Squarespace Websites Showcase: Spring 2013

April 29, 2013 in Website Design, Content Strategy

Spring cleaning is a common occurrence in many households each year. Homeowners take the extra time to organize their belongings and cleanse behind the hard-to-reach places of their homes. Why don't we look at our websites the same way?

Six Squarespace designers recently performed a deep cleaning on their sites. Check out the fresh new Squarespace 6 sites they produced as we take a look at the Spring 2013 additions to our Squarespace Websites Showcase.

Spring 2013 Squarespace Showcase

Steve Wentworth is the videographer, editor, and web designer for Skinny Boy Weddings, a boutique wedding video agency outside of London that produces custom wedding videos and invitation videos. Steve submitted their beautiful new site.
Eric Jones of CoreGeek.net submitted iPad HQ, a blog dedicated to tips, how-to's, deals, and reviews for iPad and iOS.
Javier Miqueleiz is a photographer from Guangzhou, China who focuses mainly on portrait, fashion, and street photography. Javier's Squarespace 6 website is built on one of their great new portfolio templates.
Christopher Grant is a Swedish photographer working mostly on abstract and impressionalist projects at the moment. Christopher's website is on Squarespace 6.
Joshua Neimark of fix8media submitted their recent work on the new site for Knox Insurance Group, a group of insurance agencies in Florida with product ranging from auto, to home, and more.
Jacki Storey is a UK photographer and visual artist based in the southwest of England, just outside of Stroud, Gloucestershire. Jacki uses scupture, photography, and installation mediums, and Squarespace 6 to showcase it all.

Submit Your Website to the Showcase

Big Picture Web features your new Squarespace websites frequently on our blog and ever-growing Squarespace Websites Showcase. Don't forget to bookmark our submission page and be sure to enter your new creations when they're complete.

We'd be happy to review and feature your work so that others can be inspired to do some Spring cleaning on their own Squarespace websites.

February 2013 Squarespace Websites Showcase

Squarespace Websites Showcase: February 2013

February 25, 2013 in Website Design

The Winter months this year have seen Squarespace designers holed up in their offices and design studios cranking out new site after new site on the Squarespace 6 web publishing platform. Check out February's additions, then run along to bookmark our submission page so we can add your new Squarespace site to next month's showcase.

February 2013 Showcase Addition

This month we add ten new websites to the Squarespace Websites Showcase created by eight talented designers, including a website built by Shane Boyce entirely on the new Squarespace developer platform.

Jonny Rowntree is a freelance writer from Newcastle in the UK who works for Shout Digital and Magnate Magazine. He built his website on Squarespace 6.
Professional dry-stone-waller Nigel Goody entrusted his website to Steve Wade, who built this beaut-of-a-Squarespace-5 site.
Jason Winmill appreciated Squarespace's easy-to-use yet elegant platform for website, which he says was a true rarity in his experiencing designing his company website for Argopoint.
Steph Maclaren is a talented illustrator/artist living in Cornwall, England. Check out his portfolio, which was built on a modified Jirick Zine Squarespace 6 template.
Politilady is a female friendly political humor website created by Katie Proctor. Squarespace 6 makes it easy for Katie to blog several times a week.
Shayne Boyce is a pro Squarespace designer, and built Partner Advisors from scratch on the new Squarespace 6 Developer template.
Michele Baer designed the website for Amy's Ice Creams. She integrated social media, maps, and more into this Texas ice cream chain's website.
Magnetic Productions develop and produce cable programming on networks such as Discovery, HGTV, and MTV. Michele Baer created a great website to promote them.
David Sceidt is a traveler and business man who needed a website to represent his broad offerings. Michele Baer built his Squarespace 6 website.
Minimal Wallet hates the "Costanza wallet," and showcases the best in minimal wallets, according to their designer, David B.

Submit Your Squarespace Website

Which of the ten wonderful new sites was your favorite this month? Was it one of Michele Baer's fantastic new sites, were you more impressed by Shane Boyce's skills on the developer templates, or did another one catch your eye?

Don't forget to submit your newly designed Squarespace sites each month to our showcase submission form. I want to feature your work in next month's edition. Bookmark it now and make it a part of your new site publishing process so I can be sure to give your creations some love.

Squarespace Websites Showcase: December 2012

December 03, 2012 in Website Design

New Squarespace 6 websites are showing up more and more frequently on the web these days, and demand for the web publishing platform has spiked even more dramatically in the last six months since the Squarespace 6 platform was released.

Squarespace websites demand has been growing throughout 2012.

It's no wonder then that nine fresh new Squarespace websites were submitted for the last Squarespace Website Showcase addition in 2012. The sites range from musicians to career consultants to rental services and more. Be inspired by these new beauts, and be sure to submit your Squarespace creations if you'd like to be featured next month.

