If you're seeking a capable and creative web and graphic designer to revitalize your online and visual presence, you have found the golden ticket in Recspec - Laurel Barickman is one of the most brilliant and intuitive designers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. The most common conundrum I come across when seeking a designer in that past was that usually you would either find someone with an excellent graphic design sense who was less interested and capable in making a site fully functional, or an awesome code geek who was all about the practical web stuff, but lacked aesthetic vision. Finally, in Laurel - we find both! She is all about form and function. Her harmonious sense of what looks good visually is always fresh - even when going for a vintage-y or weathered look, which is something she excels at.
Laurel is always learning new things about how to make your site work better for you, and she dives in feet first to make it happen. She's fast as hell, her pricing is incredibly fair and good, and she is an ace when it comes to personal branding. She's the kind of designer that understands what her clients want better than they understand that themselves. Each site or logo she creates looks exactly like the client - she really grasps their essence, and works hard to turn that into something marketable and amazing looking. Laurel has designed four websites for me, with more I'm sure to come. Each one is exactly what I wanted - except even better than I ever could have imagined. She designed my partner's site, and sites for many of my good friends. Oh, and - she's a whiz when it comes to Wordpress blog integration, which is something that many designers I had consulted in the past were not willing or able to learn how to do. This means that she can set up your site for you with a blog built in, that you can update and add to as you like! This is a HUGE component of each of my sites, and without her CSS and Wordpress magician skills, I feel I never would have been able to have the sites I dreamed of.
I also do events and parties, and hire her regularly to do video projections, which add a major visual component. She creates gorgeous video collages that really transform a space. Obviously, I have a lot of love and respect for Recspec - because not only is she totally awesome, she's also super sweet and patient with people who do not fully understand the internet and all that! I love working with her, and will continue to in the future - I can't imagine anyone else who could do what she does! read more