Web Design & Development

We are excited to officially announce our partnership with the Democratic National Convention Committee. We are working closely with the DNCC now to build the Convention’s new website in a way that will make this year’s Convention the most open and accessible in history. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us and we are excited [...]

A person’s first time on a website is a lot like a blind date. There are certain features that will keep a person around and qualities that will have people scrambling for the back key. Plus, just like the dating world, the inhabitants of the Internet can be kind of harsh. Avoid the drama of [...]

Fonts, just like the latest trend in clothing, will generally come and go. For example, I have seen the newly popular Bleeding Cowboys font in all sorts of places from CD covers to ads in the London Tube. Fonts like Bleeding Cowboys, while highly interesting and trendy in the moment, will likely disappear once they [...]

Last week’s blog covered the different types of shapes and what certain shapes mean to viewers. Great. Fantastic. Now how do you actually go about using those shapes in website design and what purpose do they serve? Well, we’re glad you asked. Effective use of shape does not happen simply by throwing random shapes onto [...]

Shapes each have their own unique traits and meanings that can be used to your advantage in webpage design and video production. A star will evoke a different feeling in an audience than a circle. A zigzagged line on a shape will feel unlike a smooth, curved line. Just as color and typography can speak [...]

The fashionistas – we all know those people. They bury themselves in style magazines and are always on top of what’s hip and happening in the fashion realm. And God forbid if they’re seen in public sporting some cheap trend from last season. There is a web design equivalent to this, people who are always [...]

In the past two weeks, BEC has nabbed two coveted awards. Our work with the NC State University Entrepreneurship Initiative caught the attention of the International Academy of Visual Arts. The IAVA, a 200+ member organization of industry leaders and professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts, honored BEC with a silver W3 award [...]

Design, especially when it comes to color, can be incredibly tricky. Let’s face it: There are plenty of ways to mess up color. With over 16 million colors from which to choose, the likelihood of an untrained eye choosing the perfect color combination is slim. However, there are some great tools for people who are [...]

The Internet is a very unique place when it comes to business.  The website itself has three important business objectives: engage the visitor with your key message, discover the visitors’ needs and make the site visible to search engines. Most CEOs, small business owners and marketing directors miss the importance of having a site that [...]

I was working on building out some HTMLs for a site we recently designed here and I came across a unique design element we haven’t had to use anywhere. I tried to search for cross-browser techniques to solve it and came up empty. Being the responsible Lead Developer I am, I have decided to treat [...]