Our Top 10 Website Design & Development Projects of 2022

For Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Glantz extended their identity to a new website, a project that involved user research, crafting messaging, collaborating on moodboards, and developing flexible components. The project goals included utilizing user research, balancing diverse audiences, and distinguishing them as a different sort of seminary. We invite you to explore the website of this unique seminary.

—Utilize user research
—Balance diverse audiences
—Distinguish them as a different sort of seminary

After designing a new logo for Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary a couple of years ago, we were thrilled to extend their identity to their new website. This was one of the most gratifying projects of our year so far. We conducted user research, crafted messaging, collaborated on moodboards, and developed flexible components. We invite you to explore the website of a very different seminary.

For Union Home, Glantz focused on a user experience and development that accounted for both retail and wholesale customers, allowing them to see variable pricing and request accounts. The project goals included showcasing their gorgeous furniture product and managing diverse customer needs. Company owners can now easily update the site’s content with their latest beautiful pieces.

—Showcase product
—Account for both retail and wholesale customers

Gorgeous furniture made the visual design of the Union Home simple. The user experience and development were more complicated. Both retail and wholesale customers needed to see variable pricing and request accounts. Company owners needed to verify those accounts and easily update the site’s content. They’re able to keep the site updated with their latest beautiful pieces.

For 20/20 Foresight, Glantz developed a new website that needed to convey their capabilities, display their successes, and promote team members. The project goals included showcasing success stories and promoting team members. The site now effectively showcases their incredible team and up-to-date completed searches.

—Showcase success stories
—Promote team members

20/20 Foresight is among the nation’s foremost executive search firms. Their new website needed to not only convey their capabilities but also display their successes. The site showcases their incredible team and up-to-date completed searches.

For Ark Chicago, Glantz developed a website to match their vibrant new brand, serving their clients and encouraging donations. The project goals included extending new branding, generating awareness for services, and driving donations. We are excited to see The Ark make the most of their new site, especially with a capital campaign for a new facility underway.

—Extend new branding
—Generate awareness for services
—Drive donations

The Ark, which provides human services for our local Jewish community, needed a website to match their vibrant new brand. The site also needed to simultaneously serve their clients and encourage donations. With a capital campaign for a new facility under way, we’re excited to see The Ark make the most of their new site. 

For plastic surgery practice SARA, Glantz revamped her website to reflect new branding and appeal to her prime target – middle-aged women in the Chicagoland area. The project goals included extending brand identity, appealing to the prime target, and showcasing work in a before-and-after gallery. We built a site that separated cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, focusing on visuals of real patients.

—Extend brand identity
—Appeal to prime target
—Showcase work in before and after gallery

After creating a new logo and business cards for plastic surgery practice SARA, our team had the opportunity to revamp her website. Her new site needed to reflect the new branding and appeal to her prime target – middle-aged women in the Chicagoland area.

SARA practices both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, so we  wanted to build a site that separated the two. To do so, we focused on using visuals of real patients in a before-and-after gallery.

For The Shy Flower, Glantz launched this florist’s brand and website, collaborating on her website’s user experience. The project goals included establishing a new company, implementing e-commerce and subscription features, and showcasing product photography. The site now features unique floral arrangements and offers customers one-time and subscription purchases.

—Establish new company
—E-commerce and subscription
—Showcase product photography

What a thrill to launch this florist’s brand and website! We loved collaborating with The Shy Flower’s proprietor on her website’s user experience. It features her unique floral arrangements and offers customers one-time and subscription purchases. Bask in her blooms’ beauty, won’t you?

For LeadJen, Glantz crafted a new website designed to generate qualified leads, promoting site match and driving toward conversion. The project goals included driving qualified leads, promoting site match, and driving toward conversion. We used conversion data from sister company Acquirent and customized their WordPress theme for LeadJen’s brand, focusing on streamlined design and development for lead generation.

—Drive qualified leads
—Promote site match
—Drive toward conversion

LeadJen, an outsourced sales firm, needed a new website that (no surprise) generated leads. Using conversion data from sister company Acquirent, we crafted a clear, digestible experience. We also capitalized on Acquirent’s WordPress theme and customized it for LeadJen’s brand. The streamlined design and development allowed us to focus leads, leads, and more leads.

For Wi-Tronix, Glantz crafted a website and content strategy to match their level of expertise as a leader in rail technology, safety, and sustainability. The project goals included showcasing industry innovation, leveraging intellectual property, and elevating the site experience. Custom imagery and content creation further elevated the site, resulting in a dynamic and transformative platform.

—Showcase industry innovation
—Leverage intellectual property
—Elevate site experience

Most companies want to be known as industry innovators, but few have the credentials to back it up. That’s not the case for Wi-Tronix, a leader in rail technology, safety, and sustainability. Our goal was to craft a website and content strategy that match their level of expertise. Custom imagery and content creation elevated the site even further. The result is dynamic and transformative, just like Wi-Tronix’s platform.

For the St. Charles Public Library District, Glantz developed a new site with a broad yet deep user experience, focusing on appealing to a broad array of users, seamlessly integrating catalogs, and making site navigation easy. The project goals included appealing to a broad array of users, seamlessly integrating catalogs, and making navigation of the site easy. The new site now offers multiple paths for every type of user to find what they need.

—Appeal to broad array of users
—Seamlessly integrate catalogs
—Make navigation of site easy

There are many types of library patrons, which is why their websites need to have more than visual appeal. For the St. Charles Public Library District, we focused on a broad yet deep user experience. The new site has multiple paths for every type of user to find what they need — a book, event, research database, or service, just to name a few.

Glantz adapted the new Garrett-Evangelical website to its Styberg Library, applying the Garrett brand with unique features, integrating catalog search, integrating book river displays, and reworking information architecture. The project goals included applying the Garrett brand with unique features, integrating catalog search, integrating book river displays, and reworking information architecture. The library website now serves its unique audiences with an integrated catalog search and an intuitive site map.

—Apply the Garrett brand with unique features
—Integrate catalog search
—Integrate book river displays
—Rework information architecture

Adapting the new Garrett-Evangelical website to its Styberg Library was an absolute pleasure. With an integrated catalog search and an intuitive site map, the library website serves its unique audiences. The site creates an easy-to-use hub for the many resources available to students and faculty.

For Verato, Glantz crafted a new website and a holistic written and visual narrative to announce their latest innovation and resonate with B2B healthcare executives. The project goals included showcasing industry innovation, elevating copy to appeal to a B2B audience, and showcasing Verato’s advantage with animated web graphics. Verato, a leader in identity data management for healthcare, needed this new website on the cusp of a product launch.

—Showcase industry innovation
—Elevate copy to appeal to a B2B audience
—Showcase Verato’s advantage with animated web graphics

Verato is the leader in identity data management for healthcare. On the cusp of a product launch, the software company needed a new website to announce its latest innovation and resonate with heathcare system, insurance, and hospital executives. We crafted a holistic written and visual narrative that touted Verato’s industry leadership with accessible, human stories.

With technology always advancing and our sites set ever higher, we can’t wait to see what 2023 brings for website design and development.