Web design is the process of creating the visual feel, layout, and flow of web pages on a website. It involves UX design, graphic design, and overall knowledge of the best spacing, fonts, shapes, and colors to use to create a user-friendly experience. Good web design solidifies your company's credibility regardless of industry or field. Having a one-of-a-kind design for your website can make all the difference in today's web-based world.
Web designers work with UX designers and web developers to take a wireframe and design and transform it into a product. They outline visual updates to pages on your website or create an entirely new concept for a redesign. If you're on the fence about hiring a web design company, remember that we spend most of our time online, so being found online is key to boosting business.
Luckily, Chicago has some of the best web designers to hire. Use our list to find and connect with web designers in The Windy City. Evaluate their case studies, project types, and client reviews to determine which company is the best fit for you.
With an impressively robust client list that includes names like Hilton, Solid Digital empowers brands with web design. Founded on design-first principles, this Chicago-based firm offers an emphasis on helping brands drive change.
One example of Solid Digital’s experience is their work for Embassy Suites, one of the world’s respected brands. Solid Digital helped them target their audience of customers with a complete reevaluation of their strategy. This resulted in powerful engagement and an increase in perceived authority for them.
Therapeutic Associates was looking to redesign and redevelop its website to achieve an engaging user experience that was both easy to navigate and educational.
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LivCor: Website Design &...
A premier multi-family real estate company in the United States, LivCor needed a strategic web design agency to redesign their website that will allow for a better content management system to would be easier to use and...
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Welcome Software: Website Redesign
Welcome was looking for a brand refresh and distinct visual identity that, along with an engaging user experience, served to establish its clear market distinctions.
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Panopta (Fortinet): New Website
A new website to provide a more focused user experience for potential buyers. Panopta is now owned by Fortinet.
With a passion for both strategy and design, Idea Marketing Group has provided web design work for clients like Here’s Chicago. Based in Illinois, Idea Marketing Group brings a long history of success to each project they complete.
When Company House Hotel was just a new brand looking to make an impact, Idea Marketing Group crafted the entirety of their experience in this distinct area. The result was a splashy entrance into the market orchestrated by Idea Marketing Group designers and strategists.
We designed a custom website to function as a digital library of resources and an online database targeted to providers and patients. Our website design incorporated custom processes to update, maintain and organize the...
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Ventus at Marina El Cid Website
Idea created a mobile friendly custom WordPress website with various built-in elements, digital strategy to improve SEO, and gave hotel management the ability to customize site backend. We built a luxury resort site that...
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Raptor Tech Steel Crane Mats
Idea provided a custom website to host both previous client sites, optimized site processes and page ranking, guided digital brand strategy, and updated site layout to improve the user experience. We helped our client...
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Phil Stefanie Signature...
Idea provided a full web marketing package for this client, including SEO optimization, digital and brand strategy, and social media management. We created a cohesive restaurant brand that would engage their audience and...
ePageCity counts impressive brands among their key clients. So it’s no wonder that this Chicago-based firm has achieved widespread success in a wide range of industries for their targeted web design work.
One example of their web development success comes from a globally recognized brand. ePageCity helped them revitalize their materials to stand out in a crowded market and leave a powerful impression on more customers than ever before.
ePageCity designers and developers were tasked with redesigning an outdated website for Chicago commercial realty brokers, Matanky Realty Group. Matanky’s dynamic homepage sets the tone with large-scale imagery and a...
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pCarWise
Our professional web designers created pCarWise a dynamic and inviting site that provides a wealth of information for Porsche fans and owners. This flashy and informative website features searchable databases for car...
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Milsoft Utility Solutions
Our designers and developers took great care in redesigning a custom website for Milsoft Utility Solutions. As a premiere electrical utility provider, Milsoft needed a more concise and easy-to-navigate website to reflect...
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Blue Vista Capital Management
ePageCity’s web design team were tasked with creating investment management firm, Blue Vista a custom website that speaks to their client-base with ease and simplicity. Blue Vista makes a great first impression with a...
With over 510 completed web design and digital marketing projects, EDUCO receives praise for their ability to deliver captivating experiences that drive results. They work with clients ranging from large enterprises to emerging startups.
For example, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism wanted to redesign the flagship website for the Islands of the Bahamas. They styled an attractive website and transitioned to support, working on initiatives like content internationalization, third-party booking engine integration as well as website and app data synchronization.
