About
All about us.
Who are we, anyway?
Overview
Shortwave Design is more than just this (very blue) website - we
make websites. Shortwave is two guys -
Colin Young (founder) and Benjamin Quinn. Colin has been designing websites for over five years, for businesses, non-profits, and individuals. Ben, on the other hand, was a logical choice to help expand Shortwave Design - he's been selling websites for just as long as Colin has been designing them. Some quick facts about us:
Colin Young
Design & Development
Benjamin Quinn
Sales & Administration
Where are you?
- Everywhere. While we're based in Chicago, we've done sites for people who we never actually met with in person. Video-conferencing, IM, phone, email - any and all of these methods are fine with us. You could be across the country (or globe); it's not a problem.
- But if you prefer the more personal touch (and so do we), we're happy to meet in person.
For our mailing address and specific location, please ask.
How do you make your websites?
- All SW Designs use a simple workflow: structured projects, a firm library that our sites run on, and fully tested, cross-browser and cross-device compatibility. In other words, all Shortwave Designs will use the latest designs, the best (e.g. coolest) stuff, and the stablest servers.
- For the more technical people:
Applications:
Fully trained in the usual programs:
- Photoshop (Photo Editing)
- Illustrator (Vector Graphics)
- Flash (Animation and Web Video)
- ...as well as video editing and effects (After Effects).
Technologies:
- PHP (Server-Side Scripting)
- XHTML (Page Layout)
- SQL (Databases)
Our Design Process
- Listen to the client goals and needs.
- Think up a design plan.
- Collaborate to determine the best course of action.
- Design and implement the finished product.
- Achieve the starting goals!
Get in Touch
- phone:
312.772.3014
- email:
mail at shortwavedesign dot com
- address:
please email for address.
- want a design?:
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