WEB DESIGN
Furst Design adheres to web standards and best practices when creating customized websites. With training in software applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash along with coding languages like CSS, Javascript, HTML, and Actionscript, Furst Design has the know-how to make your website shine.
Scroll down to see samples of our web design work.
- Jewelry Historians
- Drop-down navigation in pure CSS with a fixed right column for announcements and events give this national society for jewelry lovers an attractive and easy to use site. Nary a table used for layout purposes is to be found on this site, giving clean, pared down code for easy search engine indexing and quick download time. VISIT SITE
- Calvin Williams, Attorney at Law
- Smiling faces draw attention to the site while strong greens and browns lend authority. VISIT SITE
- Kokikai Aikido Wilmington
- The colors of black, white, and tan with accents of red mirror the colors of the dojo's interior, lending a cohesive feel to the site. CSS, Flash, and Javascript were used for special features such as a slide show and expanding text boxes. VISIT SITE
- The Women's Journal
- A three-column liquid layout with fixed outer columns and an expandable inner column provide an attractive yet flexible design for this women's newspaper. VISIT SITE
- Precision Hair & Wig
- A light feel using pink and brown and boxes with rounded corners give this site a modern outlook while appealing to all generations of customers. Photography, design, and copywriting all by Furst Design. VISIT SITE
- The Christian C. Sanderson Museum
- Layered graphics and a bold logo form a strong focal point at the top left of the page while an equal amount of white space allows the eye to rest. A top navigation bar remains consistent throughout the site, an important design element for today's busy web surfers. VISIT SITE
- Harrison Property Management
- Bold color and striking design were just the ticket for this successful property management business. VISIT SITE
- be-Yoga Studio
- Simple design and pared down color with strong emphasis on horizontals and verticals give this site a feeling of calm and serenity. VISIT SITE
- Holistic Energy Healing
- Warm color and minimalist design powered by CSS coding make this site easy to navigate while meeting the audience's needs for information. VISIT SITE
PRINT MEDIA
Furst Design will work with you to produce a variety of print media, including business cards, brochures, newsletters, print ads, other marketing materials. We also develop business identities.
Learn more: logo design | print ads | business identity
PHOTOGRAPHY
Are you lacking the time or expertise to take photographs to enhance your website or printed materials? Furst Design will do it for you. Portraits, objects, nature - it's a snap! We also work with outside professional photographers for the best results for your needs.
COPYWRITING
Furst Design will review and revise your text content in printed materials and online.
As a published author, Karen Furst has the writing and communication skills to take your rough drafts and polish them to perfection.
Karen's book, Around Chadds Ford, was published in spring 2005 by Arcadia Publishing, a local history press. Below, an excerpt from the back cover.
Chadds Ford grew along an important early thoroughfare where it crossed the Brandywine Creek. Travelers along this east-west highway between Philadelphia and Baltimore were obliged to ford the creek at property owned by businessman John Chads. At first, farms, mills, and homesteads composed the architectural landscape. As the town grew, so did businesses such as the Gallagher General Store and the Chadds Ford Hotel. By the end of the nineteenth century, wealthy Philadelphians, attracted by Chadds Ford's pastoral setting, began to build stately summer homes. Artists, too, were inspired by the area's countryside, and N.C. Wyeth made the town his permanent residence. Around Chadds Ford features photographs from 1870 to 1950, when the town enjoyed the sophistication of these newcomers, but retained its rural flavor. Author Karen Smith Furst sorted through the Chadds Ford Historical Society's collection of over one thousand unpublished photographs to choose the outstanding images presented here. Combined with lively and informative captions, these photographs open a window into life in Chadds Ford.
CLIENT LIST
Furst Design is proud to work with a variety of clients, from non-profits to small business owners, including the following:
- Reflections Medical Spa, Wilmington, DE
- Little Star Investments, Greenville, DE
- Delaware Modern Pediatrics, Newark, DE
- Wooden Knob Antiques, Chadds Ford, PA
- Contemporary Software Concepts, Fort Washington, PA
- Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford, PA
- Precision Hair & Wig, Newark, DE
- The Women's Journal, Lewes, DE
- be.Yoga Studio, Felton, DE
- Wilmington Aikido, Wilmington, DE
- Harrison Properties, Wilmington, DE
- American Society of Jewelry Historians, New York, NY
- Kuerner Art Studio, Chadds Ford, PA
- Holistic Energy Healing, Wilmington, DE
- Cal Williams Law Office, Hockessin, DE
- J. Franklin Styer Nurseries, Concordville, PA