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism came to EDUCO to redesign bahamas.com—the flagship site for the Islands of the Bahamas. The challenge was giving them a digital brand refresh, content optimization and UX enhancements...
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Web Development and Content...
As part of a plan to improve admissions and student retention, Olivet Nazarene Graduate School asked EDUCO to redesign their public website. The EDUCO team built a content-rich website that simplified content...
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E-Commerce Development for Cobra...
The challenge for EDUCO was creating a digital brand refresh, easy-to-use content management system, and scalable web architecture. EDUCO elevated Cobra's strategy beyond a single site, building multiple web platforms to...
With an impressively robust client list that includes names like Dunbar Armored, Gulo empowers brands with UX and UI design. Founded on design-first principles, this Chicago-based firm offers an emphasis on helping brands drive change.
One example of Gulo’s experience is their work for The Side-Out Foundation, one of the world’s respected brands. Gulo helped them target their audience of customers with a complete reevaluation of their strategy. This resulted in powerful engagement and an increase in perceived authority for them.
up4® Probiotics is a new brand in the health supplement space. Their marketing team asked Gulo to be innovative and find a unique way to connect with customers.Their site now offers a personalized experience to users...
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High Tide Technologies
Our goal was to refresh the design in a way that would set High Tide apart.
High Tide Technologies is a provider of cloud-based SCADA software and real-time data monitoring tools. Headquartered in Nashville, they service...
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Earthborn Holistic Pet Food
Midwestern Pet Foods largest and most popular brand–Earthborn Holistic® Pet Food–was in dire need of a web design refresh. It had been around 6-7 years since the website had a new look. The navigation was antiquated...
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AMA Chicago
For over 81 years, AMA Chicago has been the most valued executive membership in the Windy City. As such, the new website needed stellar content and user-friendly navigation to meet the needs of local business leaders...
With a passion for both strategy and design, Flamingo Agency has provided search engine optimization work for clients like Unleashed Luxury Travel. Based in Chicago, Flamingo Agency brings a long history of success to each project they complete.
When Crown Trailer was just a new brand looking to make an impact, Flamingo Agency crafted the entirety of their experience in this distinct area. The result was a splashy entrance into the market orchestrated by Flamingo Agency designers and strategists.
The team from Flamingo Agency developed a custom designed WordPress website emphasizing a professional yet modern look for a lawyer. The site features parallax effects and is highly optimized for on-page SEO.
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Website Design for New Restaurant
Flamingo Agency created a captivating website for a new restaurant from the Gold Coast in Chicago, IL.
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Website for Physical Therapy
Flamingo Agency created a WordPress website for a physical therapy clinic in Chicago. The site was developer with the most modern onpage SEO foundations to maximize the company's online exposure.
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Financial Services Website
Flamingo Agency designed a WordPress website for a firm from the financial sector. Website features an interactive map integration.
When companies like Microsoft need an effective path to better brand iconography, they enlist the services of Mabbly. This Chicago-based brand design agency has provided their services for brands throughout the world, and has established itself as an agency that delivers consistent results.
ShopRunner is a company that’s tapped into a large audience already but was looking to expand their reach. They turned to Mabbly for the opportunity to improve their brand platform, and Mabbly delivered a robust branding strategy that led to increased business and brand awareness.
Mabbly was enlisted by AArete to help them create a brand platform as well as their website and online marketing materials. Mabbly created a cohesive set of collaterals that are used across a range of successful marketing...
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Zeno Group
Zeno Group is a global communications agency, but there was one area where they were having trouble communicating—their own brand identitiy Zeno Group helped them pinpoint and showcase their most important and appealing...
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SPR
Mabbly provided brand identity, website design, and digital strategy for SPR, a technology consulting company. Mabbly helped this established company find new and contemporary ways to show themselves as a leader in the...
Usman Group is a boutique digital consultancy providing strategic guidance by applying the concepts of design thinking. They work with clients of all sizes across a wide range of industries.
As an example, they partnered with the National Safety Council to design a website that educates U.S. drivers on how to use new and unfamiliar vehicle safety technologies. They designed an interactive experience that spanned multiple messaging points, interest levels, and age groups to provide a safer driving experience for all.
The National Safety Council engaged the Usman Group to create a stand-alone branded website that would provide information about the latest automotive safety features and provide answers to drivers' questions. The...
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Cressey & Company is one of the most experienced and successful healthcare-focused private equity firms in the country, but they were frustrated with their website. The main issue was their brand identity which was...
