Announcing our new website…10 years in the making.

I’m sure you’ve heard of the old expression about the shoemaker who was so busy he did not have time to make shoes for his own children. Well, let’s just say our feet have been bare for quite some time. In a major case of not practicing what we preach, we allowed our corporate website to go without any major updates for…wait-for-it…TEN YEARS!  As you can imagine this is a tad embarrassing for us. Particularly since we have designed several hundred websites over the last decade. What can I say, the customer always came first leaving our ancient website to whither on the vine.

After much hard work, plus lots of the latest in web programming, video & social networking capabilities, we are proud to announce the launch of the new BlackDog website http://www.blackdogadvertising.com .

Some additional things you may want to check out:

• Meet our creative Team | Click Here
• Find out about how we got started | Click Here
• Take a tour of our studio | Click Here
• Check out our clients | Click Here
• Visit our portfolio and check out some case studies | Click Here
• See our pretty pictures | Click Here
• Graphic Design is not dead and we have the samples to prove it | Click Here
• Did you know we are Google Certified | Click Here

Less is more.

One of the greatest artists of the 16th century, Michelangelo is best known for two of his masterpiece sculptures: David and The Pieta. And although he insisted that painting was not his profession, his ceiling frescos at the Sistine Chapel are considered some of the most influential works of art in history. During the early months of work, Michelangelo came to realize that the compositions of his first three panels were crowded. One of these

was The Great Flood; it lacked the simplicity which he came to master later on with one of his best known panels: The Creation of Adam.

My point simply is what we can learn from this versatile Renaissance man. Michelangelo was better able to visually tell a story with less elements as he progressed with each panel. As we take on our next project, whether creating a new website, a mobile-friendly interface or a corporate brochure, think not how to fill every square inch but how to utilize your space aesthetically and functionally to achieve its ultimate purpose. By doing so, I think that you will find that less truly is more when it comes to visual communications.