AB Design
AB Design
My name's Andrew
I design customized websites and online solutions for clients worldwide.
9001Simplified is a global leader in the field of products and training solutions for organizations that want to implement ISO 9001.
I've been working with 9001Simplified since 2011, managing all aspects of their website, visual identity, and content strategy.
Read Case StudyMy design philosophy veers towards a minimalist aesthetic. There's something elegant about simplicity and it seems to me that less is usually more.
Most of my content creation work is for clients, but I also keep this blog and write about topics related to design, tech, and the history of NASA.
Helvetica is the go-to typeface on the New York subway, but it wasn't until 1980 that it began replacing a German rival introduced over a decade earlier.
Paywalls are a near-universal feature of the internet media landscape, but how do users perceive them, dnd what's the easiest and most effective way to bypass them?
Yes, a design I submitted to CSS Zen Garden was published.
Of the many website design galleries that have come and gone, CSS Zen Garden is easily the best known and most influential. The site was set up sometime around 2003 to showcase what could be done with CSS, and had a profound impact on the evolution of modern web design.
My Zen Garden submission was accepted at the end of 2005. As well as generating a huge amount of attention in blog posts and online magazines, screenshots of it were published in about half a dozen books. It's thanks to this success that I got started as a website designer.
Designing a website from scratch can sometimes be easier and quicker than overhauling an existing site. If the client has clear ideas about what's needed and is able to provide product photography, video, written content and artwork, 1-3 months is a good estimate.
Large projects with customized content management systems can take 3-6 months or more. Usability testing can also add a week or so to the timeline.