The City of San Francisco is basically known for 3 things: Full House, Barry Bonds, and Rice-a-Roni dishes. Well, I can now add another thing to that list – thought-provoking conferences on technology, business, and web design. For those of you who haven’t heard, Voices That Matter was the 4th installment of a 2 day conference held in sunny San Fran featuring some of the most innovative speakers & writers of our industry. Topics ranged from HTML5, CSS3, mobile optimization,… Continue Reading
Contributors / Steve Badowski
Weaned on nothing but carrots during the early years of the company, Steve Badowski was one of the first designers to grace his keystrokes for Carrot Creative. He is considered by many to be a "double threat" to the web 2.0 game (triple, if you count his boyish good looks).
July 6, 2009
Does Design Matter to Startups? You bet.
I had the pleasure of attending a NextNY event last Wednesday with Carrot Creative’s own Kristin and Maury in Time Square. The Topic – Does Design matter to Startups? The discussion was led by designers Crystal Beasley, Kevin Kearney, Nicole Tecco Reece, Dagny Prieto, and Stefan Lawrence. The meet-up was to help entrepreneurs better understand the role of a design team (often looked at as a wild, type-loving troupe of hippies) in the greater scheme of things while running a business.
So, will bringing on designers really matter, or does having your product or service “work” outweigh how it looks? Here are some insights from the discussion.
December 28, 2007
Wii aren't happy
After feeling extremely slighted after this holiday season, when our bosses, Mike and Bobby, ignored our countless “Be Santa” letters to Santa, and handwritten letters written on company stationary asking for Nintendo Wii and flat screen TV’s for the office; Kyle and I went ahead and did something about it.
May 24, 2007
TXT Communications gets a new look
Hey guys, The first project that I worked on here at Carrot was to design the logo and website for TXT Communications. The logo has been approved by everyone, so here’s a sneak peak on what we are working on. I am very excited to be working with Carrot and posting more graphics on the blog. My vision behind the logo can be found in the “x”. Arrows play a large role in the graphic in that it physically forms… Continue Reading
