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Maslansky + Partners Wins 'Gold' in 10th Annual Davey Awards

Maslansky.com, a website we built for Maslansky + Partners, a market research and communication company, won a 'Gold' medal in the Corporate Communications category at the 10th Annual Davey Awards. Congratulations to Maslansky + Partners and their accomplishments developing language strategies for major organizations worldwide as well as to... keep reading about Maslansky + Partners Wins 'Gold' in 10th Annual Davey Awards

Music Education Website Design Wins 'Gold' at 9th Annual W3 Awards

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A SaaS-based Learning Management System (LMS) for music educators and student built by our award-winning eduction website design and development team won 'Gold' in Education at the 9th Annual W3 Awards. This award recognizes our accomplishments in providing students and educators a ground breaking, music-focused... keep reading about Music Education Website Design Wins 'Gold' at 9th Annual W3 Awards

Bringing EdTech Online One Website at a Time

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This spring and summer we had the exciting opportunity to work with Channel One News rebuilding their news broadcast platform, watched daily by millions of school children nation wide. The rebuild was part of a multiple part project to bring their news product and associated educational... keep reading about Bringing EdTech Online One Website at a Time

Avatar New York let's NYC Tourists Locate Buses in Real-Time

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As a followup to the recent launch of OpenTourNY.com, the responsive website designed for New York City's premier sightseeing bus tour company, Avatar New York added real-time bus location capabilities. With the addition of this functionality... keep reading about Avatar New York let's NYC Tourists Locate Buses in Real-Time

Why Small Is Good

We relaunched our website earlier this year after rebranding Avatar New York. In the process, we had some fun and learned a few things about ourselves and our company, we know will translate into ever better work for our clients. Here are a few highlights.

Know Thyself
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Avatar New York Web Design Wins Webby Honorable Mention

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Mohawk Fine Papers is one of our most distinguished clients. We have worked together with for over six years, most recently, integrating several website properties all into a single web platform. The current website serves both their B2B and B2C customers. It was much to our pleasure to hear that Mohawk's... keep reading about Avatar New York Web Design Wins Webby Honorable Mention

Winning in 2014

We started out 2014 winning two Interactive Media Awards for websites we built in the recent past.

The first award went to Sonnier & Castle, a New York fine catering company. S&C won "Best In Class" in the Food &... keep reading about Winning in 2014

4 Simple UX Best Practices for Scrolling Websites

The web's continued move to become a more beautiful and engaging place has been bolstered by big, immersive, scrolling pages on desktop version websites. Part of this trend includes adapting and rightfully discarding some website design conventions. However, there remain a few simple UX best practices that can continue to... keep reading about 4 Simple UX Best Practices for Scrolling Websites

5 Steps We Took to Improve Jouer Cosmetics Online

To kickoff the New Year, Jouer Cosmetic launched a new ecommerce website - jouercosmetics.com. Avatar New York has been working with Jouer for several months building their new website as well as restructuring their back office process and integrating a seamless ordering and fulfillment workflow that requires as... keep reading about 5 Steps We Took to Improve Jouer Cosmetics Online

How website design helped Moguldom find its purpose

Moguldom Media Group is an global leader in the digital media realm focused on women, multicultural, and emerging markets. Moguldom wanted a website that connected with their clients and continued to effectively market their innovative advertising products.

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It can cost a fortune to make a website look cheap

It’s a phone call I receive more than I should. A business owner stuck in the middle of a stalled website design project, having wasted months of time and effort not to mention several thousands of dollars, with little to show for it in return – if lucky. The truly... keep reading about It can cost a fortune to make a website look cheap

Google and responsive design

Google wants Internet users to "experience the full richness of the web." Part of this experience is browsing the web on mobile devices. How about including whether a site uses a responsive design as part of a website's Pagerank, Google? Check.

It will no longer be sufficient to have a... keep reading about Google and responsive design

APA and VISA® Launch New Paycard Portal

The American Payroll Association and VISA came to us to update the branding and redesign of the APA VISA Paycard Portal, an educational resource about payroll card programs. As the portal's main sponsor, VISA felt the portal was not well organizied and difficult to navigate.

Through several collaborative workshops, we completely... keep reading about APA and VISA® Launch New Paycard Portal

Your Business Website and Responsive Design

According to Google, nearly 75% of people online prefer a mobile-friendly site. And 50% of people say that even if they like a business, they will use them less often if the website isn't mobile-friendly. Exactly how Google derived these numbers, they didn’t say; though we can say for certain... keep reading about Your Business Website and Responsive Design

Schutz Shoes Microsite and Store Launch

We are excited to annouce the launch of a fashion microsite for Schutz, a shoe designer and retailer based in Brazil. Schutz wanted to create a Microsite to launch in time with their first US store opening on New York's Madison Avenue. We worked with... keep reading about Schutz Shoes Microsite and Store Launch