Ten Designer Firms Websites

Hok
is a design firm that was founded in 1955 by George Hellmuth, Gyo Obata and George Kassabaum the firm has 26 regional offices on 4 continents (North America, Europe, Asia and Australia). Hok also has very good rankings some such as:
#1 Architectural/Engineering Firm, Building Design + Construction, July 2007.
#1 Architectural/Engineering Firm, Engineering News-Record, April 23, 2007.
#2 Interior Design Practice, Interior Design, January 2007.
#3 Architectural Firm, Building Design (UK), January 2007. I found this firm's web easy to navigate about. All the information that one may want know about was listed in the interactive drop list. The firm even also showed some of their project, and also gave a little background information about the founding of the firm. I really like that if one is searching for a career opportunity the firm's website also list their locations to make it easier for the browser and they also supply an online application and printable brochures. The only flaw is there are unnecessary side scrolling bars. To view this website click Hok to your top left.

Gensler

is a firm known for sustainable designs they made sustainability their first priority in 1972, when we asked Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), the California utility, if they would consider using one of their own office workplace projects as a prototypical energy-efficient workspace. They agreed—two years before the first oil crisis drove energy prices through the roof. Gensler website make it easy to navigate but the interaction is not able to keep the viewer's attention there is a lot of white space with black text. There is a lot of reading when in my opinion I would like quick facts straight to the point. The website to give one a sense of direction for navigation. I saw under one picture it directed the viewer to slide the scroll bar to see more pictures. The firm also give list of job positions within the firm and the locations of their companies, and they each let one know if their are open positions. To view this website simply click Gensler to your top left.

Ideo
Firm website I found it very difficult to navigate. There was just an abundant amount of information that was written in black fine print text on a white background looking at the page lost my attention it was not interesting at all I think that website should reflect a firm's work, if site had to reflect this firm's work would rank as unorganized and very unappealing to the viewer. To visit this firm's website click Ideo to your upper left.

Colvin Designs
Design firm begun solely as a one person ownership in 1993, and then formally established in 2004 as an outstanding personalized architectural, interior designs and graphic designs. I found this website very accommodating to navigate through. This firm provided a little background information and showed some of their projects. They also give their contact information. It would be nice if they have other locations, to list their contact information as well as the main company. This site really kept my attention because of the format of a power point.
hlw Internationals
This website was very appealing to the eye. The interaction with the site and the view. Along with the interaction of the website with the view it also provides important information. The site provide their locations, careers available, background information. They use a time line to show the background of their works. There is an abundant amount of color on a black background that makes the text easier to read. There other locations also provide their contact information and show their projects they have done.

INTERIOR DESIGNER

I. Michaels Interior Designer
is an interior design firm located in the Maryland, Virgina, and Washington D.C area. It was established in 1982. They are known for providing these services that are listed below:

• Interior design & architecture for corporate, commercial, hospitality, and residential projects
• Space planning for tenant improvement for office design
• Construction documentation for bidding and pricing
• Furniture, fixture, and equipment (FF&E) specifications and procurement
• Field verification and documentation of existing building
• Custom signage and graphics
• Lighting design
• Fine art consultation

I found it very easy ti navigate about this firm's site. I enjoyed looking at the orientation of the site, especially the color coordination with the colors used in the project. I really thought they compliment each other well. To visit this site, simply click the firm's name at the upper left corner of this entry about this firm.




D.A Interior Designs, LLC

A design firm that was established in 2002. For a company that dose not have many years in experiecne they received a two-time award winner of the American Society of interior Designers design Excellence award in 2005. Their website is very interesting the view is able to interact with the site as far as looking at their work that has a before and after effect. An ordinary viewer would be interested in a firm's work as soon as they enter a firm's site, so I believe they took that into consideration when they designed this site because they have a photo gallery link to look at their projects. To browse this site click D.A. Interior Designs to your upper left.

Callison Designs
I like the design of the site but as far as navigation it wasn't as easy as it could be. If someone wanted to find out the locations of the careers nearest to them, it hard too find the link that list them. I like the coloration when one first enter the site and the slide show of their works. But as far as important information that also need to be seen when one view the site. To view this site simply click Callison Designs to your upper left.

JEIDesigns, inc

This firm seems to have one location and one business owner without the help of employees or partners. It is owned by Julie Evan, whom the firm is named after Julie Evan Interior Designs. The site has lack of information. It only provides the information of Julie Evan I guess because it has one contact number and fax number with her email address. The site doesn't provide any background information of how experience they are or if there any career opportunities. It does have a little interaction which is enlarging the photos. To view this site click JEIDesign, inc to your upper left.
nbbj

I found this website very interesting and fairly easy to navigate through. I also liked the approach of being able to list to audio of actual employees of nbbj as to their visions of the company. Another negative that made it fairly easy to navigate was there was many links that carried important or interesting information that made it hard to organized what order you one would like to look at links. To view this site click nbbj to your upper left.