December 2012 Squarespace Websites Showcase

Auction Block TV - Interested in going to more real estate auctions, but you don't want to leave your home? Auction Block TV can help, thanks to this Squarespace 6 design by Shane Boyce of GetBoyce.com.
Big Money Gators - Mark Gilmore and his band, Big Money Gators, use their Squarespace 6 website to promote their music, videos, and event calendar.
Maggie McGary - MaggieMcGary.com was designed by Daniel Agee, but Maggie was so happy with it that she submitted it to the showcase herself. This fine Squarespace 6 blog is simple, yet effective and clean.
OrgWell - Joshua Neimark designed this Squarespace 6 website for Australian wellness and wellbeing consultancy of Jen Rutherford.
Jamie Brittain - UK web designer and front-end developer Jamie Brittain has been a fan of Squarespace and a friend of this blog for quite some time. His new Squarespace 6 site is super minimalist and pleasant.
Nickell Rental - Our friend Shane Boyce of Boyce Design used the new Squarespace 6 business templates to build a full catalog of large equipment as my favorite part of this Squarespace website.
Kelly Studer Consulting - The "Career Stylist" Kelly Studer trusted Joshua Neimark to build this wonderful small business website on Squarespace 6, featuring a strong homepage with an integrated social media and email sign-up.
Balifornian - Maryam is from Bali and Michael is from California, and together they're known as Balifornian, and they're constructing a wellness retreat center in Ketewel, Bali.
Antique Furniture Restoration Courses - Joshua Neimark developed this Squarespace website to help demonstrate the value and sell John Tope's antique furniture restoration video courses.

Which website did you like the best? What ideas do these websites give you for your own Squarespace website redesign project? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments, and please do submit your own creations if you're inspired to create a Squarespace site this month.

Squarespace Websites Showcase for November 2012.

November Squarespace Websites Showcase

November 12, 2012 in Website Design

It's that time again. Each month we feature new Squarespace websites sent in by the best web designers on the Squarespace platform in our Squarespace Websites Showcase series. With all the amazing new templates Squarespace has been releasing lately, it's no wonder we're never at a shortage of new sites in the showcase.

Contributions to the November Squarespace Showcase

With all those new Squarespace templates out there, I'm hoping to be inundated by great submissions in the months to come. This month we have the contributions of a handful of designers and some really amazing Squarespace websites, both on Squarespace 6 and Squarespace v5. Take a look at these featured websites in our showcase, then submit your work throughout the month.

Genie Macaroni is a blog of remarkable things as discovered by web designer and photographer Mark Hadley of the UK.
Jan Cullinane is a retirement author, speaker and consultant whose website is built on Squarespace v5 by designer Josh Neimark.
Simon Lunt is an award-winning designer from London who specializes in Squarespace websites, iOS apps, design and branding.
Silunt is a portfolio website featuring some of the work of Simon Lunt. I particularly liked the New York album of this highly visual Squarespace website.
Teleportfolio is a neat iOS app that allows you to build your professional portfolio into an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. Simon Lunt build this website, too.
Michael Scalise is an award-winning creative director from Chicago, Illinois. His website was built by Simon Lunt.
Diana Yule is a photographer and trainer of other photographers who spends time coaching both clients and photographers at Yule London. Simon Lunt built this great website.
Worzled is a word-based iOS game with an intuitive learning curve and over 40 levels. Simon Lunt used Squarespace to build this app website perfectly.

October 2012 Squarespace Website Showcase

October Squarespace Website Showcase

October 07, 2012 in Website Design

Early results from this year's annual Squarespace survey (add your voice) are proving that Squarespace users find examples of other Squarespace websites to be the most helpful type of content to support their own design endeavors.

This month marks the kick-off of the new monthly Squarespace Website Showcase series, where we highlight newly-created Squarespace websites created by our community.

Contributions to the October Squarespace Showcase

This month's Showcase is made possible thanks to the excellent work of four designers. In total, we have nine Squarespace website examples to share this month:

The Astro Geek was created by Charles Lillos "This is a transferred v5 account." Lillos said. "So far I'm loving the V6 platform."
The fix8media website was built on Squarespace 6 by Joshua Neimark.
Gerling Safaris was created on Squarespace v5 by Joshua Neimark of fix8media. This project was a full redesign, and included online forms, images/videos galleries, email integration, and supporting HTML templates.
The Cabot Institute for Labor Relations, Inc. offers unique services that include Workplace Surveys, Advice and Consultation to corporations in all areas related to Labor and Management/Labor Relations. Joshua Neimark from fix8media created their website.
Michele Grace Photography was born out of the love of a mother for her daughter. As an artist and photographer, Heather was inspired by her child, who reminds her of the beauty in life’s simple moments. This Squarespace 6 site was built by Joshua Neimark of fix8media.
The BeachHouse Beanery, a local favorite among Flagler Beach, FL residents and visitors alike, was looking to leverage technology as part of their continued growth strategy. This Squarespace v5 website by Joshua Neimark of fix8media delivers!
Brandon Dailey is a tattoo artist in Florida. Joshua Neimark of fix8media created this Squarespace 6 site to showcase Brandon's work.
Simon McCade is a multi-disciplinary designer committed to delivering effective, relevant and engaging creative solutions. He built this Squarespace 6 website to showcase is knowledge, style, and work.
VisualDNA designed their new website look and feel, and then turned to Alex Smith of Squaresites.net to build it.

If you're a designer, bookmark this page and don't forget to let me know each time you finish a new Squarespace website. The Squarespace community wants to see what you've been creating.