FIFA World Cup 2014 Trivia, Facts and Figures
The beautiful game – soccer (or football for you non- North Americans, you guys are cool too) is fast approaching its once-every-four-years Battle Royale. The FIFA World Cup 2014, hosted this time around by Brazil from12th June to 13th July, is around six weeks away. The world eagerly awaits what the stars will be capable […]
SITE LAUNCH // onecitymortgage.com
Our latest project is now live. OneCity Mortgage are a mortgage company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. We have been working with them for the last couple of months to create their branding and online presence. The project has been great fun from start to finish. Courtney over at OneCity Mortgage gave us carte […]
3 more things to keep in mind when building a website
Just like the previous post this has been done many times before. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a good process to repeat. Always analyze what you do and by making lists you can analyze in a concise and easy way that can be helpful in the future. The first list was a general overview of […]
SITE LAUNCH // dianathorneycroft.com
With art as bold and beautiful as Diana Thorneycroft’s, Grow Media’s challenge was to create a website that enhanced her artwork without getting in the way. Our approach was one of simplicity and style – streamlining information and focusing on her collective galleries. As always, functionality was a main priority, but we also wanted to […]
Stylish photo gallery using jQuery, jCarousel and Galleria
The technique we are going to discuss isn’t groundbreaking and it certainly isn’t new. What we hope to achieve with this post is to show how simple it is to create a stylish but simple photo gallery with jQuery. There are no bells and whistles on this one, but the two jQuery plugins we use […]
Adobe Photoshop VS Illustrator // when designing for the web
Disclaimer: I have a feeling this is a bit of a touchy subject, so let me start by saying they’re both Adobe programs, use the tool that works for you. I come from a print background and so when I entered into the web design world, I thought Illustrator was the King of all programs. […]
4 tips for unclogging your creative block
The ironic part of today’s blog post is, currently, I am creatively blocked. So much so I wish there were mental laxatives I could take! Right now I can’t find any of these on the open market so instead of continuing a fruitless search I decided to do a bit of research on the problem. […]
6 ways to webify your designs
The transition from print design to web design can be a frustrating one, but as we make the shift from paper to web, it is an essential one for all graphic designers to make. Truthfully speaking, the thing that initially made it difficult was the very thing that I thought would help – design experience… […]
Welcome to the Grow Media Blog
We want this website to not only sell our services but also be a place to come and learn about web design and development. We hope to provide you with interesting tutorials, details of new web technologies and some insight into how we work. We have a great line-up of posts for you over the […]