New Collective Idea Design

written by daniel on April 16th, 2007 @ 08:16 AM

A couple years ago, I launched a company. A friend designed an amazing logo, and I made up some business cards.

However, I didn’t tell anyone about the company for a long time. Why? I didn’t have a website.

The paradox of doing web development is that you will never be satisfied with anything you make yourself. Your standards are too high; your ideas are too time-consuming. You end up putting it off.

I put up a variety of “Coming Soon” pages, and eventually made a one page, minimalist site that has lasted for far too long.

A new site. Finally!

It is with great joy that I announce the new collectiveidea.com.

Screenshot

We have a new site, designed by Brian Morykon that keeps its minimalism while also giving us a space to grow.

Blog & Twitter

You might notice that we’ve added a blog, but not in the typical way. We’re aggregating relevant posts from our own blogs. We decided that the world didn’t need another blog.

Also, we’re using it to promote transparency. Collective Idea is us, we’re real people. We’re not going to hide from that.

We’ve also created a Twitter account (collectiveidea) that we’ll be using to post sparse updates. If you’re on Twitter, follow us!

Next Steps

We’re going to beef up the feed for the blog a bit, add some photos to the portfolio, and keep playing. For now, we’re going to enjoy having a real site.

What do you think? Comments are open.

Comments

  • Andrew on 16 Apr 09:11

    The site looks terrific! Nice work!

  • Jeremy on 16 Apr 09:33

    Good job! That’s one sharp looking site.

  • Cliff on 16 Apr 10:14

    Nice stuff guys. Keep it coming.

  • Boyink on 16 Apr 13:35

    Looks great!

  • Paul on 16 Apr 14:39

    How web 2.0 of you. :) It looks nice, and I love the architecture too!

  • Jason on 16 Apr 15:37

    Nice work! I was just on the C[i] site yesterday for no apparent reason and I found myself thinking, “I wonder if they’ll ever update their site.” Thanks for the quick answer. Site looks good, clean, minimalist, yet informative. Very C[i]. Hope things are well…

  • Daniel Morrison on 16 Apr 15:58

    Jason, the official abbreviation for Collective Idea is “[i]”.

    Thank You,

    [i] Marketing Department ;-)

  • Samantha Warren on 18 Apr 16:24

    Leo said it best with…

    “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” The site looks great.

    I can also very much relate with… “The paradox of doing web development is that you will never be satisfied with anything you make yourself.”

    It makes me bonkers.

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