Published in A List Apart!
I am thrilled to have had an article I penned entitled "Artistic Distance" accepted for publication in A List Apart.
“Uncommon designs. Uncommon service.”
About Us
Simple. Useable. Attractive. We create web sites that are visually captivating, use current technologies, are compliant with web standards, meet your brand requirements and are useful to your customers. And, we are unassailably honest. We will never sell you on a solution that does not fit your needs.
What’s with the name?
We get asked this constantly ... “16toads” was derived from our lucky number and an old nickname. People remember it and, in the end, that’s all that matters.
What do our clients have to say?
16toads' News & Haberdashery
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Not your typical company
We are a creative studio that collaborates with other independent designers, programmers and professionals to share projects and ideas. Our "open" collective allows us to use the perfect talent for each job; this results in the best, most cost-effective and purpose-driven visual solutions for the web, multimedia, and print productions - without the burden of excessive overhead costs and convoluted bureaucracy common among large agencies.
In fact, for the past fifteen years, 16toads Design has been a regular go-to resource for many local advertising agencies and interactive firms who need to outsource creative and technical work!
While we constantly strive to improve our services, Our philosophy has always remained constant: Remain small, produce exceptional work, and provide superior customer service by maintaining a direct link between our clients and our creative team. 16toads is commited to one thing: Excellence. We will work hard to make your design experience a pleasurable one.
htm-ale Interview
Paul's recent expletive strewn interview with Zach and Seth from htm-ale includes beer reviews, valuable experience-based business opinion, and some good conversation.
16toads will be speaking at ExpressionEngine Camp!
I've been invited to participate on the Building an EE Business panel with Mitchell Kimbrough of Solspace and Ryan Masuga of devot:ee.
16toads Design Concludes Busy Year With Many Accolades
For their creative and unique work during the past year, 16toads Design has been recognized with many prestigious awards and accolades and capped the Awards Season by taking home a Silver Addy in the category of Interactive Web Design, HTML.
Is 16toads the right creative partner for you?
We realize that potential clients have a multitude of choices when it comes to finding the "right" designer or design studio for their project(s). We also understand that value is a balance between price, quality, and service.
There is no shortage of designers who will over-promise in order to land a job, and there are plenty of potential clients who simply do not take their businesses seriously enough to weigh the potential risks of NOT working with a professional. 16toads is not about fancy sales pitches or promising more than we can feasibly deliver. We will work with you to create a custom solution that exceeds your expectations.
We appreciate clients who value their businesses enough to find the best creative partner ... and you can rest assured that, when you work with 16toads, you will be getting our very best.
Personnel(ity)
Paul Burton — Creative Director & Founder
Paul is the founder and chief creative Director at 16toads Design. He has 16 years of experience in the interactive marketplace and has designed and developed countless web sites and interactive projects ranging from Flash animations to landing pages to huge, content-heavy ExpressionEngine CMS web sites.
He has worked with companies large and small, including AFLAC, Coca Cola, Home Depot, Turner Publishing, and Moxie Interactive.
Paul is also actively involved in the design community through StopWorkForHire.com — 16toads' grass-roots effort to improve the business of design for all independent creatives and the clients we serve.
He speaks at an occasional conference and skis whenever he can.
Adam Wiggall — Technical Director
Adam is the chief technology director for 16toads Design and handles all of the heavy back-end programming for our projects. He specializes in programming for ExpressionEngine CMS-driven web sites
He has extensive experience working on heavily trafficked web sites such as Duke University and Pitney Bowes.
ExpressionEngine Pro Network
Both Paul and Adam are individually recognized as certified ExpressionEngine Pro Network Members.
Our Team
16toads is fortunate to have a number of highly experienced and reliable partners to call on when the need arises for any project.