Recognizable brands worldwide have employed 1Brand Design to bring their web design needs to the next level. Based in Chicago, 1Brand Design was founded with a focus on helping brands evolve into their best, most user-friendly selves.
When their client needed a more impactful and effective strategy for reaching goals nationwide, 1Brand Design provided them with focused service that continues to this day. Their strategy involved refining their client’s distinct voice as well as their visual profile to become more effective in a crowded digital space.
Chromatic is made up of a team of devs, designers, and strategists that have offered their expertise to clients since their founding in 2006. They are experts in web development, web design, and UX/UI design for clients that range from small startups to enterprises and everything in between.
As an example of their work, Chromatic partnered with TheaterMania’s Gold Club. The company’s platform was out of date, and Chromatic provided the services needed to keep their services compelling and relevant.
Maui Jim’s web properties and component libraries were updated to meet W3C standards. Chromatic provided leadership for the engineering team in refactoring components and pages to meet these standards. We collaborated...
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Chromatic Perspectives – Outside...
The story of Chromatic's successful two year collaboration with Outside Magazine. It began with a small redesign project on outsideonline.com but has since grown into a true digital partnership.
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American Hospital Association –...
Chromatic built AHA a flexible, streamlined Enterprise Drupal Platform into which we migrated over a dozen of their digital properties. With laser focus on optimal performance and usability, we designed and developed each...
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Increasing Readership and...
Outside Online, the digital presence for the popular Outside magazine, was looking to provide a more unique user experience for their most popular section of the site, the Gear Channel.
Rebuilding the architecture of...
Wojo Design is made up of a scrappy group of designs, coders, and problem solvers that helps brands with every element of their online marketing strategy. Their client roster includes small and mid-sized businesses in the e-commerce, business, and financial services industries.
The Wojo Design team partnered with the Alliance Credit Union to help them appeal to a younger audience. They completely modernized the brand designing custom icons and a unique mobile experience to capture the next generation of credit union members and ensure success in the upcoming decades.
Mente Group provides private aviation consulting and also sells and purchases airplanes. They needed a completely overhauled website.
We created a completely unique design tailored to Mente Group’s specific company....
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Web Development for Alliant...
Alliant Credit Union, the 7th largest credit union in the United States, wanted to position itself as a tech-forward credit union with online and mobile banking features comparable with or superior to big banks like...
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Web Development for Base Directory
Base Directory is a digital directory of military bases and the establishments inside of them for military personnel, their families, and guests to discover, find, and retrieve information about everything on every US...
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Iron Galaxy Studios Web Design &...
We built a completely revamped website for Iron Galaxy Studios to help them show off their excellent video game production work to fans and potential partners alike.
With an impressively robust client list that includes names like Velvetech, Comrade Web Agency empowers brands with search engine optimization. Founded on design-first principles, this Chicago-based firm offers an emphasis on helping brands drive change.
One example of Comrade Web Agency’s experience is their work for Boat.me, one of the world’s respected brands. Comrade Web Agency helped them target their audience of customers with a complete reevaluation of their strategy. This resulted in powerful engagement and an increase in perceived authority for them.
Keywords: PPC, Website design, SEO, Content Marketing, E-commerce Marketing
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The company is a fast-growing commercial tent manufacturer and supplier with eCommerce operations selling to three primary...
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SEO for a Nationwide Spice Seller
Keywords: SEO, E-commerce Marketing, Content marketing
About this project:
The company is a large-scale e-commerce purveyor of herbs and spices. In addition to its online store, it has more than 30 physical retail...
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Website Redesign for a Top...
Keywords: Website Design, E-commerce Marketing
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The company is a family-owned retailer and manufacturer of affordable, fashion-forward eyewear. In addition to its e-commerce operations, the company...
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Website Redesign & Digital...
Keywords: Website design, SEO, Local SEO, Legal marketing, PPC, Content marketing
About this project:
This California-based law firm specializes in trust litigation, securities litigation, elder abuse litigation, and...
Artversion counts Volvo among its key clients and has delivered branding results in a variety of industries. The result is that this Chicago-based firm has achieved widespread acclaim for their targeted branding work.
One example of their branding success comes from a globally recognized brand that found itself in need of refreshed brand identity. Artversion helped them revitalize their existing strategy to stand out in a crowded market and leave a powerful impression on more customers than ever before.
Committed to providing access to opportunities that lead to a higher quality of services, TransUnion works to understand their customer’s risk, and evolving needs to create solutions that help companies innovate and...
