Can you find the mistake? We obviously failed.

By Emily Spirek on November 20, 2009 at 1:57 pm in Business Identity,Design,General

Case in point. Web is better than print.picture-23

Okay, not all the time, but when you find a mistake 10 weeks down the road, website has been launched, and it’s been through the hands of at least half a dozen people, thousands of dollars aren’t poured into correcting the piddly error.

We might suffer a little embarrassment and swallow our pride until the inaccuracy is forgotten, but we don’t waste the time and money that goes into reprinting the project. We simply redesign and/or work our magic in the code and voilà, error fixed.

Of course, print products (business cards, brochures, etc.) can be necessary for a business, but we are a big fan of instant gratification in the web industry. Besides our other 99 reasons to buy a website, the idea of quick and easy fixes is one of our biggest.

I’m guessing you’ve found the mistake in the screenshot above by now, and if not, you make us feel a lot better about ourselves. Check out the new and improved JJH Media.

Check out our updated portfolio!

By Dave Roach on August 3, 2009 at 12:11 pm in Updates

Our portfolio has been recently updated to show some of our more recent work. Here is a list of what was added:

Websites

Print

Logos

Also added are links to our websites! Now you can actually view the site instead of just a screenshot (honestly, we really do make websites, now you have proof).

Printing is a Pain

By Emily Spirek on October 21, 2008 at 6:30 am in Design,General

I started designing my junior year of high school and was only introduced to print material at the time. The pain of matching of colors, printing costs, margins, sizing, and everything that printing entails was never a big deal because I had nothing to compare it to. Five years of naivety finally ended when I was introduced to the wonderful world of web design. Sure, designing web pages has its downfalls, but the headache is cut in half when comparing it to print.

I love designing logos, business cards, brochures, etc, but I always dread the end when I have to remember the laundry list of steps to prepare the files for print. Creating outlines, correct file formats, matching margins, fixing spelling errors, the list goes on. Then, probably the most nerve-racking part of it all is looking at the finished product. If there is one spelling error, the entire job is ruined and now the trouble shooting begins. I love creating a good piece of print work, but sometimes I wonder if it’s worth the struggle. Jeff Jarvis from Buzz Machine Blog gives a piece of his mind:

“Yes, print is a burden. It’s expensive to produce for it. It’s expensive to manufacture. It’s expensive to deliver. It limits your space. It limits your timing. It’s stale when it’s fresh. It is one-size-fits-all and can’t be adapted to the needs of each user. It comes with no ability to click for more. It has no search. It can’t be forwarded. It has no archive. It kills trees. It uses energy. It usually brings unions. And you really should recycle it. Wow, when you think about it, print sucks.”

I wouldn’t say that I hate print, but I have a strong disdain for it and I only hope it will get easier in the future.