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Attorney Randall A. Ortega Website and Business Cards

Role: Photographer / Web Designer / Web Developer / Graphic Designer

Norwich-based attorney Randall A. Ortega approached Brown Bear Creative for a website to showcase his legal services.

After taking photos of the office and the nearby courthouse, Brown Bear designed an elegant, professional-looking website in a dark green, gold, and grey color palette.

The site puts prospective clients at ease by providing information about each of Attorney Ortega’s areas of practice, his biography and credentials, and testimonials from previous/current clients.

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Brown Bear also designed new business cards that complement the look of the website and a poster to advertise Attorney Ortega’s services.

Abi and Pete’s Wedding Materials

Role: Illustrator / Graphic Designer / Web Designer / Web Developer

Abi of Brown Bear Creative had some fun creating materials for her summer wedding. Here are the results:

For the website (AbiandPete.com), Abi created a brightly illustrated website to set the tone for the low-key backyard event.

The invitation continued with the laidback tone of the website. Pictured below are the invitation, envelope with return address label, and blown-up poster version of the invitation which welcomed guests to the venue.

A welcome area at the wedding featured an illustrated schedule of events and colorful escort cards. The color and imagery on the cards corresponded to the flower cans at the tables.

For dessert, Abi, Pete, and family made mini pies. Pictured below are the pies with a sign and flavor labels.

Visit Old Lyme: Lyme-Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce Site

Role: Web Designer / Web Developer

The Lyme-Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce wanted to strengthen their web presence with a new website. Brown Bear designed and developed a welcoming, yet comprehensive site that appeals to residents, tourists, and businesses alike.

Drawing upon the town’s artistic heritage, Brown Bear used textures and graphics that hinted at fine art paper and brushstrokes. The vivid blues, greens, and yellows in the site’s color palette coupled with a slideshow of various town festivities help create an overall feeling of vibrancy on the homepage.

Four highlighted categories on the homepage draw you into the heart of the site: the Chamber’s business directory. Divided into Live, Visit, Dine, and Shop, the business listings include each business’s contact details, an image/logo, a description, a map of its location, and social media links when available. The directory can be further filtered by subcategory or searched by keyword.

The site also includes a calendar of Chamber and town events; information, forms, and news relating to the Chamber; and a description/history of the town.

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Brown Bear Creative also designed promotional brochures for the Lyme-Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce. Read about the brochure design project here >

CT Pet Guide Website Redesign

Role: Graphic Designer / Web Designer / Web Developer

CT Pet Guide is a website that features information about pet-related businesses, animal rescues, and adoptable pets throughout Connecticut. It helps Connecticut residents shop locally and find nearby animal rescues.

It was first launched in 2006 with a password-protected members area where people could update their shelter or featured business pages themselves. Animal rescues could also post details and photos of their available animals. However, this setup was prone to user-error and outdated information.

Brown Bear Creative revamped the website by updating the logo and design as well as streamlining the user experience.

Instead of having shelter volunteers post their animals directly on CT Pet Guide, Brown Bear used data from Petfinder’s vast database of homeless pets. This eliminated the need for rescue workers to duplicate their posts and ensured the information stayed current and comprehensive.

Similar to the previous design, Brown Bear randomly showcased a Connecticut animal rescue on the site’s homepage. To make the organizations easier to find, Brown Bear added a function to narrow down the rescues by the type of animal they take in.

Brown Bear also improved the business directory. Listings can by filtered by category as well as by keyword. Each entry can display contact information, social media links, a photo/logo, a description, and a map of their location. Submissions to the directory are free.

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High View Modulars Logo and Website Redesign

Role: Graphic Designer / Web Designer / Web Developer

In 2007, Brown Bear Creative designed and developed a site for High View Modulars, a southeastern CT modular home builder. The design and colors were based on their logo at the time which featured a set of mountains in a forest green and white palette.

High View Modulars wanted to modernize their brand, redo the logo, and update the site colors accordingly. To achieve this goal, Brown Bear designed a fresh logo concept that updated the mountain imagery, incorporated architectural detail, and brightened the color scheme.