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UltraLube
Plews Edelmann came to ArtVersion with one challenge: to position UltraLube, it’s flagship brand of lubricants and oils as a market leader by utilizing simple, concise messaging and consumer resonance. User experience...
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SRC Solutions
An web app platform serving school district’s nationwide requiring a strategic, streamlined and phased rollout that would not effect user-flows in every school’s administrative processes. As a premier enrollment and...
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Treklytics
Led by a highly successful investment firm, Treklytics’s founders came to us with a big idea. Driven to see solutions others don’t and inspired to capitalize on opportunities others miss, their focused...
Branding partners have become essential for brands in every industry, and Illinois-based Rule29 has become one of the most trusted sources for brand development and identity design for brands that include Fellowes and many others.
Whether expanding on an existing strategy or serving brands that are starting from zero, Rule29 delivers real results. It’s what’s made them a go-to name in branding and continue to expand their client list to include companies like Cargill.
Rule29 has partnered with Fellowes Brands over the years on a variety of projects. We were honored to establish and launch a brand that redefined the ergonomic furniture industry: Elea by Fellowes Studio. Elea is a...
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Blackberry Market Website Design...
The beautiful thing about influencing a brand from the ground up is that we have the opportunity to help craft the brand experience. Blackberry Market has given us this opportunity to not only create the basic elements...
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McDonald's Brand Extension
Collaboration is a pillar of Rule29’s approach, and our work with McDonald's creative team is a perfect example. We help with or lead the development of a variety of projects for McDonald’s B2B and B2C communications...
MyDesignSpace, Inc. has delivered web design and graphic design results to brands like McHenry Riverwalk Foundation, still expanding on its list of success for brands in a wide range of industries. This U.S.-based firm helps companies focus their web development strategy to improve their ability to reach their target audience more effectively online.
If you want to see how MyDesignSpace, Inc. helps brands meet their goals in a crowded space, look no further than their website design work for Kumbaya Inc. MyDesignSpace, Inc. helped them design and execute a responsive WordPress website that would help them meet their unique CMS goals for better engagement online.
Pitel Septic specializes in residential and commercial septic solutions, including pumping, repairs, installations, and portable sanitation and toilet rentals. Family-owned, they are #1 in the #2 business. Pitel...
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Custom Wordpress Development for...
Midwest Revolving Door Company (MRDC) is one of only a handful of companies in the world that manufactures revolving door parts and weatherstripping for most manual revolving doors made today. The company hired...
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Custom Wordpress Development for...
The Michael Lescher Team has served as a highly experienced real estate agency in the Greater Fox Lake, Illinois area for more than 30 years. The agency hired MyDesignSpace to redesign its outdated website. Must-haves for...
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Custom Wordpress Development for...
The Patrick B. Harper Scholarship Foundation is a small non-profit organization that offers scholarship opportunities to local high school students who have overcome some adversity in their life and will be attending...
If you've been paying attention to web design, you know that a responsive website is essential. Here's what you need to know about how to make a website responsive.
Meta viewport tag: This line of code tells the page how wide the reader’s device is and how to adjust accordingly. Without it, the page will appear as if on a desktop screen no matter what device is being used.
CSS media queries: These queries enable the page to adjust elements like photographs or graphics depending on the size of the screen.
Flexbox: Flexbox layout allows you to organize the elements of a page in a way that enables them to move fluidly with the size of the screen.
What Are the Advantages of Responsive Web Design?
Here's what you need to know about the advantages of making your website responsive: It allows you to bring in more users, lose fewer users, and improve conversions.
Bring in more users: Responsive web design enables websites to be viewable and findable on any device. Responsive websites are more user friendly, which makes it more likely that Google will prioritize your content in SERPs.
Lose fewer users: Responsive web design lowers bounce rates – especially on mobile devices because your content is easier to consume.
Improve conversions: A responsive web design is more enjoyable to use and looks more professional, making it more likely that readers will stay around long enough to make your site profitable.
What Is the Difference Between Responsive and Adaptive Web Design?
Responsive websites continuously change layout size and adjust functionality depending on the screen size. When the screen on a browser is reduced, the size of the content will change. On the other hand, adaptive sites change layout only when the page gets to a certain size.
Both adaptive and responsive websites change depending on how users view them. For instance, your website will be a different width if a user views it on a smartphone compared to a desktop. There are some important differences, however, between responsive and adaptive sites.
