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July 5, 2007 - Comments Off on Grazie! CssGlance adds theMechanism’s work to Showcase

Grazie! CssGlance adds theMechanism’s work to Showcase

theMechanism is proud to have Waggener Edstrom’s Consumer Group website featured on CssGlance.com as an example of a well designed and innovative CSS based website.

CssGlance.com is the first italian website focused on providing its audience with a database of well designed and innovative CSS based websites from all around the world. They want to show that good design and web standards are two sides of the same coin. CssGlance even has a pretty little button for our website:

CssGlance Showcase Gallery

CssGlance.com is yet another thing we love about Italy – alongside Garlic Bread and Meatballs, of course...

July 3, 2007 - Comments Off on theMechanism’s work considered Usable & Elegant by Smashing Magazine

theMechanism’s work considered Usable & Elegant by Smashing Magazine

According to Smashing Magazine, theMechanism’s recent design for Waggener Edstrom Consumer group is “Inspirational, Usable & Elegant”. They also threw around words like “profound” and “enduring” too.

We wholeheartedly support and trust their judgement.

From Smashing Magazine:

We all love beautiful, usable and impressive web designs. To achieve them, web developers need to focus on many aspects, but basically it all boils down to the question, how well the content is presented and how easily the information can be perceived. Harmonic color schemes are as important as solid and consistent typography. Precise visual structure and intuitive navigation are essential for both usability and accessibility. In fact, mostly it's a keen attention to small details which gives web-sites a profound and enduring nature.

We've selected some more of them. Over 60 elegant, usable and impressive designs with a well thought-out color scheme, typography and visual structure. Their beauty lies in the way the information is presented. Their usability lies in the way they communicate presented data. That's what makes them different.

Have a peek at all the inspiring designs from various firms right here.

Published by: davefletcher in The Working Mechanism

July 10, 2006 - 2 comments

The first CSS World Awards honors Decades Rock Live

Decadesrocklive.com has won a prestigious CSS World Award in the category of Entertainment.

Why prestigious? Well, it's because we strive to build our sites to be standards-compliant, and so should you.

Why CSS World Awards?. Well, they recognize the work done by developers that build websites using CSS. We like these types of awards, because it heightens the awareness of the companies using Web Standards.

Great stuff to check out at the winners page for everyone who is interested in this kind of stuff. Congrats to everyone who won.

Published by: davefletcher in Entertainment, The Working Mechanism

June 27, 2006 - 4 comments

DecadesRockLive.com Nominated for Site of the Year

DecadesRockLive.com has been nominated for site of the year in the Entertainment category on cssmania.com, which recognizes the work done by developers that build websites using CSS. This site has been chosen from thousands of entries on the site by several luminaries in the Standards Advocacy world.

It was the first build done for theMechanism by our Standards Advocate, Bill C. English and we couldn't be prouder of the fella.

You can check out several of the entries (including Decades Rock Live) here.

Published by: davefletcher in Entertainment, The Working Mechanism

March 26, 2006 - Comments Off on theMechanism wins Award for “min’s Best of the Web” Competition

theMechanism wins Award for “min’s Best of the Web” Competition

theMechanism picked up an Honorable Mention for the re-design of GIANTmag.com from min, the Authoritative Source on Magazine and Media Marketing (Also honored at the event was Christie Hefner, sadly without a single "Bunny" in tow). Dave Fletcher, Founding partner at theMechanism, and attendee of the ceremony said, "We now have a nice placque to hide the fist hole in the wall from the last award we lost, and a heavy little "˜winners' mouse made of crystal to keep our invoices from blowing around our cavernous office lair."

Published by: davefletcher in Entertainment, The Working Mechanism
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March 13, 2006 - Comments Off on Founding Partner Gets His “Eating Bib” Ready

Founding Partner Gets His “Eating Bib” Ready

theMechanism’s Founding Partner and Creative Director in New York, Dave Fletcher, prepared his best game face for the “min’s Best of the Web Awards Luncheon” on Wednesday. “We’re thrilled to have our client, GIANT Magazine be nominated for the Best Re-Design category,” said Dave from his “Food Deprivation Chamber” in New York City. “You gotta starve yourself for a $200+/plate luncheon. I’ve convinced myself that they must be serving “all-you-can-eat lobster,” right? And I do loves me some succulent lobster...”

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February 27, 2006 - Comments Off on theMechanism launches the new web site for WestGlen Communications, Inc.

theMechanism launches the new web site for WestGlen Communications, Inc.

After a hefty re-examination of their previous site, the team at theMechanism worked on restructuring and refocusing the overall look-and-feel and information architecture of WestGlen's web site. The result is a clean, smart and modern Web standards-focused approach to the 35-year old company. See it.

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