In a word: Amazing! Barbara and her team are uber-professional, manage projects flawlessly and…read morealways come through with excellent and creative solutions. I'm a demanding client and am willing to pay for a top-notch result. The Placemaking Group has consistently provided that to my company for years.

Todd and Helene are the BEST! The designs are gorgeous, and they are quick and responsive…read more Everything turns out better than expected. We get lots of compliments on the Senior Settlers website; customers love it! Todd also did the design for the cover of my book, and I actually get more compliments on the cover than the contents!!

Crawshaw Design created our website over ten years ago and it's the best business decision we ever…read moremade. It established our Orthodontic Laboratory's presence on the web and has generated more business than we ever expected. Todd and Helene didn't disappoint again when they upgraded our website in 2015. We get calls and emails every week from Doctors inquiring about our services and they never fail to compliment our site. Todd and Helene are a uniquely talented duo. They listened to our needs and created a beautiful website that has added credibility and value to our business.

After 7 months, our "new" website we contracted to be built by DesignThis! is a shell of its…read morepotential and what I was lead to believe was possible. Very little work was done on it, and even less thought put into its design, flow and concept. It's as if a high school intern with no wine industry experience pulled content from our existing website and haphazardly inserted it into a Wordpress template. There was no original content, they leveraged photography which we paid for out of pocket, and the site map and flow of the site are pitiful. Kim said to give her the keys to the car and to trust her 100%. I did that, now we are 7 months from the date the first payment was made when targeted completion was 3 months. I had been told Kim did not like to show the website under development to clients because clients don't understand anything but a finished product. When I insisted, after seeing nothing for 6 months, it seemed they hastily threw together content pulled from our old website on a template. From there, virtually nothing improved for another month, all while they kept telling me it was "custom", that we're "getting a good deal", and that they have many other clients who pay double what we are paying. As for the printed material and templates for tech sheets and email newsletters, they simply pulled existing logos, photography and content to "create" these pieces on Adobe Suite and charged a fortune for work that should have taken no less than 30 minutes per. There was virtually no thought into the pieces, for example, her Tasting Room insert only had space for 3 bottles when we do not offer memberships with 3 bottles. We would have been better off buying the Adobe software and creating them in-house. I have not worked with a company whose fees were as out of line with output as DesignThis!. They are long on lip-service about how they are experts in the wine industry, that they have worked with 80% of wineries in Napa and Sonoma and how great they are. I was disappointed at the level of unprofessionalism within the company, there always seemed to be calamity. There was employee turnover from the very beginning (the person who onboarded us quit) and personal excuses abounded as deadlines were continuously missed. My biggest regret is that I trusted Kim. My second regret is that I paid upfront for poor work that was not completed. Here is a sample of a typical correspondence - after not seeing our website 6 months after initial payment, when estimated completion was 3 months: From: Kim kim@designthis.com Sent: Friday, May 3, 2019 5:22 PM Subject: Re: RE: FW: Re: Omg. Please please forgive me. I've have a weird few weeks. But everyone of my clients will say DT and me are the most amazing. And we def are. Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 10:15 AM To: Kim kim@designthis.com Subject: RE: FW: Re: Did you want to share website stuff with me? Can I review what you have so far? Over promise and under deliver should be their motto.

designThis is brilliant. They know how to take an idea and bring it to life. a full service brand…read moreidentity, photography, internet , design partner. You name it they do it.

Zero Division is is an all-encompassing affordable design firm based in Emeryville, CA. Another…read morefive star review which marks another place I'd not have found without you. Near the breathtaking Marina Park, http://www.yelp.com/biz/marina-park-emeryville#hrid:zOW2QJYfCy-6iTveSAwBGw and many-an-espresso-place, it was bound to be a beautiful day in the east bay when I took my troubles here. The east bay, for those that do not know, is like San Francisco's little sister. The bad one. The hot one. The awesome one. The tramp-stamped little sister who is likely to deck a navy seal for looking at her the wrong way. Only a minute before performing Mozart's, "Requiem" in A minor. As a way of celebrating the victory of another great knock out. The troubles? I need a new website. Nothing has bridged the gap between us like this thing they call the Internet. It reminds me of that song from our childhood. You know the one. It ended with "This land was made for you and me." Small enterprises can no longer be governed by the heavy-handed. Small businesses prosper with our help. Whether we sing our praises or vent our sorrows, the Internet gave our voices a new volume. Speaking of volume, back to my needing a new website. A permanent business card. Where you can reach me, listen to me, and I you. Like other business owners, the Internet is a valuable tool to me as an artist. Record labels have been outdone by garage bands in small towns near you. No amount of financial backing in the world can match the publicity of a youtube video gone "viral". Sadly in my case, the Internet can also be used as a weapon. The first time that I visited the social media website 'myspace' my heart sank. Imagine seeing YOUR photograph and reading YOUR name at a site you've never been. That was bad. But I was not prepared to hear my own music playing without my consent. EVEN worse? Watching my music being sold without me. It gets only SLIGHTLY worse. It had been happening for years. I was obviously not very Internet savvy. (I'm still not) What would you have done? I decided to write to the 'other me'. Dear Mary B., "Hi!" Sincerely, Mary B. She wrote back! I wrote to my-space who returned my property to the rightful owner of my legal name. ***applause*** After witnessing the above-referenced obvious lack of Internet savvy, you've gained a better definition of the "troubles" I have to hand over. When I get my business card to sound the way I want it to, you'll be the first one that I hand it to. Zero Division uses social media in conjunction with web design with an artistic, poetic approach. Artistic, poetic, affordable. I guess you could say I fit in here. Even though I don't have a cool tramp stamp, I do love to play Mozart's "Requiem" in A minor. (my favorite key) But! I NEVER decked a navy seal for looking at me funny. He was a republican.;-)

