Amazing Websites: The Best Designs of December

If you are like me, there is no doubt December was a busy month with the holiday season, and end of year business to attend to. My end of year vacation officially came to an end today, and what better way is there to get back into the swing of things than doing a roundup of my favorite website designs of December.

Once again, thank you to all the wonderful people who contributed to the first ever Creative Advent series. For those of you who may have missed some of the entries or are visiting for the first time, I have created a roundup of all the submissions and their authors. In 24 days we have covered what is easily a combined lifetime of experience within the creative services industry.

Happy holidays to everyone, and have a happy New Year!

I’ve had countless design discussions with employers, contractors, and clients, but one in particular remains firmly lodged in my mind to this day.

Some time in 2002 I had just come off designing what, at the time, I felt was my best work to date. It was beautiful, inventive, it had personality, and it fit the brand perfectly. No one would find fault with it, I had nailed the brief. Score one for team Dave.

Get Your Name Out There

The best piece of advice I could give at the point in my career is to get your name out there. Start a blog, talk to people on twitter, leave comments on other blogs just so that you circulate around the community. Most importantly be social! I’ve met 4 great business partners all through online interaction. I never would have had that chance to do so if I didn’t start blogging. I still sit in an office at a very unhappy job, but these new endeavors that I am taking on full steam ahead will give me the strength i need to get out and go beyond my thoughts and dreams. One piece of advice - If your thinking about starting a company - do it. If your starting to come up with ideas but your not sure - do it anyway.