Brown Bear then integrated the new logo into the site and changed the colors to reflect the new palette. In addition, Brown Bear upgraded the set of three static images on the homepage to a sleek Javascript slideshow. The photos rotate through a loop independently of each other, creating a pleasing, dynamic effect.

Professional Endodontics Website Design

Role: Web Designer / Web Developer

Professional Endodontics, LLC, a dental practice dedicated to root canal treatment, wanted to revamp their site and showcase photos of their staff and offices in New London and Westerly.

Brown Bear Creative designed a bright, clean layout with a blue and yellow color scheme. New and existing patients can easily navigate through the site to learn about the practice and the field of endodontics, as well as download forms before their appointments.

A sleek, fast-loading, and search engine-friendly slideshow on the homepage highlights professional photos taken of the staff and facilities. Because the slideshow uses Javascript instead of Flash, it is compatible with mobile devices (including iPads and iPhones) as well as all modern browsers.

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Law Offices of Joshua F. Pompilus, P.C. Website Design

Role: Web Designer / Front-End Web Developer

Brown Bear Creative was approached by Boston Online Marketing to redesign the website of their client, the Law Offices of Joshua F. Pompilus, P.C.

The client’s wishlist included a bright, clean layout with more of a “social media” feel. To accomplish this look, Brown Bear created a contemporary design with bold blues, greens, and yellows.

Brown Bear also developed the templates for the site, including the sleek dropdown menus in the navigation.

Boston Online Marketing incorporated the templates into their content management system, which allows the client to update the content of the website themselves.

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The Law Office of Peter Goselin Logo and Website

Role: Graphic Designer / Web Designer / Web Developer

When Peter Goselin, a Hartford-based attorney specializing in employment law, decided to start a solo practice, he contacted Brown Bear Creative for a logo and website. He wanted his identity materials to reflect the values and nature of his practice: professional, yet down-to-earth.

Brown Bear developed a simple, yet elegant logo, and a clean, straight-forward website to match. Drawing upon the focus of Attorney Goselin’s law practice – defending civil rights and helping workers collect unpaid wages – a historical photo of Connecticut railroad workers captures visitors’ attention on the homepage. His four main areas of employment law practice, his contact information, and his biography are also highlighted, quickly leading visitors to the information they need.

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Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Website

Role: Web Designer / Web Developer

Awards: 2012 Connecticut Library Association Publicity Award for Electronic Media/Website

The Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library offers a multitude of services including books/e-books, movies, periodicals, museum passes, genealogy/local history materials, passport renewals, community programs, and more.

The staff needed a website that would display all the services in an easily accessible manner. Brown Bear Creative designed a site that streamlines the user’s experience with intuitive navigation menus and a clean, consistent layout. The homepage calls attention to recent news and upcoming events, along with a search form to the library’s entire catalog.

Because the site is backed by the powerful WordPress platform, all the librarians can easily update their own department pages without using any special web-editing software. The Children’s, Teens’, and Adults’ sections also feature their own blogs to share news about department-specific programs and events.

The website was recognized by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) in their 2012 Publicity Awards contest, winning the website category. See the results here.

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Northeastern Connecticut Transit District Logo & Website

Role: Graphic Designer / Web Designer / Web Developer

The Northeastern Connecticut Transit District (NECTD) offers bus services to the northeastern CT towns of Brooklyn, Killingly, Putnam, Thompson, Eastford, Plainfield, Pomfret, Woodstock, and Union. They approached Brown Bear Creative to rebrand their organization and to produce a website that would house pertinent information about their services.

To reflect NECTD’s diverse service area comprising of both quiet countryside and bustling town centers, Brown Bear incorporated both farm and downtown imagery into a cohesive logo.

Like the logo, the website follows suit with a clean, straightforward look. Visitors to the site can easily access the information they need, including bus route maps, schedules, fares, and other details about riding the bus. Using the latest coding practices, Brown Bear ensured that the website is fast-to-load, search-engine-friendly, and accessible.

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