Zero Division is great at front end design for all your aesthetic needs. If you need a graphic…read moredesign for a logo, important PowerPoint presentation, or website done quickly and professionally, Zero Division is the one to call. I had Zero Division do my logo for my organization www.HerInvestorGroup.org. They listened with a critical ear, took notes, and throughout the design process asked important questions that turned into the flavor of the Her Investor Group logo. They are great at working with you on price, and are dedicated the art form that is design. Fun to work with, and generally just good people. I will use them again in the future!

I've hired Kyle for several contract project at my company, a large-scale national solar…read moreorganization, and she is far and away the fastest and most thorough designer I have worked with. I am certainly not the most savvy at explaining concepts, but Kyle always gets it and designs something better than I originally imagined. Do yourself a favor and hire her for any and all of your design and marketing needs -- small or large-scale, she's got you covered. The best part is the piece-of-mind knowing your project is in exceptionally capable hands. It will get done quick and professionally every time.

Kyle has transformed my website & brand refresh experience. She is fast, professional, responsive,…read moretransparent, and incredibly talented when it comes to ALL THINGS design! She not only helped me develop a new business name, but created the complete color palette, logo, and all branding collateral. She knows exactly how to bring a brand to life. She takes pride in her work, making sure that we speak as frequently as is necessary in order to get the details right. I am very selective when it comes to outsourcing work for my business, and I have been delighted, impressed, and so grateful for Kyle's expertise, talent, and professional follow through.

Alison is a joy to work with, super professional and very flexible. I had my Wedding "Save the…read moreDates" custom created by her and they came out exactly how I pictured them (maybe even a little better) she was able to provide input and details to things I wouldn't have thought of,  she has a great eye! Her pricing was reasonable and included a few proofs to ensure I had a product I could fall in love with. After seeing the save the dates, I hired her to create my wedding invitations and she exceeded my expectations all over again!

Excellent service and follow up from Alison and her team. The graphics are very well done for what…read morewe needed. The website they created was unique and well tailored to our tutoring business. We will use them again for maintenance and other things like hosting. Excellent company and fast paced and thorough job by professionals.

Windy is truly EXCEPTIONAL! She is an absolute gem to collaborate and work with. She took the time…read moreto come to my home, discuss my website project, and immediately provided a contract so we were off and running. I had a basic idea of what I wanted my website to look like and Windy made it a come to life - timeless, classic, simple, functional and absolutely beautiful! In addition, Windy goes above and beyond by providing backend updating/security maintenance, renewal reminders, and speed/performance upgrades which makes my 'Get It Together' life worry free. Windy is, hands down, the BEST website designer I have ever worked with and I HIGHLY recommend her services.

Exceptional Consulting ( http://exceptionalconsultinginc.com/ ) is a pleasure to work with. From…read moreour initial meeting Windy was focused on finding out what we needed... or what we thought we needed. From there she and her team proposed clean, simple and elegant solutions for those needs, saving us many steps that we thought we needed to take. We loved their designs, appreciated and adopted a number of their outside-the-box ideas, and trusted that they always had our interests in mind. They never pushed an agenda other than what was best for Earthwise Energy. I recommend Windy and her team without reservation!

We worked with Patti Britton to design a logo and label for products made from produce from our…read moresmall farm. She was professional, creative, and very responsive to all of our comments and suggestions. She was a delight to work with...and our labels and logo are beautiful. Highly recommended.