This was my favorite corner design shop back when I lived in the Sunset. I didn't go often. Being…read morea student, my professional graphic design services needs were low. But they did have one of the last remaining typewriters left in the fog zone, so on occasion they would let me pay them by the hour to sit down and type out an application. Spotted Dog presaged the dot com boom in many ways with its hip but sincere design ethic, its work on web design, one of the early Color-Animal company names that later became all the rage, and of course the whole dog thing. But it never quite joined in. As other tiny design shops expanded, took in venture financing, took over floors of factory warehouses, and sold out to Avenue A, Razorfish, and Rare Medium, Spotted Dog clung to its cute little storefront on the edge of San Francisco's fog zone, never growing beyond a few people. You've probably seen their work if you've read the Azie menu, eaten at Hyde Street Bistro, Spa Fusion, Pizza Antica, Fuzio, Zibbibo, a few dozen others. Bought a bottle of Lulu's vinegar? Been to a party at Merchant's Exchange? Perhaps you've seen their famous Wine Wheel. Little things they've done infuse the character of life here, they are part of what makes San Francisco such a gorgeous city to live. If you are in business, from plumbing repair to a chocolate bar, never forget the importance of branding, logos, product design, and style. You are not just selling a fixed shower drain, you are selling a way of life. A restaurant sells more than food, it sells flavor - and a beautiful menu makes everything in life taste better. Now that the dot com boys are all gone, back to surfing Santa Cruz, back to the engineering job, back to Burning Man, Spotted Dog is still there doing high end work for restaurants, wineries, and hotels. One hopes they'll weather the new economic crash just like the last one and that a couple years from now when the City gets back on its feet there will be some fantastic new restaurant with a salt tasting menu, a pre-dinner herbal alignment, or a beet cart, and you will get swept away in the spotted dog aesthetic not knowing why, just knowing life is good.

We went to Cindy and Mary with a vague notion of what we wanted, and the website they created was…read moreoutstanding! We were completely impressed by their aesthetic and their ability to work quickly to get us a great product. We've had numerous compliments on how clean our site looks and how easy it is to use. We could not be more thrilled with how our site turned out and how easy it was to work with the two of them. I would, in a heartbeat, recommend them to anyone needing a website. Their prices were incredibly reasonable too, which was critical for us since we are a startup with not a ton of money. I would absolutely use them again.

Used this shop once so can't give a full on five stars (yet), but had a graphic design crisis…read morerecently and Twist totally saved the day. They turned around an estimate and production schedule immediately, helped us stick to the schedule, developed really good designs given the circumstances and delivered on time and on budget. Totally saved my ass, and they clearly get the business side of the business, not just the creative. Will definitely use them again.

I started as a Weblamb customer before there even was a Weblamb. It's certainly been a couple…read moreyears, one redesign, and a major host migration ago. Jennie has a lot of energy and good ideas and she doesn't seem to be afraid of anything. It's always a work in progress, of course, but her enthusiasm and desire to do things right is certainly greater than mine and you can tell in the results we have achieved. I'm a blogger with a global audience and a simple but HUGE WordPress site with hundreds of thousands of words and hundreds of pictures. With my large readership and the fact that I write about technology I'm a target for hackers and that's one area where Jennie excels. It's a challenge to keep up with all the patches and updates but she does that easily while constantly looking out for new modifications that can make the site faster or more secure. I'd definitely use Weblamb again.

I used multiple wordpress designers from San Jose and wasn't very happy. I went out to San…read moreFrancisco to find someone of quality. I was very happy with my new site that is developed and maintained by Jennie. She followed through with every deadline and was very professional. Not to mention she has an artist's eye for sure very talented.

I called them to work on my employer's website and BuildeFX really did a good job!…read more They sent us a quote specifically just for our company. None of those standard number of pages, flash, etc. They gave us suggestions on what could be good functionality for the site and the design is awesome! Their rates are very competitive and they work fast! Thanks BuildeFX! :) .. oh and they do customized mobile apps too! That's definitely something my company would want in the next few months .. BuildeFX definitely have our business!

Solid team. In the past, I used to design websites for clients, but due to the craziness of life, I…read morehad to take a step away from things for a few years. Came to Montclair to revamp a few of our sites, make them mobile-friendly, enhance the speeds, and overall just to polish things up. Pleased with how everything turned out, would definitely recommend for web design.

I was in constant search for new and outstanding ideas for my businesses. Since this company is a…read morestartup, at first, I didn't know what to expect. After seeing one of Matthew's car videos featured in the Antique Car Club and his other work online, I decided to meet with him in person. This young man is very talented, doesn't use typical sales pitches, is honest, not greedy, and delivers what he promises. He has already assisted me with several of my projects and I highly recommend him to others.

