I had been doing my own webpage for a few years and was really ready to "upgrade" to something a little more professional-looking, but I didn't know how to do it by myself. Gwen easily incorporated what I wanted with her own ideas into something that was easily navigated and beautiful to look at.
I have a photography site, and I wanted different icons to represent the different kinds of photography available. I had been searching endlessly and could find nothing that suited my needs. I explained to Gwen vaguely what I was looking for, and she was able to create icons for me that I absolutely loved and fit right in with the design on my site.
Gwen was easy to work with and responded to my requests quickly and professionally. Although I live in Los Angeles, I didn't even notice the 400-mile gap between us because she made it convenient to communicate with her via email and was easy to reach by phone. Because I do know a little HTML, I have been able to work on my site now that she has designed it, and she has been happy to give me tips and advice from time to time.
I really appreciated her ability to listen to what I wanted and make it a reality in a very short time.
Jules Bianchi, Jules Bianchi Photography
Gwen Harlow Design offers not only excellent service but mindful creativity! Gwen has designed, and re-designed, my site since its inception and it continually hails positive feedback in viewers' responses. As a small business owner, I value the attention to detail, timeliness of updates, as well as the input she provides.
Karin Turner, Studio Karin Turner
Gwen Harlow has been a driving and creative force in getting my website together. I have always been able to entrust myself fully with her decision making when I was not able to proof our projects by deadline. I feel very confident to recommend her design skills to anyone ready to embark the web in a creative way.
Jennifer Summers, Sugarpuss Clothing
I had a massive problem. I was organising a client of mine to get rebranded entirely before Cebit (an important IT trade show in Germany). Everything. Name, logo, icon, livery, the works. I had found a designer, he was briefed and working on it. The day before I was expecting final art work, he told me he had done nothing and was going on holiday in the morning.
This is 5 days before we need to be at the show.
I panic. Then I found Gwen.
Through a friend of a friend I was introduced and explained the rush nature of the work. Gwen responded to the brief and started working for me within 5 minutes. In an hour I had 4 options, chose one, and in a few hours later I had it all finished. Logos, icons, business cards, letterhead, the lot.
To say Gwen saved my life may be a slight exaggeration, but it felt like it at the time.
All through the process Gwen was brilliantly calm, focused and professional. She understood what I wanted and delivered it in unheard of timescales.
I would not hesitate for a split second to use Gwen for all my design needs in the future.
I cannot begin to recommend her highly enough.
Ben Jennings
Gwen was the answer to my prayers. Once I spoke with her about designing the Web site that I wanted to represent a project that I had been working on for years, I was totally confident that my goal of making the project Web based would come to fruition and be stunning. It was important to me that the site design be as dynamic as the intellectual content that was going to go into it.
Gwen took direction well and graciously put up with my repeated editorial changes and was always accessible. She was always able to problem solve and answer my questions without condescending to my technological ignorance. Moreover, her turn around time was always quick and efficient.
Coming from academe, I had a very limited budget , but still received the highest quality service and production from Gwen. She’s a real pro. The site she designed for me recently won an award from my professional association and although I paid her in full I will always feel in debt to her.
Sherri Barnes, University of California, Santa Barbara, Black American Feminism Bibliography
I had the pleasure of working with Gwen in two different capacities: in a full-time setting and as a freelancer.
In the full-time setting, Gwen was one of a team of designers in the creative services department I ran for a large, public online direct marketing company. She was always a team player, very creative, fast on turnaround, took direction very well and produced outstanding work. At the time, I wished that I had had 5 more designers just like her.
As a freelancer, I have called on Gwen on a number of occasions to handle projects on short notice with high demands. Every single time, she rose to the occasion. One time, I was handling a client while I was traveling in Europe. Gwen worked with me on my schedule and made sure that the time difference didn't get in the way of our doing business and creating an excellent design for the client. (Gwen is also a very talented html coder, which has proven extremely helpful on many occasions.
Gwen is very easy to work with, sincere about her goals of customer satisfaction and a pleasure to do business with. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Alan Dranow, Alan Dranow Creative Services
My website was orginally designed and just recently re-designed by Harlow Design. Gwen has an intuitive knack for website design and its internal workings, everything looks and works beautifully. Gwen offers insightful ideas on how to improve on what she's given to work with and works quickly and expertly to create a site that is both handsome and functional. No Internet primadonna she, Gwen's rates are reasonable and her expertise is unsurpassed.
I'm pleased to give Harlow Design my highest recommendation, I wouldn't work with anyone else.
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