Ask HN: Can you recommend good and not too expensive web designers?

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by jpirkola • 17 years ago

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for a start up company? No investments yet, doing everything with own money.

hotshothenry2• 17 years ago

define "not too expensive"

noodle• 17 years ago

yes. yourself.

honestly, its not terribly difficult to come up with something simple yet elegant. or, find a template from a service.

once you're ready for the big time, then you can invest in a good designer.

ejs• 17 years ago

I guess it depends on what you mean by "not too expensive" and what you require... Are you talking PSD of artwork for you to slice up, or complete HTML + CSS?

jpirkola• 17 years ago

Define not to expensive, how should I define it? I want something as good as the unity3d site, in fact I based the information I created on the information they give about their software (Because the framework is really excellent) if I want a good webdesigner what would be realistic for a site in that direction? 1k, 2k, 3k? 5k? in that direction of quality (www.unity3d.com)

hotshothenry2• 17 years ago

hmm I might be of some help, if not my services, I also know of a couple designers too. Email me if you want to talk further, henry.khachatryan at gmail

Major_Grooves2• 17 years ago

I recommend these guys: http://www.sumac.uk.com/

I used them for a recent project and their design was spot-on, their HTML/css was good, and their pricing was competitive.

If you want something really cheap, then put a request on some kind of freelancer site and get someone in a cheaper market to make it for you. I wouldn't - too risky - but your choice.

Major_Grooves2• 17 years ago

although I should add that the website that they designed that made me want to use them is not on their online portfolio. I had found it through one of their designers showing it on a design blog. http://ventlondon.com/

Fenn• 17 years ago

I recommend http://99designs.com/ as a great starting point.

You can run a design contest for a small amount of money, and you'll get a FAR broader range of options than with just one small designer.

You have the option to only pay if you're actually satisfied with one of the entries, so the risk is essentially nothing (ie: just the $39 entry cost).

Be wary that the quality of entries is somewhat in line with how much you're offering and the quality of your feedback. That said, you should be able to get something really decent for <$1000.

Another option would be to trawl the site and find designers who's work you really like, then offer them something inline with what they'd get in the competition environment (but with guaranteed payment).

Cheers!

cglee• 17 years ago

Seems like a really good option for individual logos, but what about overall site design?

dmpayton• 17 years ago

I always recommend http://www.artificestudios.com but like many other comments, I'm going to have to ask you to define "not too expensive".

http://www.artificestudios.com/blog/business/walmart-prices-...

(Disclaimer: Antonio is a good friend and godfather of my little girl)

minalecs• 17 years ago

i suggest looking on elance.com put out a proposal, and let some people bid on it. You can see examples of work, and get recommendations. The good thing, is you will be able to find talented people all around the world.

patio11• 17 years ago

I recommend anyone extraordinarily pressed for cash launch version 1.0 with either an open source web design and/or cheap template, and then after you have revenue (the plan does include revenue, right?) you can replace it with an arbitrarily expensive design.

I spent 18 months running my business on top of a free design from http://www.oswd.org

jamesbritt• 17 years ago

No.

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