Can I give this business a ZERO star rating? Is it possible, because if it were, these guys would…read moredeserve it. I mean, "stars" are cool, they're nice symbols, even if you only see ONE. SWB Consulting doesn't even deserve a single star, NOT A ONE. OMG, this was a nightmare on just about every level you can possibly imagine for a business to business scenario. Let's say this was on the grandest over budget B-movie Horror scale of things, with plenty of gore, bad special effects, cost over runs, bad actors, and bad timing. On the comedic side of things, this could have been a laugh riot of "The Office" level proportions. Laugh, cry, or scream...it cannot begin to describe the utter horror or horrors. We hired SWB in good faith to help us author and code our new websites. Our initial meeting was pleasant and they smiled, promised us the moon and understood "exactly" what we wanted. They did have good examples of work they previously completed for other clients, so that inspired confidence as well as the owner of SWB who was professional and receptive. After we sent in our deposit...the true terror began. The hockey mask went on, the "chee chee cheee cheee" sound track turned on and SWB Consulting proved themselves to be the absolute worst company to work with in almost every way. I will say their only positive asset was their project manager(new) who replaced their original, who was initially tasked with our projects. He tried to salvage the complete mess left from their previous project manager and the series of developers who proved their incompetence time and time again...for over 18 months! YES, 18 months! Ultimately, even he could not bring back to life anything that was already done. Our websites were errors built ontop of errors with sloppy sutures and dirty, infected band aids culminating in the most monstrous Franken-mess imaginable. We would have axed the relationship mid way thru, but we were already deeply invested and paid out a significant amount of money for the "work" done. After a new do or die meeting with SWB's CEO, promises were made with pleading sincere eyes, stories were shared of their original project manager being fired and then peeing in their office coffee pot were revealed, admittances of missing files and emails, and fingers pointing at mysterious partner developers who were to blame, all came to light. We gave them a 2nd chance in the hopes our preliminary graphical layout work and money were not all in vain, but in the end it was all for naught. There were virtually nothing but rotting pages and admin 'functions". Nothing worked. Everything presented to us by SWB required us to discover the bugs, which were of epic proportions, like buckets and buckets of stale congealed blood. Nothing could reanimate this monster. It was a total loss and at GREAT expense. SWB made no offer of credit, partial refund, compensation of an incomplete project which went grossly over budget, wholly defective, and behind schedule. When we tried to call and email Sebastian the CEO, none were returned. SWB Consulting(should actually be changed to "Insulting") could and should be brought up on fraud. Their business practices were and are criminal. I will take the blame for being suckered into their nefarious scheming. My bad, and a very expensive one at that. Well, if there is really karmic pay back in this universe, SWB will surely burn in Hell. In Hell, may they bunk next to Pinhead and fight over maggoty scraps with mobs of stinking zombies. Shame on you SWB, shame on you Sebastian... If ANYONE has heard of, or was considering using these people, you have been warned. DO NOT engage with any business dealings with SWB Consulting. You WILL BE SORRY. STAAAAAAYYYYYYY AWWAAAAYyyyyyyyyyy, SSsstaayyy Aawaaayyyyy!!! (insert rattling chains and "wooo woooing" tortured ghost sounds here). :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Since posting this review I have had numerous msgs thanking me for the cautionary review of SWB as well as a few msgs sharing similar experiences as unhappy clients. It's a damned shame when a service provider is so amazingly underwhelming if not outright maliciously negligent. I truly hope that no one else would have to experience what we went thru with SWB. Thank you to all wrote me for the support and similar negative testimonials.

I only wish I had researched this company further to see the experiences other people had with…read morethem. I had the same experience as Patrick - our project was a complete disaster I received no product for my work and Sebastian (the CEO) and SWB Consulting refused to return me my sizable deposit. We had many meetings where they promised us the world. They came and visited our event on-site to see how we run it, and they came and sat in my office for 5 hours telling us they could do everything we asked of them. In the end, they could do NONE of what they promised. They promised many "out of the box" features that they would tweak slightly. Well, as it turns out, they barely have these features and they don't even have the technical know-how to change their basic options much less any that are much more complicated. We had an expensive project, and the complete change orders that they initially submitted were on a 10-page Word document with 4 pages devoted to how my employees were gonna log-in. It became so clear to me that SWB had no clue how to deliver the product they had promised to me. I called up the next day to cancel the agreement and to get my money back. That was December 2009. It is now July 2010 and SWB still refuses to give back any of our deposit. Sebastian refuses to take my calls or even answer any emails, and every time I call his other colleagues Nima and Colleen will have "just stepped out". He sent an email in March 2010 saying he would give back ~20% of my deposit which, exasperated beyond belief, I agreed to. And now he won't even send THAT!!! If I could give them 0 stars I would. This has been the absolute worst company I have ever dealt with.

I absolutely LOVE Visual Presentation. Such a great local business and Jeanne and Taina are a…read morepleasure to work with. Whenever I have a tight deadline they somehow always help me make it happen and the quality of their work is amazing. From step & repeat backdrops to event signage to face cut-outs I've used them for a number of services and both their quality of work and turnaround is top-notch!

The ladies at Visual Presentation have been huge supporters of the non-profit I work for, City of…read moreDreams. They are not only hugely generous, they also do some of the best printing/design work I've ever seen. If you have any printing, design, etc. work to be done, do not hesitate to give Taina or Jeanne a call! They'll even deliver the work to you if they can! Check out their portfolio video on You Tube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s90jv6sRufQ