Flint Hills Design Snippets

Two New Websites

Evan Fast — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:25:52 +0000

We recently launched two exciting new websites. George King Bio-Medical, Inc. came to us earlier this year in need of a new website. Their old website didn’t do a good job of displaying the many products they offer, so they needed a site that would provide visitors with an easy way to access product information and learn more about their company. Their new website uses a clean design, works well on mobile devices, and provides visitors with detailed information about George King Bio-Medical products and services.

We began working on a new website for Camp Mennoscah a couple of months ago. Since Camp Mennoscah was in the process of incorporating, they wanted a standalone site that users could visit to learn more about camp. We were especially excited to work on this project, since all of us at Flint Hills Design have had great experiences attending camps there. Incorporating many visual elements from camp (the wooden sign, crooked letters, and Ninnescah river), we designed a fun site where visitors can access information about upcoming camps, retreats, and facility information.

Gmail + Google Drive

Evan Fast — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:14:53 +0000

Remember the days of 2, 5, or 10mb email attachment file size limits? Those days are long gone. On Tuesday, Google announced they were integrating Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) into Gmail. This means Gmail users will now be able to send up to 10GB attachments though Gmail. Since this system shares a link to the file saved on Google Drive rather than attaching and sharing the file itself, it allows users to continue editing the file even after the email has been sent.

We’ve always been big fans of services like Dropbox, Evernote, and Google Drive because they provide great ways for multiple users to collaborate and share files. This new service for Gmail should make it even easier for us to edit and share files both within our own organization and with our clients.

Gmail users can find a simple tutorial here: Gmail + Google Drive Instructions.

2012 KMA Conference

Evan Fast — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:34:00 +0000

We had a great time at the 2012 Kansas Museums Assocation conference. The conference was hosted in Newton this year, so we had the opportunity to lead a one-day exhibit design and label-making workshop in our own offices this year! There were over 25 people who attended the workshop, and we had a great time working with every one of you. We hope everyone who attended learned something new and had a good time spending the day at Kauffman Museum and Flint Hills Design.

Check out our Facebook page for a few more photos of the workshop.

Dr. Randy Moredock Website

Evan Fast — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:13:47 +0000

We’re excited to announce the launch of our newest website: www.drrcmoredock.com. Dr. Moredock is a psychotherapist who just relocated his practice to the Lawrence area. With years of experience as a therapist in New York, Randy knew he wanted a solid web presence as he begins building a client base in Kansas.

Dr. Moredock’s site is built around a responsive framework that is suited equally well for computers, tablets, and mobile devices. We’re very happy with the way the design and content came together throughout the site, and we wish Dr. Moredock the best as he starts his practice in Lawrence.

Threshing Stone Exhibit

Evan Fast — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:27:26 +0000

From now until January 20, if you stop by Kauffman Museum in North Newton, KS you’ll see their newest exhibit titled “Threshing Stone: Mennonite Artifact & Icon.” The exhibit brings together the stories of threshing technology, Russian Mennonite immigration, and how the threshing stone became a symbol of Kansas wheat heritage and Mennonite tradition. The exhibit also addresses the historic and symbolic relationship of the stone and Bethel College.

Like many of our collaborative travelling exhibits in the past, we enjoyed helping Kauffman Museum with the design and production of the exhibit. We also had a great time working with Glen Ediger, author of Threshing Stone: Leave No Stone Unturned, whose research and findings were featured throughout the exhibit.

We encourage you to swing by the museum sometime during the next few months to check out the exhibit and learn more about the threshing stone.

9 Interesting Logo Designs

Joel Gaeddert — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:30:11 +0000

Here’s a collection of nine interesting logos that caught our eye this week as we were discussing logo design with a local group of students.

We didn’t create any of these logos – they all came from logopond.com (if you’ve never been to logopond.com, check it out–they’ve got a great collection of work from all kinds of designers and projects–it’s a great place to browse when you need five minutes of distraction / inspiration!).

Take a look at logopond.com – find any other logos there that catch your eye?

Hole in the Internet

Joel Gaeddert — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:02:59 +0000

Today, a large number of websites disappeared from reach as the biggest registrar of domain names was hit hard by a denial of service attack. GoDaddy confirms that no “sensitive customer information, such as credit card data, passwords or names and addresses, were compromised,” however few details about the outage have been released at this point. With more than 35 million domains registered through GoDaddy (source), millions of websites may have been rendered unreachable.

It appears that the cause of the outage was a disruption in GoDaddy’s DNS servers, which means that both domains hosted through GoDaddy and those who simply use their DNS service may have been affected.

A number of Flint Hills Design’s clients were surprised by the outage, as many used GoDaddy to register their domain names. The outage appears to have been relatively short, and again, no data or sensitive information was lost. If you’ve got questions or would like to know more about today’s brief outage, please contact us.

Hesston Community Childcare

Evan Fast — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:57:53 +0000

We’ve been extremely busy with some exciting projects here at Flint Hills Design, so it’s been hard to find time to blog. However, we definitely want to keep you in the loop with what we’ve been working on.

One of our most recent website launches was the Hesston Community Childcare website. Hesston Community Child Care (HCCC) is a very innovative childcare center, purposefully built to promote many levels of interactions with the residents of Schowalter Villa in Hesston. Children visit Schowalter Villa residents every week, and Schowalter Villa residents volunteer as teacher-aides in the childcare classrooms everyday. The new website features information about every HCCC program and provides HCCC staff with easy ways to update photos, release newsletters, and provide information about current happenings.

Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks for more information about recent website launches, upcoming events at FHD, and new museum exhibit information!

Aaron Gaeddert Featured

Evan Fast — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:28:04 +0000

One of Aaron's grid systems on display.

Aaron Gaeddert, artist in residence here at Flint Hills Design, was recently featured in the Hillsboro Free Press. The article highlighted some of the artists involved in Marion’s Art & Music Stroll, where Aaron was introducing his grids. The grid systems he had on display generated lots of interest, both in his photography and the actual grid system. If you haven’t taken a look at the grid system, you can learn more about it on our website.

SEO Best Practices

Evan Fast — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:57:08 +0000

Search engine algorithms are always changing, and therefore search engine optimization best practices also continually change. We’ve recently had quite a few companies contact us with questions about search engine optimization. Some have been intrigued by other SEO companies’ search ranking guarantees, while others simply want to know how SEO works.

Google’s webmaster division recently released a video that addresses many of the questions we receive on a regular basis. Obviously, they market quite a few of their products in the video, but the general information in the video is very pertinent to companies who are interested in increasing their search rankings.

If you’re wanting to see your search engine rankings increase, we would encourage you to watch the video then contact us to learn more about SEO campaigns.