Mar 1, 2018 | Branding, Marketing, Product Development
At ZDCA Design & Development we prototype and design packaging, contract with advanced printing services, and provide final assets for a variety of media such as web and print for catalogs, magazines, and more. Here we’re showing off our new in-house studio...
Sep 6, 2017 | E-commerce, Events & Festivals
Thank you to everyone who attended the very first Shopify Meetup North Bay event on August 22nd! Our panel of speakers provided some very insightful and informative information about the ecommerce experience and how to leverage a robust ecommerce solution for your...
Jan 5, 2016 | Web Development
In an era of rampant malware and the increasing difficulty in securing complex database web publishing environments, Flat File CMS (FFCMS) tools are inviting for the coming year. The promise of a user-friendly Content Management System combined with flexible skinning...
Oct 15, 2015 | Branding, Design & Art, Illustration, Inspiration
I’ve spent my life volunteering and donating to causes I believe in. From my family’s nonprofit in South America to the American Red Cross and even our local humane society. (The latter is one of my absolute favorites because, well, animals.) I even spent four years...
Oct 7, 2015 | Design & Art, Illustration, Inspiration
I’ve never been an artsy person. Creative, sure, but the best rendering of anything I’ve ever been asked to draw most likely began with a stick figure. While I may be quite awesome at Pictionary and Telestrations (because I totally am), sadly, that’s where my career...
Aug 1, 2015 | Inspiration, Technology Corner, Web Development
I’m unapologetically delighted by all things science fiction and am fascinated by life imitating art (as are, I suspect, most sci-fi nuts). I often listen to KQED when I’m working out in the morning and imagine my surprise and delight when a segment on the...
Jul 19, 2015 | Design & Art, Portfolio, Web Development
We’re proud to have launched the website for Miner Brewing Company, a fine craft brewery in the heart of the Black Hills area of South Dakota. We were impressed by their unyielding dedication to quality and their unique South Dakota expression. That the...
Jun 19, 2015 | Art History
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a movement called Art Nouveau (the “new art”) swept through Europe. The pioneering effort of artists like Gustav Klimt and Alphonse Mucha fed the rapidly spreading fire of this elegant, unique and modernizing style of...
Dec 9, 2013 | Marketing, Portfolio, Product Development
At ZDCA, we’re total geeks for fancy print methods. We love working with specialty papers, textures, foil stamps, spot gloss and any other high-end form of printing we can get our hands on. Recently we’ve started exploring some new tricks – like...
Dec 9, 2013 | Web Development
The Rural Water Resources (RWR) project combines sophisticated search and forum features with cohesive interface design to capture a wealth of content on a critical subject. Key to the site is easy use of comprehensive information for an audience likely inexperienced...
