If you’re a frequent Dirk+Weiss visitor, you probably noticed something new and potentially striking about our typography. Yes, it’s true, we’re using Georgia in conjunction with our tried and true Helvetica. This combination creates a fresh and sophisticated dialog of type.

You’re looking at the brand new Dirk+Weiss website! This layout and structure is much easier to navigate and hopefully feels a little more approachable (we’re really nice guys… really). We’ve moved our blog to the front page to confront our core traffic and we have also revamped some of our copy to be a faster read and perhaps more concise. We’ve incorporated YouTube and HTML5 in various locations of the new architecture. That pesky, proprietary, and non iOS friendly Adobe Flash format is simply too clumsy.

We are using and recommending to our clients the use of the most current web standards and various JavaScripting libraries including JQuery and MooTools.

We hope that all these things will make for a more efficient, and enjoyable Dirk+Weiss experience.

Matt+Brian – DW

Another Podcast from Dirk+Weiss exploring topics of design, marketing, and technology.  This episode explores the term “graphic designer” in all it’s lack-luster nuance. Highlights include tons of banter, personal stories and a phone interview with senior design student Katie Evans.

Note: The views in this podcast are strictly those of Dirk+Weiss and its Interviewees.

What are some ideas to get your local AIGA chapter to be more job focused? How can the AIGA keep its members in the worst economic climate since the Great Depression? The ‘reverse job fair’ and ‘speed dating’! Call made to  Brandon Bird, AIGA Boston Board Member.

Note: The views in this podcast are strictly those of Dirk+Weiss and its Interviewees.

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…Or is it more like wrangling? Point is, it’s anyones game when your in the wild west.

Funny Story.

The AIGA is America’s most popular design association and has thousands of members nation wide. We have worked frequently with the AIGA on various events, and regularly attend their events throughout the year . They own all the other domain names .com, .net etc..

One day while searching for usable domains, we came across a domain that was surprisingly not purchased, AIGA.US.

So we bought it for $9.99.

Knowing that AIGA is a fairly well known business, we figured that someone would buy it up sooner rather than later. We also figured that we knew enough AIGA Boston people that someone could get the domain back to AIGA corporate. Well, before we had the chance to get a hold of corporate, we had someone contact us to buy it for $500! Out of the blue! Now this is interesting…

A domain that we bought for $9.99 was now worth $500, instantly. To avoid an old fashioned domain bidding war, we gave AIGA a chance to make an offer of at least that, and if they could match it, then we would sell it to them. I mean, we were planning on transferring it to them anyway at some point.

They did in fact match it, and will soon own the new domain. The economy is down, cash is tight, and 500 bucks is 500 bucks. Who knows what the mysterious bidder wanted to do with the AIGA.US domain. Maybe they wanted to re-sell it. Maybe they wanted to give AIGA some competition. Those details are unknown. We’re just glad the domain is now in the right hands.

Just another example of the speed and state of infancy the web is currently in. We always say that the web is still like the wild west, and in this case, domains are like nuggets from the California gold rush.

“Designers are the new rock stars!”

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 – On Wednesday night we spoke to a crowd of photographers, designers, and architects about our ‘number one hit single’ Anyone Can Swiss. The response to our presentation was quite exciting. We met some really great people, and enjoyed the 20 slide, 6min 20sec format, as it is in the vein of how we work: fast, to the point, and with maximized efficiency over all.

I had lots of great conversations with many people. If you didn’t get a chance to say ‘Hey!’, then drop us a comment below!

Thanks Everyone for a great evening.