there are plenty of issues wrapped around the ideologies of design and the Web. More recently the term "design" has become more fluid across disciplines.

Recently, we came across a posting about using a black background on your Web site. In this year of Live Earth and green thinking, black backgrounds are supposed to conserve energy.